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$12K left at restaurant: Tip or drug money?

MOORHEAD, Minn.

A western Minnesota waitress says $12,000 that police call drug money is actually a tip left for her by a diner.

Stacy Knutson has filed a lawsuit in Clay County District Court saying a customer left a takeout box from another restaurant at her table at the Fryn’ Pan in Moorhead, near Fargo, N.D. In the lawsuit, Knutson says she followed the customer to her car but that the customer told her to keep the box. She later discovered it contained rolls of cash.

Knutson says she called police even though she has five children and really needs the money.

Officers told her to wait 90 days in case someone claimed the money. Police later told her the cash smelled of marijuana and is being held in a drug investigation.

Truck thief crashed while eating, texting

KENNEWICK, Wash.

Texting and eating while driving? Not the best plan. Do those things while driving a stolen truck and the trouble mounts.

Kennewick, Wash., police say a Chevy pickup truck previously stolen in nearby Richland ran into a ditch and drove through some logs and lawns before hitting a home last week.

Neighbors and the home-owner saw a man run from the scene. A Benton County sheriff’s deputy in the area made an arrest a short time later.

Spokesman Mike Blatman told the Tri-City Herald the arrested man said he was eating a croissant and reading a text message when he lost control of the truck.

The spokesman says 32-year-old Jeromy Kirkendall of Kennewick was booked into the Benton County jail for investigation of possessing stolen property.

It wasn’t immediately known if Kirkendall has an attorney or how much damage was done to the home.

Grandmas issue shooting challenge

FAIRBANKS, Alaska

The Alaska Grandma Safe Shootin’ Challenge has residents taking on three Fairbanks grandmothers in a local shooting-range competition.

Grandmothers Dody Maki, Phyllis Trickey and Wynola Possenti are the women behind the challenge, which tests prowess in hunting, pistol marksmanship and rifle shooting and promotes gun safety.

With just a couple of days left in the challenge, a commercial on local television and YouTube was drawing people to the range.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says Maki is the deadeye of the three grandmas. She has been shooting since her 20s but started going to the range only within the past 10 years. She can hit the bull’s eye 10 times firing rapidly with a pistol.

The final shoot-off was Sunday.

Associated Press