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Bicycling Seattle mayor has bike stolen after riding to work

SEATTLE

Seattle’s bicycling mayor has had some explaining to do — to his wife about why her bike got swiped after he borrowed it to ride to work.

Seattlepi.com says Mayor Mike McGinn sent a message on Twitter late Wednesday about Peggy Lynch’s wheels.

He says in a tweet: “I know I’ve been encouraging people to ride bikes more, but I didn’t mean u could ‘borrow’ my wife’s bike w/o asking.”

McGinn, a former Sierra Club leader, frequently commutes by bike and often rides to events and meetings. He’s a strong advocate of making Seattle more friendly to cycles and pedestrians.

McGinn’s spokesman says the mayor borrowed his wife’s bike because he recently donated his own to a charity. It was taken from a city garage.

2 men to be charged in Pa. cow’s-head prank

EBENSBURG, Pa.

Police plan to cite two men who left a package containing a cow’s head on the doorstep of some friends in Pennsylvania.

Ebensburg police Chief Terry Wyland tells the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown that it was a “prank” that “went quite a bit over the top.”

The chief says a couple returned home from a trip Saturday evening to find a large cardboard box with their name and address on it near their front door. Inside was the cow’s head. The chief says it “caused the victims, especially the wife, stress.”

Police say the pranksters came to police headquarters to confess Tuesday night. One of them has experience butchering cows.

The chief isn’t identifying the suspects. He plans to file harassment and disorderly conduct citations against them later this week.

Police: Pa. man arrested at ‘going-away’ party

SCRANTON, Pa.

A Pennsylvania man who threw himself a going-away party before his sentencing on drug charges was picked up on an outstanding warrant after police saw information about the party posted on fliers and his Facebook page.

Scranton Police Chief Dan Duffy says 28-year-old Keith Cardone was arrested early Wednesday during the party he threw for himself at a Scranton bar.

The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports Cardone is awaiting sentencing for his role in a drug ring that distributed $2.7 million in marijuana and cocaine in the area.

Duffy says two officers spotted ads for Cardone’s “Going Away Ba$h” then picked him up on a warrant stemming from another drug charge.

Cardone is being held on $5,000 bail. It was not clear if he had an attorney.

Associated Press