Time off for generous behavior – An Ohio judge has granted early release to an inmate who was fired from a jail’s kitchen for handing out too many pancakes…. While in jail the forty-four year old inmate earned the nickname Mr. Pancake. La Crosse Tribune: Mr. Pancake Wins Early Release.

Police in Montana say a man robbed a bank and then called a taxi to make his getaway, tipping the driver $5 just before squad cars surrounded the cab. Taxi driver James Anderson told the Missoulian the man was acting strangely when he picked him up at a Missoula coffee shop. See, La Crosse Tribune…

Alena Gadke used Craigslist to contact someone selling her trying to sell her stolen wedding dress. She helped solve other crimes, too. See, La Crosse Tribune: Wisconsin Woman Finds Stolen Dress, Solves Burglaries

Shouldn’t whistling while working be commendable? A Massachusetts man is facing an assault charge for allegedly hitting a town hall custodian on the back of the head with a roll of toilet paper because he was angry the cleaning man was whistling while he worked. See, Massachusetts Man to Be Charged with Toilet Paper Assault.