ODDLY ENOUGH

June 10, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

ODDLY ENOUGH

6 rings stolen from Dayne returned in bag

MADISON, Wis.

Police say six rings reported stolen from former University of Wisconsin and NFL running back Ron Dayne have been returned to him in a plastic bag.

Madison Police Lt. Jennifer Krueger Favour said Dayne had reported the rings stolen from his home in Waunakee, Wis. She said they were returned anonymously in a plastic bag Tuesday to Dayne’s apartment in nearby Madison. Krueger Favour did not describe what the rings were.

Dayne reported in April that his two Rose Bowl rings and about $100,000 worth of jewelry and other items were stolen from his Waunakee home. Last month, he reported a burglary of about $50,000 in jewelry and other items from the Madison apartment, including a diamond bracelet commemorating his 1999 Heisman Trophy win.

Police: Students put animals in ceilings

DENVILLE, N.J.

Seven northern New Jersey students are facing numerous charges for placing rabbits, mice, roosters and chickens inside ceilings at their high school as part of a senior prank. Denville police say the students are all boys. Their names were not released because they’re juveniles.

Officers went to Morris Knolls High School shortly before midnight Tuesday after a custodian reported seeing people inside the building. Police say the boys got in through an open window and that most of the animals were stolen from farms.

The seven face various charges including burglary, criminal mischief and conspiracy. Authorities said Saturday that animal-cruelty charges are pending because at least one of the animals was injured after falling through the ceiling.

Bikini coffee shop sparks boycott in Colo.

AURORA, Colo.

A suburban Denver city councilwoman is urging people to boycott businesses near a coffee shop that sends bikini-clad women onto nearby city streets to advertise. Councilwoman Molly Markert sent a letter of complaint, signed by about 30 Aurora residents, to the manager of the property where Perky Cups operates.

Markert suggested in the May 20 letter that the women promoting the coffee shop were in danger of being “raped and murdered.” She wrote that the petition signers have pledged not to buy anything at the shopping center until the women stop advertising in the streets.

Perky Cups owner Jason Bernal says his 10 employees aren’t at risk and that Markert’s letter went overboard. Nearby store owners are divided on whether the bikini-clad coffee saleswomen help or hurt business.

Associated Press