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Police in California city warning of snake scam

FREMONT, Calif.

Police in a San Francisco Bay Area city are warning residents to be wary of burglary suspects who are posing as city animal- control employees looking for a snake.

Fremont police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques says the unidentified suspects struck at least once Saturday. They told the residents of a home that they were looking for a poisonous snake that had bitten a girl and needed to come inside to set traps and take measurements.

While the residents were distracted in the backyard, someone went into the home and stole jewelry and cash. Bosques did not know the value of what was taken.

Police are investigating what appears to be a second burglary in Fremont on Saturday using the same scheme, and Bosques says the incidents sound similar to a recent burglary in neighboring Union City.

Tiny Okla. town tries to rid water supply of worms

COLCORD, Okla.

A northeast Oklahoma town is temporarily without a water supply after city workers found worms in the municipal water tower.

The worms showed up in the drinking water supply in Colcord, a town of 815 people about 80 miles east of Tulsa. Vice Mayor Cody Gibby says the worms are a type of earthworm that range from a half-inch to an inch long.

Gibby says the worms are passing through water filters and getting into distribution lines. The town shut off its drinking water Tuesday night with plans to flush the water system out and scrub the water tower clean.

Classes were canceled Wednesday at Colcord schools, and bottled water is available for residents.

Associated Press