ODDLY ENOUGH | Intruder, homeowner call police on each other

ODDLY ENOUGH

Intruder, homeowner call police on each other

PORTLAND, Ore.

Oregon police say both an intruder and a Portland homeowner phoned 911 to report the same thing: a strange man in a home.

Lt. Kelli Sheffer said the intruder told police he had just broken into a home Monday evening when the owner arrived — and the caller was worried the homeowner might have a gun.

Accompanied by his two German shepherds, the homeowner found the intruder and asked what he was doing in the house. That’s when the stranger locked himself in a bathroom and phoned police.

The homeowner called police with his account.

Sheffer said 24-year-old Timothy James Chapek of Portland was booked into jail for investigation of first-degree criminal trespass.

Twin sisters give birth to daughters 2 hours apart

INDIANAPOLIS

Twin sisters have given birth to baby girls only two hours apart — and in the same Indianapolis hospital.

WTHR-TV in Indianapolis reports that 22-year-olds Charron and Chardee Hampton welcomed their daughters to the world Monday at St. Vincent Women’s Hospital.

Charron Hampton was past her due date and went to the hospital to be induced. Shortly after, Chardee Hampton went into labor and rushed to the same hospital. WRTV says both babies were born in an uncommon face-up position and measured 21 inches long.

The sisters are both engaged — and are deciding if they should share the same wedding day, too.

Charron Hampton named her daughter Chanise Amari Monroe, and Chardee Hampton named her daughter Trinity Dominick Brown.

Custodian charged with taking money from troopers

MEADVILLE, Pa.

A custodian at a state police barracks in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with stealing $183 kept by troopers for fundraisers involving their children.

Online court records do not list an attorney for 38-year-old Clifford Seibel Jr. of Linesville, who was arraigned Monday on theft charges. He also does not have a listed phone.

State police say Seibel stole the money the past several weeks from the barracks in Vernon Township, near Meadville. Police said that Seibel had some of the stolen money, but they didn’t immediately explain how they traced the cash.

A crime corporal said the money was taken from envelopes kept by various troopers for fundraisers, such as cookie sales, sponsored by schools or other groups in which the troopers’ children were involved. Seibel isn’t a state employee and works for an unidentified cleaning firm.

Associated Press