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Clean Sweep

Investigators in Broome County, N.Y., say that John S. Mehne of Florida had quite a spree. First, they say, Mehne, 25, crashed a car stolen in Florida on the Interstate near the Pennsylvania border, and tried to flee the scene by jumping on the back of a van that had slowed to go by the wreck. He fell off, so he jumped into the back of a pickup truck. When that surprised driver pulled to the side of the road, Mehne ran into the woods. Police combed the area but didn’t find a sign of him until a homeowner called 911 to say he found a man in his chicken coop, and after confronting him the man chased the homeowner with a hatchet, and then stole an ATV to escape. Police intensified their search, but that was interrupted by another homeowner calling 911 who said he found a man in his chicken coop — who was not wearing any clothes. It was Mehne, who was subdued by a police dog and taken into custody on multiple charges. (RC/WCTV Tallahassee) ...Florida Man’s concept of “the best vacation EVER!”