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Richard Fountaine, 29, an escaped inmate from Wyoming, and Kimberly Belcher, 25, a correctional facility employee accused of helping him break out, were arrested in Georgia after two weeks on the run, authorities said.
Art Acevedo, Houston’s police chief, said he set a personal record when he issued a ticket to the driver of a Dodge Viper that blew past him at 140 mph on a highway where the speed limit was 65 mph, adding that his previous record for a high-speed ticket was 130 mph in a 55 mph zone.
Joe Cunningham, a new Democratic congressman from South Carolina, made a rookie mistake by trying to take a six-pack of craft beer onto the floor of the House of Representatives, where only water is allowed, saying the beer was for Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., co-chairman of the House Small Brewers Caucus.
Rennell Mace, a onetime St. Louis County, Mo., tax preparer, faces up to 24 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a scheme in which he and others involved were paid $342,741 for filing nearly 100 tax returns with false wage amounts or false educational expenses to claim tax credits for clients.
Kenneth Edwards, 65, an Alabama-based chiropractor who collected cash payments from prospective long-haul truckers and signed forms falsely indicating that the applicants were physically capable of driving commercial vehicles, was sentenced to more than three years in prison.
Geof Gilland, a police spokesman in Athens-Clarke County, Ga., said an officer sent to a home where a woman had been beaten with a baseball bat decided to drive the ambulance taking her to a hospital, allowing medics to continue treating her injuries.
Catrina Olson, city manager of Nevada City, Calif., said residents are excited about a “Goat Fund Me” campaign to put herds of goats on city-owned land to help clear brush and reduce the threat of wildfires.
Isaiah Allen, 22, of Lubbock, Texas, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a California woman he once dated online and posting nude photos of her that were shared on several websites and viewed more than 1 million times.
Tyree Pollard, principal at a Columbus, Ohio, school, urged parents to talk with children after a 6-year-old boy took a gun to school, with police saying the kindergartner won’t be charged because he’s so young.