ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Authorities pull globe, not honey pot, from cub’s head

BALSAM LAKE, Wis.

A bear cub in Wisconsin had a Winnie-the-Pooh moment, but it wasn’t a honey pot that got stuck on its head. It was a hard plastic globe.

Authorities rescued the cub Sept. 16 after a passer-by spotted it near Balsam Lake with the mother bear nearby.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office used a squad car to keep the mother away while authorities and two bear hunters worked on the globe as the cub was contained in a net.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Brent Waak says the thick globe resisted pliers, tin snips and pruning shears. It finally slipped off after bolt cutters were used.

The sheriff’s office posted a photo of the rescue on its Facebook page .

Waak says it’s unknown where the cub got the apparently ornamental globe.

Man who fled Ward County Courthouse arrested after half year

MINOT, N.D.

A Minot man who fled the Ward County Courthouse after a judge revoked his probation has been arrested after six months.

Thirty-eight-year-old John Rude was ordered immediately detained March 15 after a judge sentenced him to six months in jail. Authorities say he ran out the front door of the courthouse and deputies were unable to catch him.

The Minot Daily News reports that Rude was arrested Sept. 17. Judge Todd Cresap ordered that he immediately begin serving his six-month sentence.

Rude also now faces a felony escape charge that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. He’s due in court Oct. 18.

Man accused of assault after leading wife with leash

YORK, Pa.

A Maryland man is facing a simple assault charge after using a dog leash to lead his wife around a Pennsylvania fair because she has late-stage dementia.

West Manchester police say Walter Wolford yanked the 8-inch long red nylon leash, causing his wife’s head to jerk back and leave red marks around her throat. But the 66-year-old Hagerstown man says he only gently tugged on the leash, which he uses to keep his wife from getting lost.

Authorities say the officer called to the York Fair on Sept. 15 tried to speak to the woman. But she didn’t know where she was, didn’t know her name and couldn’t form words.

Wolford says that he attached the leash to his wife’s waist, but that it somehow moved up around her neck.

It wasn’t known whether Wolford has an attorney to comment for him.

Associated Press