ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Massachusetts home intruder turns out to be a duck

NORTH READING, Mass.

Police in Massachusetts responding to reports of an intruder in a woman’s home quickly quacked the case.

A North Reading woman called police Saturday from her upstairs bedroom to report that she heard loud banging noises downstairs.

She told police that she feared someone had broken into her home.

Officers who responded found no sign of a break-in.

But during a quick search of the home, police found a soot-covered wood duck.

Police say it appears the duck got in through the chimney.

An officer caught the duck and released it into a nearby pond.

Man seeks $140, but broken Maine ATM spits out $37,000

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine

A malfunctioning ATM at a bank in Maine dispensed $37,000 in cash to a man who requested $140.

South Portland police said they responded to the TD Bank branch Thursday morning after getting a call from a woman who said a man was spending an unusual amount of time at the ATM she was waiting to use.

Officers found the man stuffing cash into a shopping bag.

The money was returned to the bank.Bank officials said they don’t want to press charges.

Police continue to investigate.

The man hasn’t been charged.

A bank official described the problem as a “code error” and said no customer accounts were affected.

Woman complains to police about marijuana quality

LUFKIN, Texas

Police in East Texas arrested a woman after she called them to complain about the quality of the marijuana she had purchased from a dealer.

Lufkin police Sgt. David Casper said Monday that an officer went to the home of 37-year-old Evelyn Hamilton to hear her complaint that the dealer refused to return her money after she objected that the drug was substandard.

Casper says she pulled the small amount of marijuana from her bra when the officer asked if she still had it.

She was arrested Friday on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hamilton said Monday that she spent $40 on “seeds and residue.” She says she called police when she got no satisfaction from the dealer’s family.

Associated Press