Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Cabbie faces suspension over tot incident BOSTON, July 28 (UPI) -- A Boston taxi drivers group has criticized the city's police for seeking a suspension against a driver who mistakenly drove off with a toddler still in his van. Advertisement Capt. Robert Ciccolo, commander of the Boston Police Hackney Division, notified taxi driver Joseph Cohen, 66, he was facing a suspension after he mistakenly drove off with a young girl still in his van after taking a family from Boston's Logan International Airport to Mattapan, Mass., the Boston Herald reported Tuesday. Cohen discovered the girl and returned her to her family after a friend notified him he was being sought by police. Donna Blythe-Shaw, staff representative for the United Steelworkers Boston Taxi Drivers Association, said it was "outrageous" that police would seek a suspension in the case. "What we should be saying is thank God this person was a decent human being," Blythe-Shaw said. "Would the pilot of a plane be suspended because a parent left their child on board? It's the responsibility of the parents to take the child out of the cab." Advertisement A Boston police spokesman said Cohen is being investigated because cab drivers are required to check their vehicles for left-behind carry-on luggage after every fare. "Clearly in this particular case the operator didn't do that," officer James Kenneally said, "because if he had he probably would have discovered the infant." Town sells trailer it doesn't own NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 28 (UPI) -- The mayor of a Rhode Island town said his administration mistakenly sold a trailer on eBay that officials later discovered was never owned by the city. North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi said the office trailer was sold on eBay June 30 for $1,825 and officials later realized the city had been leasing the unit for about $234 per month, bringing the total the city has paid for the trailer during the past 5 1/2 years to about $15,700, the Providence (R.I.) Journal reported Tuesday. "Talk about a bad deal," Lombardi said. "We already paid $15,700." Lombardi said officials are working with the leasing company, Williams Scotsman, to reach a settlement. "I'm not embarrassed, we sold something we knew we didn't need," Lombardi said. "But we didn't know we didn't own it." The mayor described the incident as a call to action for his administration. Advertisement "Now, what it does is, we're checking every monthly payment. Every payment, I want to know what it's for. My bet is there's other things out there that we're paying a monthly fee for that we don't know about -- and probably don't need -- just like this trailer," he said. Donald Duck comic stirs piracy controversy STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 28 (UPI) -- The Swedish publisher of a comic book featuring Disney's Donald Duck said a recent issue featuring Internet piracy was not intended to make a political point. Marika Bark of publishing company Egmont Karnan said the comic book, which features Donald attempting to burn copies of an album downloaded by his nephews to sell for profit, stirred up controversies unintended by the publisher, The Local reported Tuesday. Bark said the comic book was not an attempt to make a point regarding file sharing or Internet piracy. "We regret that we did not react to the fact that the Swedish political climate is so heated just at the moment," Bark said of the comic, which in the end seems to promote following copyright laws. Group of rabbits seized from home grows TRUMBULL, Conn., July 28 (UPI) -- Animal Control officers in Connecticut said a group of 17 rabbits seized from a home has grown to 20 bunnies. Advertisement Officers in Trumbull said the 17 rabbits were seized July 21 from a home that contained rabbit remains and bones in its basement along with about a dozen living rabbits on the second floor in dirty cages without food or water and others wandering the house free, The Connecticut Post of Bridgeport reported Tuesday. "We are inundated with rabbits," Animal Control Officer Lynn DellaBianca said. "We took in 17 and then we got three babies." Police said they also discovered a goldfish swimming in a cooler inside the home. Authorities said they are preparing charges against Edward and Stacey Tighe, the renters of the home at the time of the raid.
