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Ohio woman offers beer, smokes as lost-dog reward

DAYTON

An Ohio woman made fliers offering a case of beer and a pack of cigarettes as a reward for finding her lost dog — and it worked.

Twenty-three-year-old Abigail Miller of Dayton offered the unusual reward after her two dogs escaped through an open gate Jan. 2.

She found one of them at a local animal shelter a few days later, but the other, a Husky named Zoro, remained missing.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Miller came up the reward because she could afford it and figured it would attract attention.

She was right. The man who called and told Miller where to find her dog turned down the reward, but she says she’s going to offer him some food from the sandwich shop where she works.

Police: Pa. man stole sanitizer to make cocktails

ALTOONA, Pa.

Authorities say a man stole 12 bottles of hand sanitizer from a central Pennsylvania hospital so he could mix it with orange juice and drink it for the alcohol it contained.

The Altoona Mirror reports 51-year-old Lee Ammerman has been mailed a summons requiring him to surrender Feb. 5 on charges of theft and receiving stolen property.

Police say an employee at UPMC Altoona hospital saw Ammerman steal a bottle of sanitizer in October by hiding it in an arm sling he was wearing. They say Ammerman returned to steal more sanitizer twice in December.

Police say they confronted Ammerman, who acknowledged stealing the sanitizer, saying, “I mix the liquid with orange juice.”

The hospital is seeking about $80 in restitution.

Ammerman doesn’t have a listed phone or an attorney named in court records.

Report: New Mexico dog tests positive for cocaine, pot

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

A New Mexico woman whose dog tested positive for cocaine and marijuana is fighting to get the canine back after surrendering the Labrador retriever because of a $2,000 vet bill.

The Albuquerque Journal reports 1-year-old Maddie showed “strong positive cocaine” and active marijuana traces in urine tests conducted this week by an Albuquerque clinic.

A clinic report says veterinarians saw the dog twitching, shaking and walking with poor balance after owner Arlene Saiz brought her in.

The report says because Saiz couldn’t pay the vet bill, she signed the dog over to the city Animal Welfare Department.

Saiz says she regrets the decision.

City officials said police found no evidence to file charges against Saiz, who said she doesn’t know how the animal consumed the drugs.

Associated Press