ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Police say man steals money, is caught after drunken crash

ROCHESTER, N.H.

Police in Rochester, N.H., say a man suspected of stealing money from a gas station was captured about an hour later after he crashed his car while driving drunk.

WMUR-TV reported that police arrested 27-year-old Daniel Wilson after responding to the accident scene on Charles Street near Knight Street around 3 p.m. Saturday.

Police say he crossed the double yellow line and crashed into a parked car.

He was charged with driving while intoxicated and unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle.

Police identified him as the suspect who an hour earlier had stolen money from a safe at a Shell gas station on Washington Street.

They say he managed to take the money while the clerk was busy with several customers.

He was charged with theft.

Authorities sedate coyote to capture it in upper Manhattan

NEW YORK

Police officers have captured a coyote in a park in upper Manhattan.

Officials say officers used tranquilizer darts to sedate the coyote in Riverside Park about 10 p.m. Saturday after someone spotted the animal and called police.

Parks officials say the coyote was delivered to Animal Care and Control where she was examined and fed by veterinary staff and released in an “appropriate wilderness area in the Bronx” Sunday night.

Park rangers began efforts to track the coyote after numerous sightings of the critter were made by the public in the past two weeks.

Most coyotes pose no danger to people.

Officials say the last capture and release of a coyote in New York City took place in 2013.

Police officer weds couple after weather closes courthouse

KALAMAZOO, Mich.

A Michigan couple will never forget the guy who married them: He was carrying a gun.

Dean Lauer and Carrie Stull were married Friday at the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety after the county courthouse was closed due to extreme weather.

Kalamazoo Officer Joe Paul is certified to perform marriages in Michigan.

So he married the couple in the chief’s conference room before the start of his afternoon shift.

In a statement, the police department says it’s pleased to solve another crisis.

Associated Press