Woman Tries to sell grandson

45-year-old grandmother from Florida was held on $100,000 US bond Saturday after she was arrested for allegedly agreeing to sell her grandson for $30,000.ABC News reports that Patty Bigbee was arrested Friday after police received a tip from someone that she approached him/her and offered to sell her eight-month-old grandson for $75,000. The person acted as an informant for the cops and haggled the price of the baby down to $30,000. The two met Friday afternoon in Daytona Beach to make the transaction. As soon as the money was exchanged for the baby, the cops rolled in to arrest Bigbee. She was charged with communication fraud and the illegal sale or surrender of a child. Her boyfriend, 42-year-old Lawrence Works, was also arrested and charged with being a principal to the illegal sale or surrender of a child.The baby is currently in state custody. His mother is in jail for unrelated charges.

Women Got Her Diamond ring after flushed down Toilet Two Years ago

Joan Speirs, who happens to be the Conservative leader of Surrey's Reigate and Banstead Council, was at the Charlwood Hotel near Gatwick when she lost the antique gold ring, set with a certified diamond and a handful of smaller diamonds.The 67-year-old then paid Dorking-based waste disposal company Clear Master to put a camera into the cesspit tank and subsequently filter 12,000 gallons of waste.One worker was even sent into the tank with a metal detector - to no avail.'She was understandably distraught. The ring was worth a significant amount of money but it was also of great emotional value because it was given to her by her late husband,' Julie French, director of the firm, said of Ms Speirs.

Murder accused lived with rotting corpse

New Zealander Gordon Hieatt, 47, read jokes to cheer himself up and pointed an electric fan at Nuttidar Vaikaew's decomposing body to minimise the stench, Auckland High Court was told.Hieatt denies murdering the sex worker after a row in her Auckland apartment in April last year and leaving  her body on a bed in a curtained off corner of the lounge. Crown prosecutor Rachel Reed told the court Hieatt strangled Vaikaew and carried on living life as normal after placing a dressing gown over the corpse's head.Police were contacted after Vaikaew's landlord stopped by to see if she was all right because he had not seen her for some time and her rent was overdue.

Hieatt introduced himself as Vaikaew's boyfriend and said she was unwell - but the landlord was concerned by a foul smell emanating from the apartment so he called the police.