ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Western Pa. police say man swallowed mother’s rings

WASHINGTON, Pa.

Police in a southwestern Pennsylvania township say they’ve recovered one of two rings a man swallowed after he reportedly stole them from his mother — and are waiting for his digestive system to produce the other.

Fifty-three-year-old Robert Spriggs is charged with theft after being accused of stealing the rings, each valued at $30,000, while visiting his 81-year-old mother Saturday in North Strabane Township.

Police say Spriggs swallowed one he had in his pocket during questioning. Police say he had swallowed the other ring.

Spriggs is in the Washington County Jail in a cell without a flushable toilet. Police say they had recovered one ring Monday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if they had found the other. Online court records don’t list an attorney for Spriggs.

Half-baked? Police are called over NY kids’ cupcake sale

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y.

Some parents in a New York City suburb are upset because a local politician called police on two 13-year-old boys for selling cupcakes and other baked goods without a permit.

The Journal News in Westchester County reported Monday that New Castle Councilman Michael Wolfensohn had called police last month on the boys.

Andrew DeMarchis and Kevin Graff had a brisk business selling cupcakes, cookies, brownies and Rice Krispie treats in a Chappaqua park.

Kevin’s mother, Laura Graff, says the teens are “good kids” who were scared by the police call. She said Monday they haven’t set up shop anywhere since.

Wolfensohn says rules are rules. But he concedes calling the police might have been a half-baked decision.

Fla. dealership offers free AK-47 for truck buyers

SANFORD, Fla.

A central Florida dealership trying to drum up business is offering an unusual perk for potential used-truck buyers: a free AK-47 assault rifle.

General sales manager Nick Ginetta says that since the promotion was announced on Veterans Day, business has more than doubled at Nations Trucks in Sanford.

Customers must pass a background check before using the $400 gun-shop voucher. They also have the option of using the money toward other firearms, or they can request a check in that amount instead.

The dealership has fielded complaints about the deal, which Ginetta acknowledges is controversial. But, he adds: “My buyer is absolutely a gun owner, no question.”

The promotion runs through the end of November.

Associated Press