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NM police: Suspect tried to escape via ceiling tiles

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

New Mexico State Police say a woman suspected of stealing a vehicle tried to escape from custody by climbing through ceiling tiles at a hospital where she was being treated.

KOB-TV reports that police say Shylen Salazar got into the ceiling above her hospital bed and hid there for more than an hour before authorities found her.

Salazar had been arrested on suspicion of possessing a stolen truck. She was held in jail, where police say she told the guards she swallowed a batch of drugs to hide them from authorities.

Police say she was rushed to the hospital last week and then attempted the escape.

Salazar is facing charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and escaping from police custody.

Alaska man arrested in thefts of women’s underwear

ANCHORAGE, Alaska

Alaska State Troopers say they have detained a man suspected of stealing women’s underwear during burglaries in Kodiak.

KTUU-TV reports an 18-year-old was taken into custody Monday. Online court records early Tuesday didn’t indicate he had been formally charged.

Troopers say the burglaries occurred over three months. Residents would return home to find items — mostly women’s underwear — missing. They had been alerted to keep their doors locked.

The agency says the 18-year-old is suspected of breaking into seven homes and trying to get into three others.

Officers called to investigate a report of a home invasion at 11:18 a.m. Monday saw a man running away.

They learned the identity of a possible suspect, confirmed a description of his car and made an arrest.

Ring flushed by 3-year-old returned to California family

UNION CITY, Calif.

Sanitation workers have returned an heirloom diamond and sapphire ring to a San Francisco Bay Area family whose 3-year-old son flushed it down the toilet.

After several attempts, Union Sanitary District crews found the ring last week, about a month and a half after it disappeared from Munazzar and Mehvish Tapal’s home in Union City.

Wastewater Collection Supervisor Shawn Nesgis tells KTVU-TV that the ring traveled about a third of a mile.

Crews flushed the sewer lines and discovered the ring after vacuuming up debris. Nesgis equated the discovery to finding a needle in a haystack.

The Tapals say the ring’s return was a miracle. Munazzar Tapal estimates the ring has been in his family for 60 years.

Associated Press