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Cops say woman with history of thefts steals hair highlights

BETHLEHEM, Pa.

A Pennsylvania woman with a history of stealing meals and services has purportedly struck again, this time at a hair salon.

Bethlehem township police say 46-year-old Tia Hassler went to the Intrigued Salon on June 18 and had more than $100 worth of highlights put in her hair, only to claim she had no money once the work was done.

Salon workers told police Hassler knew the price before they did the work and gave no indication she couldn’t pay.

Hassler remained in the Northampton County jail without an attorney listed in online court records.

Those records show numerous theft of services cases against her dating to 2009.

Empty NYC transit bus rolls down street, hits church, cars

NEW YORK

An empty New York City transit bus rolled backward down a hilly Brooklyn block and smashed into a church and parked vehicles during a crash caught on video .

One person on the street received minor injuries when the bus got loose June 21 in the Bushwick neighborhood.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Amanda Kwan says the brake was not engaged.

Bennie Garcia told the Daily News that he was in bed when he heard a “massive bang” and the driver yelling for help. He saw his neighbor who’d been doing a car repair lying on his back and bleeding from his nose.

The union that represents transit workers said it was the driver’s third day on the job, and she was very upset.

511 California surfers paddle out to set record

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.

Southern California surfers are stoked after setting a Guinness World Record for largest surf paddle-out.

The record became official June 20 after 511 surfers formed a circle and held hands for one minute while floating off Huntington Beach.

The Orange County Register says the group contended with morning fog, strong currents and large waves.

The paddle-out was conceived as a way to celebrate surfing making it into the Olympic summer games for the first time in 2020.

Associated Press