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Tell-tale footprints snag alleged robber

OGDEN, Utah, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Police said they captured an alleged bank robber by following his footprints in the snow to an Ogden, Utah, apartment where he was hiding with the money.

Lt. Troy Burnett said a 27-year-old man came into the Alliance Credit Union about 12:55 p.m. Saturday, handed a teller a note demanding money and left on foot after the bank employee complied, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

A witness followed the alleged robber to an apartment complex, later leading police officers there.

Burnett said they picked up the man's trail, following his footprints left in the snow to the apartment where he lived and where they found all the stolen money.

The unnamed perpetrator, who allegedly made a full confession, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree felony robbery.

Cat escapes cactus

SAGUARO LAKE, Ariz., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A cat descended a 30- to 40-foot Saguaro cactus in Arizona after being stuck on top of it for three days.

The cat, black with white markings, apparently became stuck on top of the cactus in a desert area near Saguaro Lake, KNVX-TV, Phoenix, reported Friday.

A witness said he first saw the cat there three days before it came down.

Slowly but surely, the cat started to climb down Friday, starting face-first before turning around and backing its way down. Near the bottom, it leaped off the cactus, making a safe landing.

The feline was seen wandering in the area after news crews left the scene.

Man runs out of toilet paper, trashes room

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A man caused more than $2,000 in damage to a Charlotte, N.C., hotel after discovering he had run out of toilet paper in his room, police say.

Police say between late Sunday and early Monday at the Charlottetown Manor, Dereck MacDonald, 43, became very upset upon discovering he ran out of toilet paper, The Charlotte Observer reported.

MacDonald allegedly walked into a vacant room at the hotel and clogged the toilet, causing water damage to the room, a police report states.

"The suspect then went back to his room and damaged additional property by physical force," the report says.

MacDonald reportedly caused more than $2,000 in damage in the two rooms combined.

Police arrested the man and charged him with injury to personal property.

Couple sue airline over cockroaches

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A Charlotte, N.C., couple are suing Air Tran Airlines, claiming there were cockroaches on their flight and flight attendants ignored their concerns.

Attorney Harry Marsh and his fiancee, Kaitlin Rush, allege negligence and recklessness, intentional infliction of emotional distress, nuisance, fraud, false imprisonment, and unfair and deceptive trade practices in connection with their Sept. 15 flight from Charlotte to Houston, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, reported Friday.

Marsh and Rush say cockroaches were climbing out of air vents and overhead storage compartments shortly after takeoff. In the lawsuit, the couple claim other passengers also became aware of the roaches and it caused distress to a number of passengers.

The lawsuit also claims flight attendants were too busy to look into the problem or didn't believe the problem existed. Marsh said he told a flight attendant about the cockroaches and she put her finger to her mouth, which Marsh said he interpreted as her telling him to be quiet.

The couple are suing for more than $100,000 plus the price of their tickets for emotional and mental distress caused by Air Tran's negligence and failure to provide a clean and pest-free environment.