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How scary are alligators? So scary they don't even need to be real to cause a commotion. Three police officers in Independence, Missouri fired gunshots at a gator near a pond last Sunday before realizing it was actually a lawn ornament.

A naked man and some tennis balls sure caused a lot of racket in Auckland, New Zealand on Sunday. According to stuff.co.nz, police arrested the unidentified man for walking around in his birthday suit while tossing tennis balls at cars as they zipped by.

These days, everyone's counting their pennies. So when 41-year-old Dexter White got ripped off in a crack cocaine deal this week, he called police to fix the problem. The South Carolina man told police he had given $60 to a drug dealer for crack, but only received $20 worth of drugs.

Though communicating with a furry dog via petting and simple commands is acceptable, barking at one is anything but. That's especially true when the pooch in question is a member of the K-9 police force. Ohio-based Ryan James Stevens learned that the hard way when he was slapped with a misdemeanor after barking at a police dog inside of a patrol car.

Thieves in Yorkville, Illinois have made off with a cache of 2,500 rubber duckies, which they stole from a police academy building of all places. The Yorkville Citizen's Police Academy sells the rubber duckies for a few dollars each during an annual sale, with the proceeds going to buy equipment for the Yorkville Police Department.