• Jodie May, a western Michigan woman who was arrested on a larceny charge over a cellphone she took away from her 15-year-old daughter as punishment, no longer faces jail time after prosecutors dismissed the charges when they determined that the phone belonged to the girl and not May's ex-husband, who had told police it was his.
• Thomas Williams, a Texas police chief, was suspended without pay for two weeks for failing to discipline a sergeant accused of sexual misconduct and for helping the sergeant flush marijuana, cocaine and other drugs down a toilet, potentially compromising criminal cases that relied on the drugs as evidence.
• Chavay Williams, 30, a teacher in Columbus, Ohio, who posted a Snapchat video with the caption "knock out" showing some preschool children fighting in a fenced-in playground while other kids cried and tried to escape the enclosure, was charged with 21 counts of child endangering.
• Anthony Helinski, 34, a middle school teacher in Massachusetts, was charged with theft, child endangerment and other counts after being accused of putting his toddler into a claw game machine at a New Hampshire shopping mall and using her to steal prizes.
• Aimee Canterbury of Martin County, Fla., said she has taught her six kids to look the other way whenever her neighbor does his yardwork in the nude, a sight that several residents have reported to the sheriff's office.
• Mark Shankle, 28, of Nashville, Tenn., who pleaded guilty to bribing a postal worker after offering the employee $300 to deliver a package later found to contain marijuana, was sentenced to 15 months in prison.
• Richard Navarrete, 20, and two 14-year-old boys were arrested in Victorville, Calif., after authorities said they used poster-board signs with handwritten messages to solicit donations for the funeral of a young boy who deputies discovered is alive.
• Vantwuan Williams, 44, a truck driver, and Earl Haggens, 57, were arrested after New Jersey authorities seized 44 pounds of cocaine and heroin that was hidden in a shipment of onions in the tractor-trailer Williams was driving.
• Jim Britt organized a Guinness World Record trial run in which 11 sandwich shops in Maine combined forces to create a 160-foot-long Italian sandwich that was quickly devoured by hungry passers-by in Portland's Monument Square.
A Section on 09/21/2018