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Sweet Love | Bright Idea

News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published Dec. 2, 2020

Sweet Love | Bright Idea

Sugar Good, 49, who manages a Dunkin' donuts store in Edmond, Oklahoma, knew a good man when she saw one ... every morning at 7:15 as he collected his sausage, egg and cheese croissant at her drive-thru.

After a year of friendly commercial exchanges, The New York Times reported, Good finally got up the nerve to hand John Thompson, 45, her business card along with his food and coffee.

Two years later, on Oct. 13, Good and Thompson tied the knot at the place that brought them together: the Dunkin' drive-thru.

"We knew we wanted to share it with the Dunkin' family," Good said. She stood at her spot in the window and Thompson drove up in his red truck, where former pastor Colby Taylor was waiting for them.

Taylor kept the ceremony short, as other customers were lined up behind Thompson, but at the end, Good came outside and Thompson got out of his truck for their first kiss as regulars, friends and family cheered them on.

"Our story wasn't glamour," Good said, "but it was true romance." [New York Times, 10/23/2020]

In Littleton, New Hampshire, a Hillsborough County grand jury filed indictments against Lisa Landon, 33, in early October, the Union Leader reported.

Landon was scheduled in court for three different cases in November and December 2019, involving drug possession and stalking.

To avoid going to jail, Landon impersonated a prosecutor, using the court's electronic system to file fake documents dropping the charges against her.

A state forensic officer noticed last November that the charges were dropped and wondered if a scheduled competency evaluation on Landon should proceed, which tipped off court officials.

While she was at it, Landon allegedly filed an order on behalf of a relative to halt guardianship proceedings involving Landon's child.

She's been charged with one count of false impersonation and six counts of falsifying physical evidence. [Union Leader, 10/26/2020]