Thursday, December 24, 2015
oddly enough
Police use dating app to catch man accused of phone theft
LAFAYETTE, La.
Police in Louisiana say officers used a dating app to arrest a man accused of stealing a phone at gunpoint.
The Lafayette Police Department announced in a news release that 27-year-old Leroy Hebert was arrested Tuesday. The Advocate reports officers posed as a woman on a dating app and arranged a meeting with Hebert at a Lafayette hotel.
Police say the owner of the stolen phone told authorities he was robbed at gunpoint by two men Monday night. Authorities say the victim was able to access his phone activity online and found a selfie Hebert took on the phone.
Hebert was booked on a count of armed robbery. It isn’t clear if he has an attorney.
Authorities haven’t identified the second suspect.
Coyote finds a way into airport but is trapped and removed
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.
A coyote made its way into Myrtle Beach International Airport but was trapped and removed before it could come into contact with passengers or employees.
Airport spokesman Kirk Lovell says a Horry County animal-control officer cornered and trapped the coyote Tuesday morning near the only federal security checkpoint on the ground floor. Lovell says no flights were delayed or canceled, but the checkpoint was closed briefly.
Horry Police Lt. Raul Denis says that an initial report indicates that an officer had tried to trap the animal outside the building but that it may have entered through a baggage portal.
Capt. Robert McCullough of the Department of Natural Resources says the coyote was euthanized, following the policy for handling nuisance animals.
Cop helps laboring mom make special pre-holiday delivery
CORINTH, Miss.
A Mississippi officer helped make a special pre-holiday delivery in a parking lot for a pregnant woman who couldn’t quite make it to the hospital.
Sgt. Ken Walker of Corinth came to the aid of Karla White about 4 a.m. Monday. WTVA-TV reports that White and her mother were on the way to the hospital and called 911. Dispatcher Ashleigh Hinds advised them to pull over and wait for an ambulance. They headed into a Kmart lot.
That’s when Walker showed up and realized there was no time to wait. The officer then helped deliver the baby.
Hinds says “emotions just overflowed the dispatch center.”
Walker says colleagues are giving him “atta boys” and calling him “baby doctor.”
Henry Dalton Byrd was due Jan. 7. Mom says he’s doing fine.
Associated Press