Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Woman tries to deposit stolen soda cans LYNN, Mass., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A Lynn, Mass., woman was charged with larceny after she allegedly stole 18 12-packs of soda and tried to feed them -- unemptied -- into a can-return machine. Advertisement Tina Cafarelli, 36, was arrested Monday after police officer Craig Fountain, watching loss-prevention video at the Washington Street Stop & Shop, observed her purchase the 12-packs and immediately attempt to deposit the full cans of soda into the store's digital can-return machine, The (Lynn) Daily Item reported Tuesday. Cafarelli allegedly purchased the soda with a stolen electronic benefit transfer card and gave police two false names and two false Social Security numbers when confronted. Police identified her once she was in custody, and a Lynn District Court judge ordered her held in lieu of $250 bail. She was charged with larceny by false pretense, destruction of property, obstruction of justice and receiving stolen property. Advertisement Woman accused of stealing girl's dog BRADENTON, Fla., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said they arrested a 57-year-old woman accused of shoving a 10-year-old girl to the ground and stealing her pet dog. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said the girl grabbed the pit bull by its collar around 4:20 p.m. Monday after it got away from her and fled into Pride Park in Bradenton, the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald reported Tuesday. The girl said a woman, later identified as Catherine Warren, 57, pulled up in her car and told her it was obvious the dog was being abused and needed to be taken away. Warren pushed the girl to the ground and fled with the dog, deputies said. The deputies said they later located Warren and arrested her on a charge of robbery. She was taken to the Manatee County Jail. The sheriff's office did not say whether the dog was returned to the girl. Trustees lock police chief out of HQ SAUK VILLAGE, Ill., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Trustees in a suburban Chicago village changed the locks on the police chief, saying he has no right to fill the position. Sauk Village Trustees Derrick Burgess and David Hanks had the locks changed on police headquarters while Chief Robert Fox was out to lunch Monday after he refused to vacate the position, the Chicago Sun-Times Media reported Tuesday. Advertisement "I took an oath to serve and protect and I plan to follow it to the end," Fox said. The trustees said Mayor Lewis Towers appointed Fox without board approval in November and they passed a law limiting the mayor's appointment powers to two 30-day periods, which they said expired Saturday in Fox's case. Towers has filed a lawsuit to have the law tossed. Fox said he will not step down and he still planned to attend meetings at police headquarters Tuesday. McDonald's Twitter effort backfires OAK BROOK, Ill., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- McDonald's, the fast-food chain based Illinois, saw its Twitter marketing campaign go awry when the hashtag #McDStories was hijacked by jokesters. The restaurant chain started the campaign Thursday by launching hashtags #McDStories, which was supposed to help spread feel-good stories about McDonald's, and #meetthefarmers, which was aimed at highlighting the eatery's use of fresh meats and produce, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. However, the chain pulled the #McDStories hashtag after only 2 hours, saying the effort "did not go as planned." The hashtag was hijacked by Twitter users saying less than kind things about the eatery and its food, such as: "I only eat McDonald's when I am ill because it makes me feel sick anyway. #McDStories," which was tweeted by Twitter user knightps. Advertisement "These #McDStories never get old, kinda like a box of McDonald's 10 piece Chicken McNuggets left in the sun for a week," tweeted nelo_taylor. "As Twitter continues to evolve its platform and engagement opportunities, we're learning from our experiences," Rick Wion, McDonald's social media director, said in a statement.