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More cats than inmates at Fla. prison set to close

BELLE GLADE, Fla.

Authorities say dozens of cats that snuck into a South Florida prison will be found new homes before the facility closes next month.

As many as 80 cats have burrowed under fences and taken up residence at the state-run prison in Belle Glade. Prisoners have been feeding the animals, even though rules prohibit that.

The 1,000-inmate prison closes Dec. 1. Officials tell The Palm Beach Post that as of Monday, there are more cats than prisoners at the facility. Just 69 inmates remain awaiting transfers.

Palm Beach County animal-control officers are removing the cats so they won’t starve when the prison closes. They’re offering to waive adoption fees to find them new homes.

Some of the cats have been euthanized because they were feral and couldn’t be adopted.

Teen rescued after 10 hours in chimney of Ga. home

NORCROSS, Ga.

Atlanta-area authorities say a teenage burglary suspect was pulled from a chimney by firefighters after being stuck there for more than 10 hours.

Police say the 17-year-old boy was taken into custody after being freed from the chimney around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in Norcross, northeast of Atlanta.

Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the teen was charged with burglary and giving false information to a police officer.

Smith said a neighbor heard someone yelling for help from her neighbor’s chimney.

Authorities tell the Gwinnett Daily Post the teen was screaming when fire crews arrived and told the firefighters he had been stuck there since 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters freed him by lowering a rope from the top of the chimney.

Pa. robber takes ‘bread’ when he can’t get bread

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh police say a man took “bread” — also known as $74 — from a Subway restaurant after he got angry because the shop didn’t have the kind of bread he wanted for his sandwich.

Police say nobody was hurt by the robber who was still at large Wednesday.

Police tell WTAE-TV the man entered the shop in the city’s Point Breeze neighborhood about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. After ordering a sandwich, police say the man gave an employee a hard time because he couldn’t get a specific kind of bread.

When the man went to pay for his sandwich, he instead demanded that the worker give him all the money in the drawer. Police say the man reached into his sweat shirt as though he had a weapon, though no gun was produced.

Associated Press