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2 arrested in Fla. in theft of hundreds in meat products

DeLAND, Fla.

A man and woman have been arrested in central Florida after police say they stole more than $300 worth of meat from a grocery store.

Deputies told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that 48-year-old Doris Rowe and 54-year-old Kenneth Edwards drove 26 miles to a Winn-Dixie store in DeLand where a store manager saw Rowe stuffing meat products and other items into her pants.

Deputies say the manager stopped Rowe, and she hit the manager in the neck, dropping pork ribs, two packs of detergent and three water filters. Rowe fled the store and got into Edwards’ truck. Deputies apprehended them at a traffic stop. Both were charged with grand theft and robbery.

Deputies found ribeye steaks, ground beef, bacon, pork ribs and a gallon of bleach in the car valued at $361.

Prosecutors: Man stuffed $300 bribe into city worker’s pants

PHILADELPHIA

A Philadelphia man is facing a bribery charge after prosecutors say he stuffed $300 into a city worker’s pants during a property reassessment.

Ri Quang Wu was charged Thursday with bribery in official and political matters and obstructing the function of government.

Court records with bail information or a lawyer for the 59-year-old Wu were not posted online.

Prosecutors say Wu passed the bribe during a May 2014 assessment at a property in South Philadelphia.

They say the evaluator tried to give the cash back, but Wu refused, and the evaluator turned it over to his bosses at the Bureau of Revenue and Taxation.

District Attorney Seth Williams says the case shows that the city is not for sale and that employees won’t tolerate dishonest behavior.

Man turns in $1 million lottery ticket — dusted with flour

DETROIT

A postal worker says he couldn’t eat or sleep for three days because of something in a container of flour.

What was keeping him up? A $1 million lottery ticket.

Fred Morgan of Detroit had five winning numbers in the April 17 Mega Millions game. He knew he had won the next day. But he told lottery officials that he stashed the ticket in flour and a few other places while he and his wife considered what to do with the windfall.

Morgan says nobody would “check for anything valuable in the flour.” He says he’s retiring early after 31 years as a mail carrier.

Associated Press