LOWELL, Mass. — Shop at your own risk!

A supermarket patron attacked a fellow shopper who inadvertently brought 13 items through a 12 items or less express checkout line. The victim told police that she was "whooped" outside the Market Basket in Lowell, shortly after an argument over having too many items in her cart.

Karen Morgan, 38, was charged with assault and battery in connection with the Feb. 10 incident. Police say Morgan berated the 51-year-old woman inside the supermarket for not being able to count and then later drove up and stopped her as she walked home with her groceries. After a brief exchange of words, Morgan got out of the car, pulled the victim by her hair and punched her. As the woman fell to the ground, Morgan allegedly struck her with a knee and continued to kick her in the head before driving off.

The victim managed to write down her assailant’s license-plate number, and Morgan was subsequently arrested an hour later at her home.

Morgan failed to appear in court the next day for her arraignment, according to a spokesman for the Lowell police department. No further court dates have been set.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — There are many ways to reward your son for cleaning his room and finishing his homework. Letting him take the family car out for a spin is not one of them—especially when he is seven years old.

On the night of Feb. 11, authorities say shortly after Barry Colbert's son completed his household chores his father agreed to let the boy drive the family's 1988 Mercury Tracer, Colbert sat in the passenger seat, pushed his son's seat forward and put inline skates behind the boy so he could reach the pedals and the clutch. The child is a little over 4-feet tall and weighs 100 pounds, according to police.

The boy, driving with the headlights off, ran a stop sign less than a block from his home and crashed into another car, a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant. No one was seriously hurt, but the accident caused $3,500 in damages to the vehicles.

According to a Pasco County police spokesman, Colbert and his son received citations. Colbert also was charged with drunken driving because when police arrived, Colbert, who had switched seats, was backing his car up. Police smelled alcohol on his breath and two Breathalyzer tests found his blood-alcohol level at 0.109 and 0.128 percent. The legal limit in Florida is 0.08 percent. Colbert was taken to county jail and released the next day without bail.

At the time of his arrest, Colbert told police he hopes his son does not get into trouble. He further told authorities that he was not responsible for his actions, and instead blamed his irrational behavior on the beers he had consumed.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A pair of crooks, who broke into a house and stole several items, including four tickets to a Memphis Grizzlies basketball game, were arrested after they showed up at the game wearing some of the stolen attire.

In the break-in earlier in the week at Anthony and Yvette Williams' apartment, burglars took the basketball tickets, electronics, checkbooks, some clothing and a watch. But the couple didn't take the crime lying down. Instead, they decided to do some amateur sleuthing and see if they could nab the crooks themselves.

The couple, who were able to get extra vouchers for the Feb. 1 contest between the Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers from a friend, stood about four sections away from the seats that they had purchased and waited patiently to see if anyone would occupy them.

Shortly after the first quarter, a couple sat down in two of the seats. Minutes later, the other two seats were filled by two men in familiar-looking clothing. Using his binoculars, Anthony Williams, 30, noticed that one of the men had his white leather jacket on and then during closer inspection, Williams was able to identify his silver watch.

Anthony Marquett Rosser, 30, and Stanley Rodney Stanback, 36, were charged with aggravated burglary, according to a Shelby County District Court clerk. The other couple sitting besides the two had purchased their tickets off the streets and was not charged.