Rings, piggybanks, and the thanks for the lift home

In Austin, Minn., a woman is said to have visited her dying relative and stole the the gold wedding ring off her finger. So says the Rochester Post Bulletin.

Over in Sheboygan Falls, Wisc., a man broke into a house and the room of a 2-year-old girl, and started shaking her piggybank for money. The girl’s mother heard the racket and chased the guy out of the house, but he took the girl’s $20.

In Blaine, Minn., Alexander Wald saw someone give his girlfriend a ride home and thought a guy was moving in on his woman. Police said he punched Alyssa Smith of Fridley several times and threw her to the ground, not realizing the he was a she.