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Glitch causes big utility bills in Wash.

RICHLAND, Wash., July 14 (UPI) -- A Washington man used to getting a utility bill of about $250 a month says he was mistakenly socked for nearly $75,000 this month.

"Holy cow," were the first words Leland Davis said he uttered upon seeing the bill for his automotive repair business.

Davis went down to city hall and presented his bill to a clerk and offered his credit card.

"She started to do it, then she saw the bill," Davis told The Seattle Times. " 'Oh, there's something wrong here.' It was a good laugh."

Davis wasn't alone in getting a stunning bill. Richland Accounting Operations Supervisor Melody Kendall said about 15 customers got incorrectly billed because of meter-reading glitches.

"It was a very small number of accounts that we impacted," she said.

"We're putting checks and balances in place to make sure this doesn't happen."

Last Scottish holdout gets Sunday ferry

STORNOWAY, Scotland, July 14 (UPI) -- This Sunday, the ferry will run to the island of Lewis, the last of Scotland's Outer Hebrides to cave to demands for service on the traditional day of rest.

The expanded ferry service is sparking at least one legal challenge.

Caledonian MacBrayne, the government-owned company that provides ferry service in the region, said it decided to begin Sunday sailings after being advised it might be violating the Equality Act, The Scotsman reported. The majority of Lewis's 18,000 residents are Presbyterians and strict Sabbath-keepers.

Angus Campbell, leader of the Western Isles Council, called the company's move disappointing and said it did not consult local leaders. The Lord's Day Observance Society has retained Gordon Jackson, a prominent Scottish lawyer.

"CalMac is riding roughshod over the democratic elected representatives of Lewis and Harris," said Ian MacRae, a spokesman for the society.

The company says only one employee has been unwilling to work on Sunday and will not be compelled to do so.

Donald John MacSween, a member of the local council, said he believes islanders will adjust to Sunday ferry service as they did when Sunday air service was introduced, with some grumbling at first.

This week's Sunday sailing from Stornoway will be especially welcome to those attending the Hebridean Celtic Festival, which ends Saturday night.

Bike thieves catch the wrong cab

OREBRO, Sweden, July 14 (UPI) -- A Swedish taxi driver said he had no problem when a young couple asked if he could accommodate their bike -- until he realized it was his own stolen bicycle.

Taxi driver Hassan Abdulnabi said he met with the 20-year-old woman in Orebro and agreed to construct a rack to carry a bicycle, but he was shocked when a 20-year-old man arrived and showed him a bike he immediately recognized as his own, The Local reported Tuesday.

Abdulnabi said he asked the man to undo a lock on the bike's front tire to prove ownership, but while the man claimed to have a key, he said he preferred to leave it locked for security reasons.

The driver said he phoned police after the couple got into his car, but no car showed up, so he drove the couple to the police station and locked them inside his car while he contacted officers.

"I made my own little jail for them for about three or four minutes," he said.

The man protested to officers that the bike belonged to him, but Abdulnabi quelled doubts by pulling a key from his own pocket and unlocking the front tire.

Abdulnabi said he is pressing charges against the couple and he is thankful that he was the one to answer the pair's call for a cab.

"If another cab driver had taken the job, the thieves would have certainly gotten away," he said.

Four years for lobster tail heist

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., July 14 (UPI) -- An Atlantic City, N.J., man who pleaded guilty to stealing 91 lobster tails from a casino was sentenced to four years in prison.

Anthony Jones, 38, confessed in May to concealing the frozen lobster tails, valued at a total $1,275, in his backpack and jacket at the Bally's Atlantic City kitchen in February, The Press of Atlantic City reported Tuesday.

However, a security worker spotted Jones as he was attempting to leave and noted that he appeared to be concealing items on his person.

Jones was initially charged with theft, trespassing and burglary, but the charges were tossed in exchange for his guilty plea to third-degree burglary.

Assistant Prosecutor Diane Ruberton said Jones will be required to serve at least three years of his four year sentence.