In the news

■ Jason Cook, a fire battalion chief in Layton, Utah, said a 4-year-old boy wearing a sock on his arm reached under a fence to try to play with a neighbor’s husky dog, which bit off the boy’s hand and part of his forearm, sending the boy to a hospital where he’s recovering.

■ Jason Colton of Melbourne, Australia, who admitted during his murder trial that he choked an Airbnb guest to death in 2017 over an unpaid $149 bill, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter, prosecutors said.

■ Ashley Bemis, 29, of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., who pleaded guilty to posing as a firefighter’s wife to collect and keep for herself thousands of dollars in donations for firefighters who battled a 2018 fire that burned in two counties, was sentenced to 177 days in jail.

■ John Murphy, 31, was arrested by London police, accused of shouting “When you vote you get what you vote for” and smacking an egg on the head of Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn as Parliament’s opposition leader visited a mosque.

■ Andrew Baxter, fire chief in Charlottesville, Va., said his department is “excited” about improving its relationship with firefighters in a sister city, Winneba, Ghana, by sending the West African community surplus gear, including helmets, fire suits, gloves and boots.

■ Dave Tortora, president of a police union in Bergenfield, N.J., said the local has canceled plans to fund a college scholarship by raffling off a semi-automatic rifle and a shotgun and will refund ticket money, after questions were raised about whether such a raffle is legal.

■ Pamela Oestreich, the former tax collector for Callaway County, Mo., who pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing about $300,000 in taxpayer funds for personal use, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay the money.

■ Sam Crish, the former sheriff of Allen County, Ohio, who pleaded guilty to extortion and bribery for taking nearly $100,000 from people arrested in prostitution and gambling stings, faces up to 15 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

■ Ayub Abdulrahman, 27, upset that his car was being held in a towing company’s impound lot in Orlando, Fla., was recorded on security video throwing a Molotov cocktail at his car, setting it on fire, resulting in his arrest on arson and other charges, police said.