In the news

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Wayne Hall, a spokesman for the U.S. Army, said the final draft of the investigation of the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, whose release was negotiated earlier this year after five years in captivity in Afghanistan, will take another three weeks to complete.

Agata Oleksiak, a Polish artist who puts crocheted covers on unlikely objects, might face charges for covering sculptures at the Cancun Underwater Museum in Mexico after museum Director Jaime Gonzalez said she might have damaged marine life growing on the sculptures.

Felicitas Flores, a 22-year-old California woman, was arrested after she reportedly stole a San Diego Police Department patrol car, in which the keys had been left, then led authorities on a freeway chase for about 40 miles.

Trevor Roe, the superintendent of the Essex, England, Police Department, told the BBC that dockworkers found 35 people, one of whom had died, trapped inside a shipping container at the Port of Tilbury.

Gloria Haas, 53, of Island Park, N.Y., was accused of stealing 800 Lego sets worth almost $60,000 from a storage facility and trying to sell them on eBay.

Jeff Franklin, 43, a Texas man who was a passenger on a small plane that crashed, was arrested on a charge of possession of hydrocodone after officials found thousands of dollars in cash and numerous bottles of prescription pills in the wreckage.

Lisa Bloch, a spokesman for the Marin Humane Society in Novato, Calif., said the shelter has received more than 100 tuxedo cats in 18 months, apparently all from the same person, after the person dropped off three boxes containing 24 cats.

Alicia Walicke, a Texas woman, was charged with misdemeanor theft after she reportedly stole a bottle of $3.99 wine from a gas station and waited for police outside, telling them she wanted to go to jail to see her boyfriend.

Dr. Tami Boettcher, a veterinarian in Spokane, Wash., said a 5-week-old kitten would recover from a broken leg after a witness rescued and took the kitten in after it had been tossed from a speeding vehicle.

Joslet Jean-Charles, a 21-year-old Florida man, was arrested after police said he was found asleep behind the wheel at a busy intersection, then fled upon awakening after a Greenacres patrol officer pulled in front of him.