We Noticed an alarming trend when two similar news reports came across the Wire: psycho landscapers are on the loose–and one may think he’s a vampire.

PA State police are looking for a landscaper who gave a western Pennsylvania man a nasty bite on his neck after luring the victim into his truck with the promise of a quick $20 grass-cutting job.  

Troopers from Ebensburg don’t know the suspect’s name, but say the incident happened about 4 p.m. one Sunday.

That’s when the 21-year-old victim told police he was approached by the older, bald, tattooed man riding in a landscaping truck.

Police say the victim got into the man’s truck when he offered him the grass-cutting job a few blocks away, only to have the landscaper attack him. Police say the landscaper also hit the victim with a ratchet three or four times after the sucker bite.

The victim broke free by kicking the landscaper in the ribs. After he made his escape he called police.

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Las Cruces Weed Whacker Bandit

Police are searching for a man they say used a weed whacker to rob a Las Cruces, New Mexico convenience store.  

Investigators say a man posing as a landscaper walked into a Check ‘N’ Go store one Saturday night and demanded money.

Police say the unidentified man, wearing a blue jump suit, gloves, a mask and a khaki fisherman’s bucket hat, then fled from the scene. According to police, the suspect was carrying a gas-powered string trimmer, or weed-whacker, which he threatened to use as a weapon. No arrests have been made, so far.