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Police: 'Drug dog' took drug-filled sock

MORO, Ore., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Authorities in Oregon said a man's "own personal drug dog" took a sock filled with marijuana and hashish and threw it out of his window during a traffic stop.

Sherman County sheriff's Sgt. John Terrel said he pulled over a 1998 pickup truck with California plates just before noon Feb. 9 in Moro and noticed a sock fly out of the vehicle's window, KGW-TV, Portland, Ore., reported Wednesday.

Terrel said the driver, identified as Joel Dobrin, 32, told him he was trying to put the sock away during the traffic stop when his dog, a pit bull mix, grabbed onto it and attempted to play a game of tug-of-war. Dobrin said the dog managed to take the sock and tossed it out the window.

"I wish everyone traveled with their own personal drug dog. It sure would make our job easier," Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey said.

Dobrin was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Window washers rescued from 17th floor

NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Norfolk, Va., said they rescued a pair of window washers who were stranded outside the 17th floor of a building.

Norfolk Battalion Chief Harry Worley said firefighters were called about 11 a.m. EST Wednesday when a motor on the scaffold being used by the washers burned out, stranding them 15 to 25 feet beneath the roof line of the BB&T building, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Wednesday.

Worley said firefighters specializing in technical, high-angle rescues lowered a firefighter to the platform and fastened safety harnesses to the window washers. They were both pulled to the rooftop by 11:40 a.m., Worley said.

Police say abduction was attention-grabber

ROSEVILLE, Mich., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Police in Michigan said a man may face charges after he allegedly faked his own abduction to get his ex-girlfriend's attention.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office said the 23-year-old Roseville man, whose name was not released, showed up on a resident's doorstep about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday with duct tape over his mouth and writing on his forehead reading, "Talk to Him," The Detroit News reported Wednesday.

The resident told deputies the man, who was not wearing shoes or a coat, claimed to have been kidnapped.

The man told deputies he was abducted from his home by two black-clad men for unknown reasons and later woke up on a bench in Springfield Township's Schultz Park. Deputies said they noticed inconsistencies in the man's story and he then admitted to staging the incident to draw the attention of his ex-girlfriend, who had recently broken up with him and refused to talk to him.

Deputies said the man told them he had been having suicidal thoughts and had previously attempted suicide. He was taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Moose undisturbed by stun gun jolt

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said biologists were unable to remove a rope from around a moose's neck despite employing a special wildlife stun gun.

The department said biologists had the stun gun specially shipped to use on the Fairbanks moose, which has had the rope around her neck since she was pulled from the Chena River Jan. 2 by people who saw her fall through the ice, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Wednesday.

The biologists said they attempted to stun the moose from 25 feet, the device's maximum effective distance, but the animal seemed unaffected.

"We got a couple shots at her, but we couldn't get both probes to stick, probably because of her thick winter hair," biologist Don Young said.

The team decided to allow the moose to wear the rope, which does not appear to be hindering its ability to breathe, eat or drink.

"She's not inhibited by the rope," Young said. "We watched her feed and it doesn't bother her. The rope is not hanging up on anything. It tracks right between her legs. It's a pretty short rope."