ODDLY ENOUGH | Massachusetts police chief: Man tried to sell me fake gold

ODDLY ENOUGH

Massachusetts police chief: Man tried to sell me fake gold

RANDOLPH, Mass.

Police say a Boston man picked the wrong mark when he tried to sell him fake gold jewelry at a grocery store.

The man approached William Pace and offered to sell him a bracelet and chain marked as 14 karat gold for $100.

Two problems: Pace is the police chief in Randolph, Mass., and he owns a jewelry store.

Pace, who was out of uniform, told The Patriot Ledger he could tell the gold was fake by its look and feel.

The suspect, identified by police as Johnnie Butts, will be issued a summons to appear in court on a charge of attempt to commit larceny by false pretense.

Police are trying to determine if Butts sold any fake jewelry to others before approaching Pace.

Boston lacrosse team sorry for racy halftime show

BOSTON

Boston’s professional indoor lacrosse team is apologizing for a racy halftime show featuring scantily-dressed women giving lap dances to the team’s mascot. An online video shows dancers taking turns gyrating in front of and on the seated mascot, Scorch, while an announcer bellows, “What do you think?”

Boston Blazer’s general manager Doug Reffue said the team was “extremely disappointed” with parts of the halftime show Saturday at the TD Garden. Reffue said it was part of a halftime promotion that “wasn’t executed according to how it was spelled out to us.”

British lawmakers told off for tweeting in Commons

LONDON

No tweeting in the House, please.

The deputy speaker of Britain’s House of Commons has asked lawmakers not to use Twitter while sitting in the chamber.

Lindsay Hoyle intervened after Kevin Brennan, a Labour lawmaker, noted midway through a debate on education that two other lawmakers there were tweeting about the debate on Twitter. Brennan complained that the lawmakers should have voiced their arguments in Parliament so other lawmakers could have a chance to rebut them, instead of making comments online.

Slow-moving train hits car playing loud music

MISSOULA, Mont.

Police in Montana say a man was apparently so distracted by loud music that he didn’t notice a freight train moving toward him before it struck his car just behind the driver’s door. Sgt. Jerry Odlin told the Missoulian that the man’s car was badly damaged in the crash, but the driver was not injured. No alcohol or drugs were involved. Odlin said the driver, a Missoula man in his 30s, likely will be cited for failing to stop at a railroad signal.

Associated Press