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Police: Suspect gave name to witnesses

CRESTVIEW, Fla., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a burglary suspect identified himself to witnesses before breaking into a neighbor's apartment.

Investigators said Steven Joseph Richburg Jr., 21, went to a neighbor's Crestview apartment seeking a confrontation, but the resident had left home earlier to avoid encountering Richburg, the Crestview Bulletin reported Monday.

Richburg identified himself to neighbors of the victim before kicking open the apartment door, breaking windows, damaging a motion sensor light and taking several CDs, DVDs and articles of clothing, police said.

Richburg was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal mischief, burglary, theft, violation of parole, possession of a controlled substance and other charges. He has multiple previous arrests dating back to December of last year.

Bids reach $43,300 for motorized La-Z-Boy

PROCTOR, Minn., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Police in Minnesota said a motorized La-Z-Boy lounge chair involved in a drunken driving incident has garnered bids of $40,000 on eBay.

Proctor, Minn., police said bids for chair, which was seized from Dennis Anderson after he allegedly crashed while intoxicated, reached $43,300 Monday, the Minneapolis City Pages reported Monday.

An autographed photo of Anderson, which was put on eBay by his family to help pay his legal fees, reached bids of a comparatively cheap $305 Monday.

Man drops ring in trick-or-treat bag

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian man is asking his neighbors to look through their kids' candy after he apparently dropped his wedding ring into a trick-or-treater's bag.

James Fearn of Edmonton, Alberta, said he was wearing his wedding band on his right pinky finger Halloween night due to an injury to his ring finger and the ring must have fallen off while he was handing out candy, The Edmonton Journal reported Monday.

"I was getting handfuls of suckers and chocolate bars and filling up my hands using both hands and I'm afraid this thing was a little on the loose side," he said. "Somebody's got my wedding ring."

Fern, who has been married for 35 years, said he is planning to put up posters asking locals to be on the lookout for the ring in the children's candy bags.

"It's got a hell of a lot of sentimental value, a lot of different memories," he said. "It means an awful lot."

'Breathalyzer' man charged with DUI

OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio said they charged a man dressed as a Breathalyzer with driving under the influence of alcohol and underage drinking.

Oxford police said James Miller, 18, was pulled over just prior to 2:30 a.m. Sunday for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and officers determined the man, who was dressed in a Breathalyzer costume, appeared to have been drinking, WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, reported Monday.

Miller, who had multiple Ohio IDs in his wallet, was found to have a blood-alcohol content of .158 by a test with a real Breathalyzer, police said. He was charged and released into the custody of his girlfriend.