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Police: NM man arrested after stealing mom’s stew
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
Police say an Albuquerque man wanted his mother’s traditional New Mexican stew so much he broke into her home and stole it.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that 23-year-old Jonathan Ray was arrested recently after he ignored his mother’s orders to stay away from her posole and ran off with the holiday dish.
According to a criminal complaint, Ray sent his mom a text message saying he wanted some of her posole but she told him no.
The complaint says the mother later found her gate and garage broken and a pot of the posole missing.
Ray was arrested on a residential burglary charge. Court records didn’t list an attorney for him.
Donor drops rings worth $3,500 in Salvation Army kettle
BILLERICA, Mass.
The Salvation Army says someone has placed a wedding band and a diamond engagement ring worth $3,500 in one of its holiday red kettles in Massachusetts.
The charity said Tuesday that the anonymous donation made last week in the town of Billerica, about 20 miles northwest of Boston, is reminiscent of a series of donations of expensive jewelry last winter.
Salvation Army officials called the rings “an incredible gift” that will help pay for food pantries, soup kitchens and other holiday outreach to the needy.
Last December, a widow’s donation of her wedding and diamond engagement rings in Boston touched off a wave of similar giving that wound up raising more than $30,000.
The Salvation Army says it hopes to raise $3.4 million in this year’s red kettle campaign in Massachusetts.
Big catch for Cape Cod fisherman: $10M lottery prize
WELLFLEET, Mass.
Talk about a big catch: A self-employed Cape Cod shellfisher has won $10 million playing the lottery.
The Massachusetts State Lottery says William Young Jr., of Wellfleet is the second person to win the top prize in the lottery’s new “$10,000,000 Mega Fortune” game.
Young opted to pocket cash winnings and received a one-time payment of $6.5 million before taxes.
The lottery said Tuesday he plans to use his winnings to help his family and invest.
It said the winning ticket was sold at an Express Mart on Route 6 in Wellfleet.
Associated Press