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Woman is accused of drinking, taking forklift to move her blocked van

CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Police say a Wyoming woman drunkenly commandeered a state-owned forklift to move her own van that was blocking her driveway.

Ashley Basich was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and having an open intoxicant. She has posted $950 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 21.

Police in the city of Cheyenne say Basich’s neighbors reported that she was drinking a beer as she moved the van with a front-end loader forklift recently. Authorities say she took the forklift from the Wyoming State Forestry Division, where she works.

The 49-year-old Basich has no attorney listed as representing her. She wasn’t at her job and couldn’t be reached to comment.

State Forester Bill Crapser said he couldn’t comment about the matter.

Man is jailed, was angry that cops didn’t have an arrest warrant for him

EBENSBURG, Pa.

Police say a Pennsylvania man who became angry when told there were no outstanding warrants for his arrest has been jailed.

Cambria Township police say 40-year-old Mervin Sollenberger arrived at the Cambria County jail recently to surrender on outstanding arrest warrants. But police told him there were no warrants for his arrest.

WJAC-TV reports that’s when the Duncansville man became enraged, threatening to assault the jail’s guards and kicking a steel cage door at the lockup.

Sollenberger has been charged with making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct. He remained jailed last week after failing to post 10 percent of his $20,000 bail.

Online court records don’t list an attorney for Sollenberger. He faced a preliminary hearing Tuesday.

Scary 2016 election attracts its 1st actual ghoul candidate

BANGOR, Maine

An election cycle some have described as a fright appears to have attracted its first actual ghoul.

Signs are popping up around Bangor, Maine, advertising the campaign of Pennywise, the creepy clown from Stephen King’s 1986 novel “It.” The signs beseech residents to “Vote Pennywise” and include a picture of the clown showing his toothy smile.

Exactly what post Pennywise is running for is left unclear. The signs have been popping up around the downtown area of the city, the third largest in Maine.

King lives in Bangor and posted a picture of himself alongside one of the signs via his Twitter account.

Associated Press