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Fake massage-parlor inspector demands rubdown

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.

A California man is charged with demanding a rubdown and $200 while pretending to be a massage-parlor inspector.

Orange County prosecutors charged Edward Justin LaPorte with felony burglary and misdemeanor counts of impersonating a peace officer and firearm violations. The 47-year-old faces arraignment today in Newport Beach.

Investigators say LaPorte is a former police officer from Illinois. They say he was wearing a badge when he entered the Golden Spa massage parlor in Lake Forest on Jan. 31 and told the manager he was investigating a complaint.

Prosecutors say he then complained of back pain, and a masseuse gave him a back rub before LaPorte asked for a frontal massage, which was refused.

No phone listing could be found for LaPorte, and court records don’t list an attorney for him.

5 goats found wandering gritty New Jersey city

PATERSON, N.J.

Police have captured five goats that were wandering the streets of a gritty northern New Jersey city.

Chief Animal Control Officer John DeCando told The Record newspaper that a woman called Paterson police after nearly hitting the herd with her car at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

Police took the goats to the animal shelter. They’ll stay there until they are sent to a farm to live out their days.

DeCando said he believes someone was keeping them for an Easter meal or a sacrifice.

It’s illegal to keep farm animals in Paterson.

Associated Press