Intruder beats man with karaoke machine, bites ear

An attacker broke into a Long Island man’s house on Friday, beating the 64-year-old resident with a karaoke machine and biting off his ear. The man defended himself using a vacuum cleaner hose. When police arrived on the scene, the 27-year-old alleged assailant, whom police identified as Luis Hidalgo, was crouching in the hallway. According to Nassau county police, the injuries sustained by the homeowner were not life-threatening and the assault was random. Hidalgo pleaded not guilty to charges of burglary and assault. He is being held at the Nassau County jail on bail of $250,000 cash or $500,000 bond, according the Associated Press.

Insurance companies put damper on Christmas in England

Christmas along British streets may be dark this year because of added safety regulations demanded by insurance companies. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, the requirements can add more than 25,000 pounds (about $51,000) to the price of municipal light displays, preventing many smaller towns from adorning streets with holiday decorations. According to The Sun, the safety regulations include subjecting each set of lights to a “pull test,” ensuring that they can withstand pressure, and erecting the illuminations using trained professionals. The Association of British Insurers attributes their demands-and the premiums that go along with them-to the growing number of lawsuits in Britain.

Baby tasered as mother uses child as a shield

An infant was wounded by a taser in an Oklahoma City apartment complex while a bounty hunter was attempting to serve an arrest warrant. According to preliminary reports in The Oklahoman, the baby was struck when its mother held it up to shield herself from the bounty hunter’s taser. The baby was not shocked because it was only hit by one of the taser prongs, however the baby did receive a cut on its hand. The mother has been arrested for child endangerment. According to police, bounty hunters are permitted to use tasers in serving warrants if they feel the need to do so.

Truck hijackers abandon stolen truck

Robbers, armed with machetes and axes, overtook a truck driver in the Malaysian state of Selangor earlier this week, only to abandon the truck later in the day after discovering that it contained only juice boxes. The Associated Press reports that the vehicle was discovered on a roadside about a day later with its contents of lychee juice packets, worth 82,000 ringgit (about $24,000), unharmed. Police assume that the hijackers were looking for expensive items like construction materials or computer chips and gave up because they had taken the wrong truck.

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