Pizza driver nabs suspect in own robbery
PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 13 (UPI) -- A pizza driver in Providence, R.I., said he and his wife were able to capture one of the three men who beat and robbed him in a recent incident.
Domino's Pizza driver Ceasar Lopez said four days after he was savagely beaten by three robbers, he became convinced one of his assailants was lounging outside a Providence eatery and gave chase, the Providence (R.I.) Journal said Wednesday.
As Lopez, still suffering from injuries from the robbery, chased the suspect Sunday, his wife, Maria Reyes, followed the pair in their car.
Eventually the couple caught the fleeing man, identified as 20-year-old Michael Long, and held him until police arrived on scene. Long was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery and conspiracy.
Police told the Journal Long allegedly identified two additional suspects in last Wednesday's robbery and assault of Lopez. Those suspects, who face charges identical to those against Long, were identified as Elvin Delacruz, 25, and Markus Matthews, 20.
Police: Fleeing suspect sought burrito
FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 13 (UPI) -- Authorities in Indiana said a suspect who led officers on a 90 mph chase through two counties told police he was trying to get a burrito before going to jail.
Sgt. Mark Walters of the Fort Wayne Police Department's Vice and Narcotics Division said officers tried to pull over Jermaine Cooper, 36, at 11 a.m. Tuesday after he was recognized as a suspect wanted on multiple felony counts, The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette reported Wednesday.
Walters said Cooper sped away through several city neighborhoods and at one point threw a .45-caliber Colt semiautomatic handgun out the window of his car.
Cooper then drove onto U.S. 27 and sped out of the city at speeds reaching 90 mph and continued into Adams County, Walters said.
The suspect ended the chase after 16 minutes at a Taco Bell restaurant in Decatur, Ind.
Cooper, who was arrested in the parking lot before entering the eatery, told officers he was trying to get a burrito because he "knew he was going to jail for a while," Walters wrote in his report.
Cooper was charged with resisting arrest by fleeing, possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance, possession of Ecstasy, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and four counts of dealing cocaine. He was being held without bail.
Judge orders dads to watch 'Maury'
DETROIT, May 13 (UPI) -- A Detroit judge said his policy of sentencing deadbeat dads to watch Maury Povich's popular talk show is aimed at educating the fathers.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Wade McCree, who is scheduled to appear on Thursday's episode of "Maury," said he got the idea to force delinquent dads to watch the show, which frequently features paternity issues, after watching a few episodes, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.
McCree said the men are ordered to watch the syndicated talk show at least once a month and discuss it with their probation officers.
"Some of these men in my court watch the show and see how ridiculous some of the deadbeats look, and then they realize it's them," McCree said.
Povich said he was impressed by McCree's creative sentencing.
"That is being very creative, and sometimes you have to be creative when you have a lot of social issues," Povich said Tuesday. "I'm going to be very interested to find out how this plays out."
Ants seeking dry spots invade houses
ROGERS, Ark., May 13 (UPI) -- Residents of northwestern Arkansas say they are being plagued by ants looking for somewhere to get out of the rain.
"I'm getting disgusted with them," Vi McCullen of Rogers told KHBS/KHOG-TV, Fayetteville, Ft. Smith.
"Spray them and everything but they always come back."
Cory Ward of West Termite and Pest Management said that ants come into houses looking for food. But he told the television station that the problem is far worse this year because of recent heavy rain.
"The ground is so saturated, they have nowhere to go but up and they have to go unfortunately into customer's homes," Ward said.
Ward said that putting food away, sealing up cracks and extermination can help keep ants at bay. But he said that this year the ants are so desperate to keep dry that nothing may keep them out completely.
