oddly enough

oddly enough

Police ticket boy after toy motorcycle hits SUV

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico

Police in this border city repented Thursday over ticketing a 6-year-old boy for reckless driving, driving without a license and not having his vehicle registered after he drove his miniature motorcycle into an SUV.

The boy’s mother, Karla Noriega, said police impounded the miniature gasoline-powered motorbike that her son got for Christmas after he crashed into an SUV on Dec. 27.

Noriega decided to go to the media and make the case public after finding out she would have to pay what she called a “ridiculous” $183 in fines to recover the toy motorbike.

City council Secretary Hector Arceluz said last week that authorities had dropped the fines, released the motorbike and would punish the police officers for having acted improperly.

Noriega’s son, Gael, was happy to get his minibike back but said it no longer works after the accident.

Principal warned over high-tech anti-cheating idea

SALZBURG, Austria

An Austrian high-school principal narrowly escaped legal action after going after potential exam cheaters with a high-tech — but illegal — idea.

Gerhard Klampfer reportedly bought and mounted a jamming device strong enough to prevent graduating classes from doing Internet research on their smartphones during final exams last summer.

State broadcaster ORF said on its website Monday that the move was effective enough to arouse the attention of a phone-service provider. The company alerted authorities in charge of monitoring radio traffic after noticing lack of service.

They then notified legal officials who threatened Klampfer with a misdemeanor. Under Austrian law, only police, the military and others in charge of security can jam signals.

Klampfer says he didn’t know he was breaking the law. He was let off with a warning instead of a fine.

Utah man gets lost class ring back 45 years later

SALT LAKE CITY

A Utah man who lost his class ring six months after he bought it is getting the keepsake back 45 years later.

Brent Aguirre of Ogden says his mother was disappointed when the 1966 Bonne-ville High School graduate lost the ring she purchased.

He tells KSL-TV he thought it was at the bottom of Pineview Reservoir and wrote it off as he pursued a career in the Air Force that led him through nine separate moves across the world.

Aguirre says he received a Facebook message this fall from a couple in Sandy who said the ring had turned up in a desk drawer.

Aguirre got the ring back just after Christmas. It doesn’t fit on his ring finger, but Aguirre says he’s happy to have it on his pinky.

Associated Press