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Disoriented ‘superhero’ arrested in Wash. state

CENTRALIA, Wash.

Police who responded to a report of a prowler at a motor home in Washington state found a “superhero” inside.

Commander Jim Rich told KITI-AM the man in a Green Power Ranger costume appeared lost and disoriented and apparently had been drinking.

Rich says the 28-year-old Centralia man apparently was dropped off by some friends at the wrong house after a weekend party. He was arrested for investigation of trespassing.

RI firefighters save 18-foot snake in burning home

EAST GREENWICH, R.I.

Firefighters often have to rescue people from burning homes, sometimes even a dog or cat.

But the 18-foot Bermese python that firefighters had to drag out of a burning Rhode Island home just after midnight Monday may have been a first.

Acting Chief Peter Henrikson tells The Providence Journal that it took two firefighters to carry out the python with a diameter like a “Frisbee” in the middle.

The home’s sole occupant managed to escape on his own and brought out his two dogs and a cat.

He says it appears the fire started where the pipe of a wood stove met the wall. The East Greenwich house was condemned.

Golf-course vandals put away carts after joyride

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash.

Joyriders in Washington state stole six golf carts and tore up the Wenatchee Golf and Country Club — but were thoughtful enough to put the carts back in the storage shed.

Police said the vandals plugged in the electric carts and locked up the shed Saturday night before leaving.

Police: Pa. man assaulted haunted-hayride workers

OLYPHANT, Pa.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man is behind bars after a drunken assault of workers at a Halloween attraction.

Police in Scott Township say 42-year-old William Gardner punched one worker, kicked another and ripped the mask off a third during a hayride at the Reaper’s Revenge attraction Sunday night.

Authorities say Gardner became verbally and physically abusive toward staff, punching a 16-year-old boy in the face and twice kicking an 18-year-old man in the chest. Police were called for a report of a disorderly man and were waiting for Gardner when the ride was over.

Gardner is in Lackawanna County Prison on $10,000 bail. He is charged with three counts of simple assault and other charges. It was not clear if Gardner had an attorney.

Associated Press