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Residents help guide geese out of downtown Montana city

MISSOULA, Mont.

It was no gaggle of geese, but two birds and a baby waddling through a downtown Montana city stopped traffic and brought out the shutterbugs.

The Missoulian newspaper reported that it took an hour to guide the trio from the heart of Missoula back to the Clark Fork River.

Four women spotted the birds and stopped to help, using cardboard and a sweater to shepherd them safely through town as cars slowed and people snapped photos.

Noreen Humes was working at the Missoula Downtown Association when she noticed the goose family walk past her office. When they seemed to be heading deeper into the downtown area, she stepped in to help.

The birds sped up their waddles as they got closer to the river, swimming away safely.

Burglary suspect headed to trial despite ‘lost dog’ claims

A Pennsylvania burglary suspect who told police and homeowners he was just looking for his lost dog while snooping around several homes is headed to trial.

State police say 39-year-old Juan Benitez, of Uniontown, explained he had been looking for his dog in North Union and South Union townships when he was questioned about burglaries and prowling incidents at those homes.

But the (Uniontown) Herald-Standard reports that when police asked the suspect’s wife about the little Pomeranian named Bubba that Benitez claimed to be searching for, she told them the dog didn’t exist.

A district judge ordered Benitez to stand trial on burglaries on Feb. 25 and April 2, and an attempted burglary on March 4 after testimony from state police.

Thief sneaks ice-cream cooler past sleeping store clerk

OAKLAND PARK, Fla.

Deputies in Florida say a thief worked for 15 minutes to drag a cooler full of Good Humor ice cream past a sleeping clerk at a gas station near Fort Lauderdale.

Surveillance cameras captured a man walking up to the Oakland Park store at 4:09 a.m. April 2 to find the clerk sleeping.

Authorities say the man opened the ice-cream cooler, peered at the clerk, looked directly into the camera and flashed a middle finger.

After a few minutes, he carefully pulled the $2,500 cooler through the store’s doors.

Authorities arrested Dennis Norman on grand theft charges last Wednesday. He was released from jail on $1,000 bond.

There was no phone number available for Norman.

Associated Press