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BREINIGSVILLE — If you ever had your lunch disappear from the office refrigerator, consider what one southeastern Pennsylvania man did: He called the cops.

Police were called Oct. 10. That's when, according to a police news release, an employee at Wakefern Food reported “that an unknown person stole his Jell-O brand strawberry Jell-O snack from the break room refrigerator.”

Police say the 39-year-old victim was angry because this wasn't the first time someone had stolen his food. Police said the thief hasn't been caught.

INDIANA — A hunter who shot a deer in a Wal-Mart parking lot on the first day of hunting season last year will have his record expunged if he completes six months' probation without incident.Arcangelo Bianco Jr., 40, was accepted into a first offenders' program by an Indiana County judge on Friday. The program doesn't require a guilty plea, though Bianco must also pay $1,080 in court costs and probation supervision fees and do 20 hours of community service.An employee of the Wal-Mart told police Bianco sped in his pickup and fired a handgun near the store's cargo loading area.

CONNEAUT LAKE — Emergency crews had to lead 20 riders down a narrow catwalk in wet weather when the car on a historic roller coaster got stuck on the top of a hill.The Blue Streak at Conneaut Lake Park malfunctioned about 9:10 p.m. Saturday when a safety brake locked the car in place. Summit Township volunteer fire Chief Gig King said crews led the riders down a narrow 50-foot catwalk one-at-a-time, after putting a safety harness on each. That took about four hours. Nobody was hurt.

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