ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Police chase naked suspect, capture him in pants

SALEM, Ore.

Police trying to arrest a man in Oregon found him in nothing but underwear, and then he ended up in his birthday suit before he was arrested in some pants he apparently found while being chased.

Salem police say the man fled out the back door of a house in his undies when they found him Oct. 28.

Officers following him through yards and bushes soon realized he was no longer wearing anything at all. When officers finally caught up with him, he had pants on.

Lt. Dave Okada told the Salem Statesman Journal that the suspect apparently lost the underwear scrambling over a fence and then grabbed the pants somewhere.

Police say 49-year-old James E. Bufford was wanted on a warrant alleging failure to register as a sex offender. He also faces burglary, theft, escape and other charges.

DNA from toilet leads police to suspect in $250K heist

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Police in Albuquerque say a man suspected of a $250,000 heist should have flushed the evidence he left behind.

KOAT-TV reported that investigators tied Ramon Herrera to the September burglary using DNA left on a toilet. Police say the 33-year-old relieved himself while taking $250,000 worth of jewelry from a home while the owners were on vacation, but he didn’t flush.

Police say Herrera also took a Coke from the fridge, drank it and left the can along with his DNA. Investigators say DNA from the can and toilet was matched to Herrera. He was recently arrested and booked into the Bernalillo County jail.

Herrera has pleaded not guilty to charges of residential burglary and larceny over $20,000.

Tractor-trailer stuck in park; truck driver blames GPS

MILWAUKEE

A man who drove his tractor-trailer onto a walkway at a Milwaukee park, getting it stuck on a foot bridge, says his GPS device is to blame.

The 50-year-old driver has been cited for reckless driving and failing to obey road signs, which carry nearly $580 in fines.

Milwaukee County sheriff’s officials say the Indiana man drove the truck, which had a 53-foot trailer, onto a walkway Tuesday at Lake Park.

The truck got hung up on a peninsula behind the North Point Lighthouse along Milwaukee’s lakeshore. The mishap damaged several trees and concrete railings on two pedestrian bridges.

Crews were attempting to remove the truck Wednesday.

Associated Press