Los Angeles agreed to pay $30,000 each to four LAPD officers who alleged they were wrongfully disciplined for participating in a "Blue Flu" protest last summer.
By Scott Stevens
Sick Worker Calls Out Kidnapped
We all need a day off from work sometimes, but while most people might pretend to be sick, Brandon Soules of Arizona decided that wasn t going to be convincing enough.
The 19-year-old auto mechanic didn t feel like going to work, so instead of calling his boss and faking a cough, he faked a kidnapping. Police received a 911 call from someone reporting a man bound and gagged on the side of the road. Responding officers found Soules with a bandana in his mouth and a leather belt tied around his wrists. He claimed that two masked thugs grabbed him outside his house, knocked him unconscious, and dumped him on the side of the road. He told police that the kidnappers were after some money that his father had hidden around town.