Category: Strange News

Flight Attendant Accused Of Ditching Cocaine-Filled Bag Was Former Miss Jamaica Contestant 

 

Nearly 70 pounds worth of cocaine was found inside a flight attendant’s abandoned luggage at LAX. Photo: DEA via KTLA

The airline employee who allegedly tried to smuggle nearly 70 pounds of cocaine onto a plane has been arrested in New York City, a spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said.DEA agents say Marsha Gay Reynolds surrendered to authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Wednesday.

Reynolds was pulled aside on March 18 for a random screening at Los Angeles International Airport when a Transportation Security Administration officer noticed Reynolds becoming nervous. She then pulled out her phone and made a cell phone call in a language the officer didn’t understand, FBI Special Agency Trayvon Barnes wrote in an affidavit.

When she was being escorted to a secondary screening area, Reynolds remained on the phone and then took off her shoes, dropped her bags and ran down an up escalator, Barnes wrote.

A responding airport police officer couldn’t find Reynolds, but the bags were inspected and the drugs were found.

In Reynolds’ two carry-on bags, investigators found about 68 1/2 pounds of cocaine in 11 packages individually wrapped in green cellophane, according to the complaint.

Each was labeled “BIG Ranch.”

Reynolds was apparently a contestant in the 2008 Miss Jamaica World pageant. She came in second runner-up, according to a photo posted of the finalists.

Read the original story | Female Flight Attendant Abandons 66 LBS OF Cocaine During Random Security Check 

Library Book Overdue 50 Years Finally Returned

 

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A library book overdue by nearly 50 years has been returned to a university library in southwest Ohio. 

The University of Dayton says a former student who borrowed the “History of the Crusades” in 1967 has sent it back with an apology for the late return. 

Read the apology here | Library Book Overdue 50 Years Finally Returned

Former Toronto Mayor Recorded Smoking Crack Has Died


Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has died. The 46-year-old Ford gained international notoriety after a video surfaced in May 2013 that apparently showed him using crack.

He served for a decade as a city councilor before being elected mayor in 2010.

He was a bombastic and larger-than-life personality who spoke bluntly — traits that helped him craft an image as a champion for the working class.

He had undergone 18 months of treatment for a rare cancer — leomorphic liposarcoma — that was initially diagnosed during his 2014 re-election bid, the Toronto Star reported. He underwent surgery that was followed by the discovery of two new tumors, according to the newspaper.

Ford’s time as mayor was plagued by scandal.

In May 2013 a video surfaced that appeared to show Ford smoking crack cocaine.

Ford denied any wrongdoing and ignored those calling for his resignation.

“I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.”

But as more videos surfaced showing Ford in compromising circumstances, the scrutiny became more intense, and his relationship with the City Council became more acrimonious.

Months later, the admission finally came: He told reporters he “probably” smoked the drug at some point.

“Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine,” he said. “Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors.”

Ford refused to step aside, even after the City Council stripped him of most of his powers.