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Bandit wearing Spider-Man mask foiled by clerks

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.

A note to would-be crooks channeling their favorite superheroes: Just because you’re wearing the mask, it doesn’t mean you have super powers.

Authorities in North Carolina say a sword-wielding bandit wearing a Spider-Man mask walked into a convenience store Wednesday morning and demanded money.

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office says the clerk pulled out a broom and poked the suspect in the stomach.

A second clerk joined in the struggle.

The suspect lost his mask, and part of his ponytail was ripped out before he fled.

Deputy sheriffs found him at a nearby home.

Dale Foughty, 56, faces several charges. He is jailed under $100,000 bond.

It wasn’t immediately known if he had an attorney.

Stolen panties prompt investigation in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M.

Campus police at New Mexico State University are investigating claims that a man came into a woman’s yard and stole panties from her clothesline.

The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that police responded to the woman’s home Monday.

She told officers she had hung several pairs of colored underwear, two bras and some of her son’s shirts on the clothesline Saturday evening.

She found her gate open Sunday morning, and nine pairs of panties worth about $60 were gone.

Police have not identified any suspects.

The case comes just a year after five members of an NMSU sorority told police one of their members had been stealing Victoria’s Secret underwear and bras worth hundreds of dollars.

All the items, except for one bra, eventually were recovered.

20 gnomes taken from yard in central Pennsylvania

PALMYRA, Pa.

It’s gno joke — 20 central Pennsylvania garden gnomes have been pilfered.

Palmyra police say 8-foot-tall ceramic gnomes were taken from the yard of a home between Tuesday evening and Wednesday afternoon.

WGAL-TV reports the thief or thieves also absconded with a dozen 6-inch solar-powered gnome lights.

Anyone with information about the roaming gnomes is asked to get in touch with Palmyra police.

Associated Press