Thursday, March 31, 2016
oddly enough
‘Trump’ missing – from a sign outside his Florida resort
JUPITER, Fla.
“Trump” is missing – at least from the sign outside one of the Republican presidential candidate’s Florida golf resorts.
The Palm Beach Post reported Wednesday that someone removed the script lettering spelling the owner’s surname from a Trump National Jupiter entrance sign. Resort officials did not immediately respond to calls and emails Wednesday from The Associated Press.
Jupiter police spokesman Officer Adam Brown told the AP on Wednesday that no report has been filed, and the club has not requested assistance.
Trump National is where Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is alleged to have grabbed a female reporter by the arm earlier this month. He was charged this week with battery. He has denied the allegation.
Squirrel hunters cause lockdown at Ark. school
HOT SPRINGS, Ark.
A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three actually were pest-control employees chasing squirrels.
A teacher at Gardner STEM Magnet School in Hot Springs saw the men about 8 a.m. Wednesday and notified administrators. According to a statement from the Hot Springs Police Department, the teacher said it looked like three men carrying rifles were running toward the school.
Officers determined the men, who were carrying pellet guns, were employees of a pest-control company hired to eradicate squirrels at a neighboring apartment complex. Police say the employees fired a shot at a squirrel, missed and chased the squirrel onto school property.
A school employee said the lockdown was lifted after about an hour.
Dog comes home with surprise for family: bag of marijuana
LAUREL, Miss.
Officials say a family dog in Mississippi recently came home with more than a bone or toy to play fetch – the pup had a big bag of marijuana.
The Jones County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement that narcotics deputies were sent to the home Saturday to investigate the unusual incident.
According to the statement, the homeowner told deputies that when his dog came home with the bag, he initially thought it was garbage. But he inspected it and found that it contained a leafy substance that smelled like marijuana.
Authorities say they recovered about a pound of the drug. How or where the dog got the bag is not known.
Associated Press