Oddly enough

Oddly enough

Teens’ pizza heist brings out SWAT team

ANCHORAGE

Police say a plot to steal a delivery man’s pizza brought out a SWAT team in Alaska.

Police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker says a man trying to deliver a pizza order was confronted outside a northeast Anchorage home by a man with a gun and a stick. He says three other people attacked him from behind, grabbed the pizza but ran away without taking his money.

Police say the delivery man then followed one of the attackers, a girl, to a home where police arrested her. They say the other suspects then barricaded themselves in the home, prompting authorities to call in a SWAT team that entered the property.

Joseph Nicalaskey and Cesar Alvarez-Jennings, both 19, and two girls were arrested on charges of robbery and assault. The names of the girls were not released.

Ex-inmate gets 15 years for breaking into jail

VIERA, Fla.

A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for violating his probation by trying to break into the Brevard County jail.

A judged sentenced 25-year-old Sylvester Jiles of Cocoa on Monday. He was convicted in January of trespassing on jail property and resisting an officer.

Authorities say Jiles tried to climb a 12-foot fence at the Brevard County Detention Center in August. He was caught and hospitalized with severe cuts from the barbed wire. He had been released a week earlier after accepting a plea deal on a manslaughter charge.

Jiles had begged jail officials to take him back into custody, saying he feared retaliation from the victim’s family. Jail officials said they couldn’t take him in and told him to file a police report.

Gown protects patients’ privacy

LONDON

Some good news for hospital patients: a gown that won’t let you down.

Stylish hospital gowns that snap down the side were unveiled in Britain, intended to replace those shapeless cloth sacks with useless ties that flash open at the worst possible moments.

Designers were given $37,500 each to develop prototypes for products that would increase patient dignity. The plan, backed by the government and the Design Council, aimed to use Britain’s design talent to improve its oft-criticized health system.

The most eye-catching product was a jaunty, striped hospital gown by U.S.-born fashion designer Ben de Lisi. Made from high-quality cotton in a classic pajama-stripe pattern, it includes a pouch for a mobile phone and comes accessorized with a snuggly fleece blanket.

“Patients in hospitals are at their very lowest ebb, and you want them confident and buoyant so they can ask doctors the questions they need to ask,” de Lisi said.

Associated Press