A dog that ran off from its owner in Seattle’s Seward Park found and ate some marijuana and got high. Owner Jen Nestor Waddell told KING-TV in Seattle the 11-year-old black Lab mix named Jack was “just stoned” May 12 after they returned home from the park. The dog’s eyes glossed over and he had trouble walking. The vet said Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana. After some medication to induce vomiting and a night of rest Jack was back to normal. Waddell told police about the drugs and joked they could borrow Jack to find them if they paid the $1,500 vet bill.
— When drivers on a stretch of South Carolina interstate saw someone jump off a bridge, they called 911, fearing they were watching a suicide. Instead, multiple media outlets reported Thursday that the callers were just watching Lyle Silkwood jump from the Interstate 26 bridge into the Saluda River near Columbia to meet a passing friend in a boat after his truck ran out of gas. Firefighters, paramedics and rescue boats searched the river for more than an hour. Authorities finally figured out what was going on when they ran the license tag on the truck and called Silkwood’s home. He answered and told them what happened.
Authorities said they spoke to Silkwood about the incident and he was able to get some gas and drive off in his truck.
— Sometimes wives like to outshine their husbands. One week after Chuck Hill won $5,000 in the Georgia Lottery’s Weekly WinFall drawing, his wife did even better. Karen Hill bought a World Class Millions scratch-off ticket on her way to work at City Chevron in Villa Rica. Her $20 ticket won $1 million. The couple has two children, ages 6 and 8. They said they would pay off bills with the money. Hill works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and her husband works in electrical engineering.
— A man has been charged after a neighbor said she found him wearing a purple bra and boxer shorts while rummaging through her car. Jacob Andrew Fast, 20, was arraigned Wednesday on charges of first-degree home invasion and resisting and obstructing a police officer. Lisa Collins told WZZM-TV in Sparta, Mich., she found Fast rifling through her car on Tuesday afternoon and called the police. The car keys were missing from her house. Collins said the bra he was wearing wasn’t hers. Fast will be back in district court in Rockford on June 19 for a preliminary exam. He was ordered held on $20,000 bond and has requested a court-appointed attorney.
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