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GPS gives thief away
Police in Amityville, New York, arrested a man on suspicion of stealing a GPS receiver after the device apparently gave him away. Amityville police say they stopped the 33-year-old man early on Saturday after they spotted him trying to ride a bicycle while carrying several items, including a car GPS unit. Police say the cyclist gave evasive answers to questions and when the officer pressed the home button on the GPS, the unit displayed a nearby address. The resident of that home told police the device was his.
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Lost ring returned
A woman in Lafayette, Indiana, whose diamond ring vanished while she was making fudge for a bake sale was despondent after scouring her home and finding no sign of it. But Linda Vancel recently got a sweet surprise: A relative of the woman who bought the fudge found the ring when he bit into a piece of the candy. Linda Rhoades bought the fudge during a bake sale in West Lafayette. She took some of it to her sister-in-law's father, Charles Matson, in hopes of cheering him up after recent health problems. Rhoades said Matson called her and said, "Well, Linda, it's got chocolate all over it, but it doesn't look adjustable. It's got a stone that's really shiny."
■ UNITED STATES
Man fires at Hooters, kills 1
A customer who was upset over his tab fired several shots into a Hooters restaurant in Knoxville, Tennessee, killing one person and seriously wounding a manager, police said. Police were searching for the man, who left on foot on Saturday just after midnight, Lieutenant Kenny Miller said. Managers asked the man to leave after he refused to pay his bill at the chain restaurant and bar, which is known for featuring scantily clad waitresses. He then went outside and started firing a .40-caliber handgun at the building, police said. The shots hit another customer identified as 35-year-old Stacey Sherman. Sherman, who police believed was visiting family for the holidays, died later at a hospital.
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Burglary suspect gets robbed
A burglary suspect who gave a false home address to police after his arrest didn't count on one thing -- getting robbed himself. Daniel Cabral, 22, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with burglarizing a University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth building, police said. He was arraigned and released until his next court date. Hours later, he was robbed at gunpoint while walking home from a bar. He reported the robbery to police, this time giving them his real address instead of the phony one he reported earlier in the day, according to authorities. Police arrested two suspects and a man accused of being an accomplice after the fact. They also obtained a search warrant for Cabral's real address and found stolen computer equipment.
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