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Man rides stolen electric shopping cart, is jailed

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

An Albuquerque, N.M., man is facing charges after police say he drove a stolen electric shopping cart to meet with his probation officer.

KOAT-TV reports court papers say 18-year-old Michael Johnson rode the electric shopping cart this week to make his scheduled visit. When the probation officer asked Johnson where he got the cart, court documents say Johnson admitted taking it from an Albuquerque Walmart.

Johnson was arrested and charged with larceny and receiving stolen property. He also violated his probation when he was arrested and was ordered held on a $500 bond.

Albuquerque police spokesman Tanner Tixier says the cart is worth more than $1,800.

It was not known if Johnson had an attorney.

Man shows up for jail in T-shirt with mug shot

MADISON, Maine

A Maine man who served a 48-hour sentence for drunken driving wore something special for his jail booking photo: a T-shirt featuring his mug shot.

Nineteen-year-old Bobby Burt of Pittsfield had the mug shot from his June arrest printed on the orange shirt, along with the words, “Sponsored by Bud Light and Somerset County Sheriff.”

The mug shot is making the rounds online thanks to The Smoking Gun, which posted it Monday.

Sean Maguire, the jail’s compliance manager, said there’s no policy on what inmates can or cannot wear for booking photos.

Burt, who’s using the mug shot for his Facebook profile picture, didn’t immediately return a call left at his place of employment Tuesday.

86-year-old Utah woman writes romance novel

SALT LAKE CITY

An 86-year-old Utah woman became a first-time novelist by writing a steamy romance novel about a bored housewife.

Georgia Gorringe told KUTV that it took her five years to write the novel available on Kindle and Amazon.

Gorringe says the story focuses on a woman who listens to talk radio and is turned on by a man’s magical voice.

The writer’s daughter, Bobbie Posey, says she was taken aback by the amount of steaminess in the book.

Gorringe says the story is all fiction, but her daughter says much of it is based on her mother’s real-life experiences.

The 176-page book, titled “No Good-Bye,” came out in February but isn’t available in bookstores. Gorringe put it out using a company that helps authors self-publish.

Associated Press