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Man gets prison for piggy bank theft

WILSON, Wis., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A Sheboygan County, Wis., man has been sentenced to six years in prison after he was convicted of breaking into a home and stealing from a piggy bank.

Prosecutors said Ryan Mueller, 30, broke into a Wilson, Wis., home and took $20 from the piggy bank of a sleeping 2-year-old girl, WISN-TV, Milwaukee, reported.

Mueller was linked to the scene of the crime by blood found at the home, investigators said.

His prison sentence will be followed by an additional six years for an unrelated robbery, authorities said.

Son buys dad same gun used in Korea

DAVISON, Mich., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A Michigan man who sought the same model rifle used by his father during the Korean War said he ended up purchasing the gun his dad actually carried.

Jim Richardson, 54, said he wanted to track down an M1 Garand .30-caliber rifle for his father's birthday, but it turned out the gun he purchased bore the serial number of the gun his father, Virgil Richardson, 78, used during the Korean War, the Flint (Mich.) Journal reported.

"I couldn't even talk when he gave it to me," Virgil Richardson said. "It didn't even have to be the same gun to be important to me."

Jim Richardson said he decided to give the present early after his father made a comment that included a reference to the serial number of the gun he used during the conflict.

"I told him my son (Jonathan) and I had been looking for one of those rifles," Jim Richardson said. "He jokingly said, 'If you ever find one with the serial number 16-22-26-1, I'll give you a $1,000.'"

Jim Richardson said the Kentucky gun broker he was planning to buy the rifle from couldn't believe the coincidence.

"After the war, the soldiers couldn't bring the rifles back with them," he said. "They stayed in Korea (until the 1980s), when they were able to be imported back to the United States."

Couple weds despite car crash

LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A bride in England says she went ahead with her wedding ceremony shortly after the groom's limousine smashed into a wall, hospitalizing his mother.

"Everyone was there for the wedding, so we couldn't cancel it, but we were worried about my mother-in-law and Brian stood through the service in pain," said bride Sarah Ward, 27.

Groom Brian Ashton, 47, and his mother, Maureen Ashton, 78, were nearly at the church when the limousine in which they were riding apparently lost its brakes Saturday and smashed into a brick wall, causing the groom's mother to have a heart attack and leaving the groom with back and leg injuries, The Daily Mail reported.

The bride arrived minutes later to see the groom's limo up against a wall and her mother-in-law being put into an ambulance, the Mail reported, noting the groom and his mother were expected to recover.

Police: Woman threw knives at boyfriend

HUDSON, Fla., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in Hudson, Fla., said they have arrested a woman who allegedly threw knives at her boyfriend during an argument about a marriage proposal.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said Celeste Irene Lagrant, 39, was charged with domestic battery and aggravated domestic assault Saturday after she allegedly punched, scratched and threw knives at her boyfriend, Bruce Montle, the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times reported Monday.

The office said the dispute began as an argument about a marriage proposal -- however, it is unclear whether one was made -- and escalated into a physical confrontation when Lagrant inflicted scratches and bruises on Montle.

Montle told authorities he fled and dialed 911 after Lagrant started throwing knives at him.

Lagrant was released Sunday morning on her own recognizance.