They make their mark in mug shot history By Mallory Simon, CNN October 30, 2009 12:08 p.m. EDT Matthew Allan McNelly, left, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, still had the permanent marker on their faces when they were booked. (CNN) -- Police say guilt was written all over their faces. Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man's home in Carroll, Iowa. When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller's description blocks away, they were stunned by the men's disguises. There were no ski masks or stockings pulled over their heads; instead, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, 20, streaked their faces with permanent black marker. Carroll Police Chief Cayler told CNN the strange disguises made it easier for his officers. "We're very skilled investigators and the black faces gave them right away," Cayler said jokingly. "I have to assume the officers were kind of laughing at the time. I've never heard of coloring your face with a permanent marker." Cayler said police believe one of the alleged burglars targeted the home because he suspected his girlfriend had a relationship with the man who lived there. "I've seen a lot of things that make me laugh and weird things but this was probably the best combination of the two." -Carroll Police Chief Cayler "They probably were just not thinking straight and figured we'll go out and scare the guy or whatever," Cayler said. "[They were] being dumb and combine that with alcohol and it was the perfect storm." Both men were charged with attempted burglary, and McNelly was charged additionally with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Lawyers for the two men could not be reached for comment. Cayler said he's been fielding calls about the case from news media outlets from all over the country -- mostly because of their funny-looking mug shots. "I've been chief here almost 25 years, been with the department 28½ years and I've seen a lot of things that make me laugh and weird things but this was probably the best combination of the two -- strangely weird and hilariously funny all at the same time."

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Oct 23, 2009 1:07 pm US/Central Man Arrested For Driving 150 MPH In Buick GRAPEVINE (CBS 11 / TXA 21) A man is behind bars after Grapevine police say they stopped him driving 150 m.p.h. At about 3 a.m. Friday, police say, an officer was driving on Highway 114 near DFW Airport when a Buick flew past him. Police say the Buick was going so fast that it took the officer some time to catch up. When he did, he clocked the car going 150 m.p.h. The speed limit on that stretch of 114 is 60, which would mean the car was driving 2 and a half times the speed limit. The officer pulled over the Buick and arrested the driver, 37-year-old Ismael Esparza. Police had the Buick towed. Esparza was still in jail as of noon Friday. There's no word yet on what model of Buick Esparza was driving. (© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Man pleads guilty to DWI in motorized La-Z-Boy by The Associated Press DULUTH, Minn. October 22, 2009, 09:16 pm ET A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chair after drinking eight or nine beers. Prosecutors say Anderson's blood alcohol content was 0.29, more than three times the legal limit, when he crashed into a parked vehicle in August 2008. He was not seriously injured. Police said the chair was powered by a converted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders. Sixth Judicial District Judge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 days of jail time Monday and ordered two years of probation for Anderson. His attorney, David Keegan, did not immediately return a call for comment.