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Peter Gilbreth, 50, of Joplin, Mo., arrested last month after a Prairie State Park ranger reported finding him naked and hiding under a desk in an office, was charged in another incident at a different park, with authorities saying he stole a work truck, emerged from it wearing only shoes and tried to get into a bathroom as a woman prepared the facility for a school field trip.
Pamela Oestreich, 59, who resigned in March from her post as county collector in Callaway County, Mo., pleaded guilty to embezzling about $300,000 in taxpayer funds after taking money for personal use on more than 100 occasions starting in September 2015.
Gina Marie Marks,a self-declared psychic from Maryland who pleaded guilty to stealing $340,000 from people through scams, including charging nearly $80,000 to a woman who sought help with a love spell, was sentenced to six years in prison.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry’s, are putting their expertise to work on behalf of seven Democratic congressional candidates, teaming up with the political action committee MoveOn to create ice cream flavors that reflect the values of each hopeful.
J.D. Kleopfer, a Virginia herpetologist, said officials hope to eventually donate to a zoo an “exceptionally rare,” venomous two-headed copperhead snake found outside a Woodbridge, Va., home.
Okoth Obado, a Kenyan provincial governor, faces a murder charge in the death of university student Sharon Otieno, who was kidnapped and killed after claiming Obado had impregnated her during an extramarital affair.
Cory Cannon said he got out of his car to stop traffic on a busy street in Lakewood, N.J., after realizing that what he thought was a toy was actually a baby girl crawling across the road, with his actions allowing a neighbor to grab the child and return her safely to her home.
James Craig, chief of the Detroit Police Department, said a rookie officer was fired after posting on Snapchat a photo of himself in uniform with the caption, “Another night to Rangel (sic) up these zoo animals.”
Jennifer Olajire-Aro, 27, is the focus of a lawsuit filed against the Charleston County School District in South Carolina by a mother and her teenage son, who say Olajire-Aro, a math teacher, coerced the teen into having sex with her and then lowered his grade when he tried to fend off her advances.