SEBEKA, Minn. (AP) - Police Chief Eric Swenson has found his bullets. The chief of the Sebeka, Minnesota department had reported that police equipment including ammunition had been stolen. But the missing cop gear wasn't too far away. Swenson found the equipment in his kids' backyard fort. The Daily Journal of Fergus Falls reports the missing stuff included loaded ammo clips, stun grenades, a police radio and a pair of night vision goggles.
ODD BUST
ST. CLOUD, Fla. (AP) - If you're growing pot -- it's probably not a great idea
to do it in your front yard. Authorities in central Florida charge Bryan Hartman
had 17 pot plants growing in planters in front of his St. Cloud home.
Investigators say some of those plants were seven feet tall and could be easily
seen from the road. Hartman was jailed on a charge of cultivation of cannabis.
MARIJUANA ADVOCATES-ELECTION
DENVER (AP) - A voters' guide is going to pot. A Colorado group is publishing a
marijuana-specific guide for the November election. SAFER, or the Safer
Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, asked candidates whether they support
legalizing marijuana. Most of those running for governor, attorney general and
the Legislature didn't respond to the pro-pot group.
UNWELCOME GUEST
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The guy said he was cleaning and trying to make some money.
But he wasn't wearing any clothes. That's according to an Oklahoma City police
report. Curtis Halberstadt was jailed on an indecent exposure complaint.
Authorities say an employee of an area business found Halberstadt naked and
viewing porn on a company computer. The employee told police he didn't know the
man and he didn't work there, either.
LIAR DETECTOR
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The book was about beating a lie detector. And it was
spotted by a Washington State Patrol official arriving at headquarters for a
meeting. The Patrol says Criminal Records Manager Heather Anderson noticed the
book on the seat of a parked car. She called the Human Resources division and
was told a job seeker was in the process of taking a polygraph test. Officials
say the applicant now will not be considered for the civilian property
management position. Patrol officials note that past misdemeanors, such as
marijuana possession, won't automatically disqualify someone for a job. But
lying will.
WRONG HAT
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Radio sports reporter Renee Gork has a new gig. You
may recall that Gork got fired from a station in Fayetteville, Arkansas, after
she wore a Florida Gators cap to a news conference held by Arkansas football
coach Bobby Petrino. Fayetteville television station KHOG reports Gork has
started a new job, at the University of Florida-run sports radio station WRUF in
Gainesville. WRUF staff confirms Gork has been hired. She is a Florida grad.
