What’s Brewing With Jen – Unpaid Tolls over $86K
See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever Jen Scordo shares 3 recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that includes a Lexus driver that owes $86k in unpaid tolls, man throws $200k on a highway for others and an octopus that almost strangled a diver who was just trying to take it’s picture… Here are her stories from today.
Driver Caught With $86,000 In Unpaid Tolls
New York City decided to crack down on drivers who skip out on their tolls. One person was caught over the weekend and was arrested after the person skipped out on $86,111.82 in unpaid tolls. Another driver had a total of $66,763.02 in unpaid tolls. It was all part of a crackdown by the MTA across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge last week.
[Source – PIX 11]
Oregon Man Throws $200,000 Onto Highway To “Bless Others”
A man in Eugene, Oregon decided to shower strangers with money. Almost $200,000, Colin Davis McCarthy startedthrowing handfuls of $100 dollar bills out of his car as an act of charity. He said he’s “doing well and wanted to bless others with gifts of money.” However, his family is singing a different tune. They told police that this act left them broke and furious. They’re asking the motorists to return the money, but the police said that they money was withdrawn from McCarthy’s account and there’s nothing they can do.
[Source – KVAL]
Octopus Almost Strangles Diver Who Wanted A Picture
Two divers have footage of an octopus almost strangling one of them and charging after the other. The video shows the octopus wrapping its tentacles around the one diver’s body and neck and wrapping up his camera gear. The octopus then charges toward the other diver. Thankfully they made it back to land with all of their equipment and limbs. And one crazy video!
[Source – Daily Mail]
