Buster

Meet Tyler Caudill.

The North Carolina man, 24, was arrested yesterday for drunk driving while he was traveling in Alamance County (which is about 60 miles west of Raleigh). Caudill was collared around 4 AM Sunday by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

Caudill was booked into the county jail, where he posed for the above mug shot that shows off his ugly Christmas sweater. Caudill’s garment features two saucy kittens--one of whom is wearing a red bow tie--poking their heads out of Christmas stockings.

Caudill, who was busted earlier this year on an injury to personal property count, is free on bond in the impaired driving case. He was not charged in connection with the sweater possession.

Arkansas prosecutors are considering filing a criminal charge against a high school student who lit a cigar in class and then blew smoke in his teacher’s face three times, according to police.

As seen above, the incident Monday morning at North Little Rock High School was recorded by a student.

As detailed in a North Little Rock Police Department report, teacher Robert Holley told cops that his confrontation with student Christopher Dunn, 18, “started when Dunn showed up to class to take his final exam.”

Holley said that he told Dunn that he would have to sit in the hallway to take the test, but that the student refused. “Holley said he told Dunn that if he didn’t do as he was asked that he was going to write him up and call for a campus supervisor to remove him.”

When Holley reached for an intercom button, Dunn said, "Hit that button, I dare you. Holley told police that he has had Dunn removed from his classroom several times this year.

As Holley began “writing Dunn up,” cops noted, “his class started going wild so he turned around to see what the commotion was about.” Dunn, Holley said, had lit a cigar and was “taking a drag off of it.”

Dunn then rose from his seat and walked up to Holley and blew cigar smoke in his face. While the video shows Dunn doing this once, Holley told police the student blew smoke in his face three times.

Somehow, Holley did not physically respond to Dunn’s provocation, which appeared to delight other students, who can be heard in the background laughing, clapping, and whooping.

A campus supervisor eventually arrived at the classroom and escorted Dunn out. “I’ll be back,” the student said as he looked over his shoulder at Holley.

Police classified the incident as insult or abuse of a teacher, a misdemeanor. County prosecutors are now reviewing the case to make a decision on whether to file a criminal charge against Dunn.

A 12-year-old boy whose rap sheet includes more than 20 arrests was busted yesterday for stealing an 89-year-old man’s car, Florida police report.

According to cops, Raymond Raftery had pulled his Toyota into a St. Petersburg gas station Friday morning when the bicycle-riding juvenile suspect drove by and told him that one of his tires was low on air.

After Raftery pulled up to an air pump and exited the vehicle, the boy “ditched his bike, jumped in the car and drove-off,” cops reported. The octogenarian was not injured as the boy sped away with his wheels.

As seen above, a surveillance camera captured the auto theft.

The child was arrested yesterday after a police detective recognized him from the surveillance footage. The boy has been charged with grand theft auto.

While the juvenile’s rap sheet contains “mostly auto theft” collars, a police spokesperson said, he has also been nabbed for robbery, burglary, and auto burglary.

Meet Ricky Dale Rector.

Police were dispatched Saturday afternoon to the 57-year-old Rector’s South Carolina residence in response to a 911 call about “a man in his underwear sitting on his porch with a long-gun.”

When a cop arrived at the home in Woodruff (pop. 4090), Rector was wearing only a "light blue pair of thong underwear," according to a police report. After ordering Rector off his porch, the officer retrieved the unloaded rifle and a cartridge from a nearby table.

“Ricky was asked why he was in his underwear and sitting on the porch with a rifle. He stated he was looking for deer,” the cop reported.

Since Rector was not the subject of any outstanding warrants (and had no felony convictions), he was uncuffed and given back his rifle and round. But before departing, the officer noted, “Ricky was advised to avoid this in the future.”

“This” hopefully being wearing light blue thong underwear at the age of 57.

A motorist who was spotted eating cereal as she drove along an Ohio interstate led police on a 30-mile chase that ended with her arrest on multiple criminal charges.

According to investigators, Paula Johannessen was spotted driving erratically around 2:30 AM Tuesday on Interstate 70 outside Columbus. After pulling over Johannessen’s car, a Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputy noticed that the 42-year-old was "eating a bowl of cereal as she was driving."

After Sergeant Tim Winebrenner told Johannessen that she was stopped for weaving across the road, she “stated that she had been eating her cereal and didn’t mean to go over the lines” according to a criminal complaint.

During the traffic stop, Johannessen sped away from the cop, prompting a high-speed chase that moved into a neighboring county. At times driving over 100 mph, Johannessen ran over “stop sticks” that cops deployed to deflate her tires.

After her shredded left front tire came off the car, Johannessen continued to drive on the rim. But when the vehicle lost its transmission and became disabled, Johannessen bolted from the auto (though she was quickly apprehended by pursuing officers).

Seen above, Johannessen was charged with fleeing or eluding police, a felony, and obstructing justice, a misdemeanor. She is also facing raps for reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.

Investigators have not identified Johannessen’s preferred brand of cereal.

Johannessen pleaded guilty earlier this year to a felony heroin possession charge, for which she was sentenced to five years probation. A judge also suspended her driver’s license for six months and ordered, “No drugs, no alcohol, no bars.” A court filing notes that if Johannessen violates her probation, she will be sent to state prison for one year.

Chicago police are investigating a video posted to Facebook that appears to show a diaper-clad toddler smoking a marijuana joint as a man off-screen encourages the boy to “Inhale it.”

A community activist yesterday tipped cops to the clip, and Special Victims Unit detectives are now trying to identify who filmed the video, according to a Chicago Police Department spokesperson.

It is unknown when or where the video--which was posted to the Facebook page of a Chicago resident--was recorded.

Seen below, the 17-second clip found on Facebook shows the video playing on the screen of a cell phone, and it includes markings indicating that it may have previously been uploaded to some video sharing site.   

In the clip, a man’s voice is heard directing the toddler to "Smoke, bro. Inhale it.” The man--who appears to be filming the boy with his cell phone--then says, “Let me hit that, okay?”

If investigators succeed in identifying the suspect, he will face assorted charges, including child endangerment.