Police in Kingston, Ontario, were called to the scene by a man who claimed two thugs assaulted him on his way to work and tried to steal his wallet.

The man had a swollen lip and a possible broken nose, the Whig Standard reports.

After questioning him, the police began noticing holes in his story. Eventually, he broke down and told the truth: He’d punched himself in the face several times and concocted the mugging story to use as an excuse to skip work.

Police didn’t release the name of the man’s employer, but the officer who questioned him said, “I can only assume that they didn’t have a great sick plan where he works.”

In the end, the cops were kind enough to give the “victim” what he wanted. He got the day off — but he had to spend the day in jail for filing a false police report.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever seen an employee do for a day off? Let us know in the comments section below.

The Connecticut Department of Development Services placed the employee on leave after pills were found in a cake served at the home. The Department is investigating, according to the Republican-American.

A spokesman says the pills were an antihistamine.

The employee told state police her prescription bottle tipped over while she was making the cake. She says she didn’t realize some of the pills fell into the batter. Police haven’t filed charges.

Louisiana State Police investigators say they’ve arrested two auxiliary members of the Grand Isle Police Department and one other man on suspicion of looting gasoline.

Police responded to a theft of fuel from the Better Buy Shell Station in Grand Isle.

State police took over the investigation when it was determined that two suspects were the auxiliary officers.

According to state police, the suspects admitted the thefts during an interview and were not on duty at the time of the theft.

Stahl pleaded guilty to theft for stealing the sandwiches which were worth $29.45.

Under his sentence from state Superior Court, Stahl will have to pay $100 and he loses his job.

Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said this case shows “the fact that no one is above the law.”

Defense attorney Edward Bilinkas said Stahl “made a mistake and has taken responsibility.”

A federal law that ensures employees can return to their jobs after being called to service in the U.S. military mandates that a police department has to hire an officer back — even though he was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer.

Brian Petty was a police officer for the Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County. He left the department for active duty with the U.S. Army and sought reemployment with the department after completion of his military service.

Simple, give him his job back, right? Actually, it was more complicated than that.

While serving in Kuwait, the military charged Petty with violation of a lawful order and conduct unbecoming an officer.

The charges came after Petty’s quarters were inspected. The inspector turned up a five-gallon can Petty was using to make wine.

Petty admitted he was making wine and said it was “mainly” to give to a local farmer so he’d help cut down trees. However, Petty also said he eventually might drink some of the wine himself.

Petty was also accused of offering alcohol to enlisted soldiers, something he also admitted.

When he appeared before a military judge, Petty offered to resign “for the good of the service.” He was relieved of his command, and the Army formally dismissed all charges against him.

On an official military form, Petty’s discharge was characterized as “under honorable conditions.”

He asks for his civilian job back

When Petty returned from overseas, he asked to return to his police department position as a patrol sergeant.

The department had a return-to-work procedure that applied to all officers who had been away from work for some time, for whatever reason. The procedure includes a personal history update questionnaire, a medical exam, a computer voice stress analysis, a drug screening and a debriefing with a department psychologist. For those returning from the military, they must authorize the department to be able to access their military records.

Petty provided his discharge form, which provided some but not all the information about the military’s discipline action against him.

Then the department launched an investigation into whether he’d been completely truthful in submitting his paperwork. It also denied his request to moonlight as a security guard — a job that he had before leaving for overseas.

Petty filed suit alleging the department’s return-to-work requirements and investigation violated his rights under the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Petty alleged that the department delayed rehiring him, didn’t return him to the position to which he was entitled and denied him the ability to work off-duty security jobs.

The department argued the purpose of the return-to-work rules is to make sure the person is still physically, emotionally and temperamentally qualified to be a police officer.

But the court ruled for Petty, saying that USERRA “supersedes any contract, agreement, policy, plan, practice, or other matter that reduces, limits or eliminates in any manner any right or benefit provided by this chapter.”

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Chief Superintendent Colin Terry, who had trained police in Afghanistan, was photographed wearing the costume just days before the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission which has issued a preliminary statement: “Whilst we believe his actions were misguided rather than malicious, they were clearly inappropriate.”

The Guardian quotes Terry as saying, “I am quite horrified that someone would see this negatively.” He adds that he didn’t mean to cause offense.

A Foreign Office spokesman has already said Terry won’t be going back on any European Union training missions.

A police officer guarding former British Prime Minister Tony Blair left her loaded gun in a Starbucks. A Starbucks employee found the gun and turned it in.

The Sun newspaper reported that the gun was left on the floor of a restroom stall.

An investigation has been launched into the incident and the officer. The unidentified officer has been relieved of her duties while the investigation is underway.

The officer realized she misplaced the gun about 30 minutes after leaving it at the coffee shop. It was eventually linked to her through its serial number.

Officer Keith Breiner testified that he was forced to have sex with two prostitutes during an undercover sting operation. Turning around the “normal” arrangement, Breiner says he was paid for having sex with them.

His testimony came during a reinstatement hearing after he was suspended along with another Beaumont, TX, officer. Both men were accused of having sex with prostitutes while on the job.

The police chief contends Breiner and the other officer were suspended indefinitely after the sex acts came to light. Breiner is trying to stop Beaumont from suspending him, saying that he was asked to have sex as part of his job.

German police in the town of Gross-Zimmern have confiscated the world’s fastest office chair.

Two 17-year-olds added a lawnmower engine, bicycle brakes and a metal frame to the chair, creating something close to a go-cart.

The teens told police they had only tested the chair for a few meters, but witnesses reported seeing it on several streets, according to wire service reports.

The inventive teens face charges such as defying insurance regulations, driving without a license and violating registration requirements.

No word from police on how fast the chair-car could go.

Unfortunately, that’s what happened recently within the Dallas, PA, police department.

Former part-time officer Steven Klinger pulled over a woman while he was off duty — just to give her his phone number.

Klinger is off the force and will spend 30 days in jail for official oppression — in other words, acting outside his authority as an officer.

Police say he used red and blue lights mounted on the dashboard of his pickup truck to pull over the woman. She became suspicious when Klinger asked her if she was married or had a boyfriend.

Klinger was also sentenced to an additional three days in jail for a separate incident — driving drunk. His blood-alcohol level was .40, which is five times the legal limit.