In an attempt to steal away $1,137 cash from the store's money, a worker at a fast-food restaurant asked her son to punch her in the face. Police arrested Tina Marie Brown, 41, and Brandon Lee Deere, 24, both of Fayetteville, Arkansas outside a KFC restaurant on Thursday for theft and filing a false police report. According to AP reports, Brown filed a robbery report outside a KFC in Fayetteville at about midnight Thursday alleging that a robber punched her in the face while she was changing her car's tire and stole her purse. Police said that her purse contained the restaurant's bank deposit bag, which had $1,137 in cash and checks.

Two stray cats caused havoc Monday when they broke into a home in North Platte and attacked three people, including two women and a boy. According to police, animal control officer John Pettit went to the home of Melissa Breva after she called him to help get rid of two wild cats she had shut up in a bedroom after the felines attacked two women visiting her home. Breva told the police that cats entered the house through the front door and attacked the women without any reason.

A 21-year-old man from Hobart, Indiana was arrested Monday after he tried to cash a check for $50,000, which was signed "King Savior, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Servant. " Chase Bank called the police after they saw Kevin Russell wanted to cash the check which was written on an invalid Bank One check with no imprint. Hobart police Detective Jeff White said that Russell was charged with one count attempted check fraud and one count intimidation, which are both felonies. Additionally he also faces one count resisting law enforcement, a misdemeanor and is likely to face prison time.

A Missouri man who hid the death of his father will serve five months in prison on fraud charges, the U. S. District Court in St. Louis ruled on Tuesday. Kris McWilliams, 36, pleaded guilty to burning his father's body so they could keep collecting the his Social Security disability checks. McWilliams' mother, Betty Joanne McWilliams, 59, and sister, Kimberly Ferguson, 39, have also pleaded guilty to theft of government funds charges

Police in the Chicago suburb of Algonquin is looking for a man who has been getting facials and body scrubs and leaving without paying. The man, who has been nicknamed "Spa-bandit" by some, has robbed as many as 20 spas for several thousand dollars worth of services. According to officials investigating the case, the man has been operating since March 2006, targeting spas in Chicago, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.