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Police trail runaway horse on highway

NORTH LAWRENCE, Ohio, July 6 (UPI) -- Police in Ohio said a stretch of highway was closed while officers chased a runaway horse for about 8 miles.

Lawrence Township Police Officer David Brown said he and another officer responded Saturday to a call about a loose horse on Route 21 and police closed the road while they chased the 7-year-old Arabian horse, named Java, WJW-TV, Cleveland, reported Tuesday.

"Being that it's an animal, we have no way to predict what it is going to do or which way it is going to run. If it runs into a car, and strikes it, people could be seriously hurt," Brown said.

"After about an 8-mile run on 21, the horse was finally caught at Four Corners," he said.

Police Chief Mark Brink said the situation was unusual.

"This horse was not going to listen to anybody. It was on a dead run," Police Chief Mark Brink said. "We are used to calls of animals, we are a rural police department. But calls of horses running loose on the highway? That's a first."

Brink said Java's owners were not cited.

Drugs fall from buttocks at traffic stop

WEST HARTFORD, Conn., July 6 (UPI) -- Police in Connecticut said a motorist pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt was arrested after drugs concealed in his buttocks fell out of his clothes.

West Hartford authorities said Dillon Livingston, 26, of Newington was pulled over while allegedly driving without his seatbelt at about 9:15 p.m. June 30 and the bags of heroin and cocaine fell from his clothes while he was being questioned, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant reported Tuesday.

Livingston, who was charged with failure to wear a seatbelt and illegal possession, was released on $2,500 bail and is due in court July 14.

Flash mob dancers entertain Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, July 6 (UPI) -- A flash mob of more than 25 dancers grooving to Fat Boy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" delighted passersby at Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square.

Witnesses said the stunt started with just two dancers and a boom box Saturday and soon expanded to more than 25 dancers moving in sync to the song before the flash mob -- a group of people organized via social media to perform a specific task at an arranged place and time -- dispersed amidst applause from the crowd, the Philadelphia Daily News reported Tuesday.

"I got goose bumps," said Tracey Neill, 50, a recent transplant to the area from Idaho. "I'm sure they have these in Idaho, but I don't know where."

The event brought positive publicity for flash mobs after four Philadelphia flash mobs last year resulted in violence and vandalism.

Jane Irwin, one of the organizers of Saturday's flash mob, which they dubbed "Love Storm" said she and her friends decided to plan the event after watching videos of similar occurrences on YouTube.

Train engine passes over drunk teen

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 6 (UPI) -- Authorities in Iowa said a teenager who apparently passed out drunk on some railroad tracks was not seriously injured when a train passed over him.

Des Moines police said engineers for the Iowa Interstate Railroad spotted the teenager, identified as Christian Latshaw, 17, on the tracks near East First Street at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday in Des Moines and they applied the train's emergency brake, The Des Moines Register reported Tuesday.

Police said the engine and first car of the train passed over Latshaw before the vehicle came to a stop.

Latshaw, who had a pair of lacerations on the back of his head and a bruise on his right thigh, told officers he blacked out after drinking at the 80/35 Music Festival, which was taking place about a mile away.

Police said Latshaw was given a delayed referral to juvenile court on charges of trespassing and public intoxication.