A mannequin is tossed off a bridge, a woman is accused of urinating on quinoa, and an owl is rescued
After someone staged this scene on the Weeks Footbridge on Feb. 20, police arrived and discovered the "blood" was fake.
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UNHAPPY VALENTINE
On Feb. 15,
Sandwich
police got a call from a man who reported his girlfriend had taken off in his company vehicle that she wasn't supposed to be driving. Officers located the woman driving his work vehicle and promptly pulled her over. They then got to hear her side of the story. 'The woman reported she wanted to leave an event, but her boyfriend did not, so she took the vehicle,' police wrote on Facebook. The man ultimately declined to press charges against his girlfriend, and she was brought to the police station to wait for a ride. The current status of the couple's relationship is unknown, but it probably was 'not the Valentine's Weekend they had planned,' police wrote.
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URINE TROUBLE
On Feb. 14, police in
Keene, N.H.
OWL RESCUE
On Feb. 7 State Police Trooper Colby Buccheri from the
Andover
barracks responded to a call of an injured bird. When Buccheri arrived at the reported location, he found an injured barred owl in a wooded area near the highway. Buccheri made a makeshift nest using an empty box and a blanket and took the owl to Chelmsford for treatment. The State Police Association of Massachusetts shared photos of the rescued owl on
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