It’s not bluefish it’s blue steel

BOSTON — A Boston man fishing for dinner at a city beach instead came up with an “upsetting and scary” catch — a handgun.

Alberto Pina said he at first thought he’d hooked a big one when his fishing pole bent Sunday afternoon at Carson Beach, a day after he hauled in a 27-inch bluefish. But what came out of the water was a barnacleencrusted gun.

The 37-year-old Roxbury man said what was particularly upsetting is that he had his 3-year-old son with him.

Boston police spokeswoman Nicole Grant tells the Boston Herald that Pina called 911 at 6:11 p.m. to report his catch. Detectives were dispatched to the scene to recover the weapon and start an investigation.

Napping burglar takes time out on kitchen floor.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — Sheriff’s deputies responding to a burglary call say they found a 20-year-old man asleep on the kitchen floor of a home in Oregon.

The Washington County sheriff’s office says the homeowner discovered the sleeping stranger early Friday. Deputies arrived to find Cristian Villarreal-Castillo, who had in his pockets small electronic devices believed to be stolen from unlocked vehicles.

Deputies say many items in the home in the Rock Creek neighborhood of Hillsboro had been ransacked in an apparent attempt to find valuables. They believe Villarreal-Castillo entered the home through an unlocked door and was in the process of gathering items when he fell asleep.

He is charged with burglary, attempted theft, trespassing and criminal mischief. Investigators also linked him to a burglary that happened a few hours before his arrest.

Window peeping moose eyes housewife

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah — Lenora Johnson says the recent visitor to her suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood was about her height — 5-foot-7. She knows because she looked the moose in the eye.

Johnson started out her front door in Cottonwood Heights Friday morning when she saw the moose walking down the street. It started up her driveway so she retreated inside and found her camera. Johnson told the Deseret News the moose got so close it left nose prints on the window. That’s when she called animal control officers, who shot it with a tranquilizer dart when it went in a ravine. Later, they reversed the drug and the moose wandered off on its own. Cottonwood Heights animal control officer Tony Kassapakis says they’re optimistic it’s safe and bound for the mountains.