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VW beetle police car pulls over pickup driver

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn.

A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff’s Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle — at about 20 mph. The beetle won.

Deputy Shane Watson was leaving the courthouse Feb.2 when a man reported a pickup truck being driven erratically.

Watson jumped into the bug and soon caught up with it. He turned on the little car’s lights and siren, but the driver ignored him, according to The Johnson City Press.

Deciding the woman behind the wheel showed no signs of stopping for a red light, Watson went around her and braked, expecting to sacrifice the beetle, but the truck stopped inches off the back bumper.

Driver Cynthia Ann Andes of Hampton said she drank half a liter of vodka and took prescription pain pills.

Ky. school officials say bedbugs at school a hoax

AUGUSTA, Ky.

Augusta Independent School Principal Robin Kelsch had enough to worry about with the flu. Kelsch didn’t need a student’s report of bedbugs at the school to make things worse. But that’s what he got.

Kelsch told The Ledger Independent that the report turned out to be a hoax, but school office phones were ringing with concerned parents on the other end. Kelsch said the rumor started when a student brought in a water bug and squashed it, then told her friends it was a bedbug “just to scare them.”

Kelsch said officials checked the school, then bleached and cleaned it and found “absolutely no” bedbugs.

Pennsylvania girls steal key, make a meal in victim’s house

HARBORCREEK, Pa.

State police say two girls stole a key and burglarized a 69-year-old woman’s home, cooking themselves a meal and leaving behind a mess afterward.But police aren’t identifying the girls or filing charges against them because police say the homeowner didn’t want to press charges.

The Erie Times-News says the girls got into the home while the owner was away from Jan. 19 through Feb. 6.

Retirement ends Ohio family’s long-running service

HAMILTON, Ohio

Members of Hamilton police Chief Neil Ferdelman’s family have had public-safety jobs serving their southwestern Ohio city for 87 years straight, but that run will end with his retirement next month. The JournalNews of Hamilton reports Ferdelman’s grandfather was a firefighter from 1925 to 1958. His father served as a police officer from 1942 until 1976.

Ferdelman initially planned to become a lawyer but took an interest in police work and has been a member of the force for 36 years, spending about one-third of that time as chief. He plans to retire March 2 from his job in Hamilton.

Associated Press