HAMMER TIME

Police in Stuart, Florida, are on the lookout for a woman who took a claw hammer to a local ATM machine and caused $8,000 worth of damage.

The woman spent roughly 20 minutes trying to extract cash from the machine -- to no avail. The whole thing was caught on security video.

(Originally reported by the Palm Beach Post)

GREASE IS THE WORD

A North Charleston, South Carolina, man was arrested after he got stuck in a grease vent while trying to break into a local restaurant.

23-year-old Kevin Michael Harley had to wait roughly seven hours before authorities could free him. An employee of the restaurant heard him calling for help and called the cops.

He was charged with second-degree burglary.

(Originally reported by the AP)

SMOKE OUT

A South Brunswick, New Jersey, woman's vehicle went up in flames after she was unable to flick a lit cigarette out of her window.

The 19-year-old managed to escape the car without sustaining any injuries, but her ride wasn't so lucky -- it was destroyed by the flames. No charges were filed.

(Originally reported by UPI)

CANNONBALL!

Students at Georgia's Kennesaw State University had to be evacuated after two Civil War-era cannonballs were discovered in a rarely used room.

The staff members who discovered the cannonballs were not sure if they were still live and called the police. The bomb squad removed them from the facility and the cannonballs were eventually detonated at an isolated location.

(Originally reported by UPI)