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Police: Pennsylvania burglary suspect made himself at home
COLUMBIA, Pa.
Police say a burglary suspect made himself at home before a central Pennsylvania family returned from a trip to find him settled into their residence.
Police say 21-year-old Zachary Jock was arrested Sunday after a family returned to find him wearing their clothes, eating their food and even rearranging their furniture.
Columbia police believe Jock had settled in for at least two days and damaged the home by throwing two knives, which stuck into the ceiling. Police also found pills, alcohol and cigarettes in the home that didn’t belong to the owner. Police say Jock also had $2,800 worth of items in a backpack that belonged to the home’s owner and his child.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Jock, who remains in the Lancaster County jail.
Bingo! NH bill would allow adults to join children’s games
CONCORD, N.H.
The odds don’t look good for the latest effort to authorize a casino in New Hampshire, yet a quirky bill would give adults another way to gamble: children’s bingo games.
Under current law, hotels and campgrounds can host separate bingo games for adults and kids. Republican Rep. James Webb, of Derry, wants to allow adults to join the children’s games, with some restrictions.
Under a bill he presented to a state Senate committee Tuesday, anyone over age 18 would be allowed to play if they are supervising a child or children, but they would not be eligible to win prizes.
“It sounds worse than it is, but it’s really not,” said Webb, who was inspired by camping trips with his grandchildren. “I tried to write it as much as possible to make sure this is a children’s game.”
“Sometimes you’ll see that adults will drop their kids off and leave. This will take care of that problem,” he said. “I’d like to stay there and enjoy them having fun and enjoying bingo.”
Brian Pinard, of Goffstown, said his children no longer are interested in bingo, but he wanted to advocate for relatives with small children.
“It’s difficult to send a 6- or 7-year-old into a building to play bingo alone, unsupervised,” he said.
The bill also would increase the maximum value of prizes from $2 to $5. After hearing from Webb and Pinard, the Ways and Means committee, without debate, voted to recommend that the full Senate pass the bill.
Meanwhile, a bill that would authorize a single casino in the state is stalled in the Senate.
A similar bill that would have authorized two casinos passed the Senate last year, but it failed in the House, which has never gone for the idea.
Associated Press