Cops collar runaway pigs

MONROE, Ohio (AP) — The suspects squealed, and one of them bit, but southwest Ohio police have rounded up two fugitive pigs.

Patrolman Eric Walton of the small city of Monroe calls it the most memorable chase of his 18-year career. Police responded Tuesday morning to a call of loose pigs in a residential area.

Walton spotted the two black potbellied pigs eating grass in a front yard, and he and other officers cornered them.

One bit Walton’s shoe then raised up and grabbed his knee in its mouth before a neighbor’s rope helped bring the pigs into custody.

Police returned the pigs to their owner and cited him for failing to keep livestock contained. There was no telephone listing for him.

Walton says he wasn’t hurt, but his fellow officers have been teasing him.