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Homeless Massachusetts man not hard-rock band’s drummer

GLOUCESTER, Mass.

He wasn’t asked to play a few licks on the drums, but police in Gloucester quickly determined that the homeless man they found at a city business wasn’t who he claimed to be.

When officers responded to the business Thursday to assist employees with the man, he claimed he was the drummer for the 1980s-era hard-rock band Whitesnake.

The Gloucester Times reports that a quick check of records indicated that was not true.

The man, who had no known address, had been asked to leave an apartment building earlier in the night when he was found sleeping in the doorway.

The unnamed man was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Western Pa. chief befuddled by ‘fool’ in bear suit

GLENSHAW, Pa.

A western Pennsylvania police chief is befuddled by someone who foolishly jumped in front of a car while wearing a bear costume during a snowstorm.

Shaler Township Chief Bryan Kelly tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that nobody was hurt during the stunt, which occurred about 1:30 a.m. Friday in this suburb about five miles east of Pittsburgh.

Kelly says the bear-suited person jumped in front of the car at an intersection, then ran down an alley.

Police showed up to investigate but couldn’t track the suspect.

The area received about 4 inches of snow overnight, which only made the prank more dangerous.

The chief says he could understand the incident a little better “if it was April. ... I could see it as an April Fool’s thing.”

Candy-craving thieves flee warehouse empty-handed

HESPERIA, Calif.

For a pair of thwarted Southern California thieves, taking candy from a well-alarmed warehouse proved a lot harder than taking it from a baby.

Video surveillance captured the would-be candy swipers as they approached Candy Crate’s warehouse in Hesperia on Friday. The men broke a window and fled.

The company sells retro sweets such as candy cigarettes and Astro Pops.

Candy Crate operations manager Randi Caporale tells the Victorville Daily Press an alarm went off that likely scared away the thieves, and “not even a Blow Pop” was taken.

Caporale says the warehouse is “in the middle of nowhere, so maybe they thought they’d come in and get their candy on.”

The facility is open to the public, but the company sells most of its candy online, so little cash is on hand.

Associated Press