The Passing Parade

Aug. 16 was just another happy Saturday at the Northeast Elementary School playground in Vernon, Connecticut—until it wasn't. A 40-year-old man who became trapped in a tube slide had to be rescued by the Town of Vernon Fire Department, WKRC-TV reported. When first responders arrived, the unnamed man was stuck in the middle of the slide. He was provided oxygen, and ventilation was set up to cool the space. After about 30 minutes, which included taking the slide apart, the man was rescued and refused medical care or transport to a hospital.

Least Competent Criminal

• Those pesky home surveillance videos. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department took a missing person report on Aug. 12 in regard to Sheylla Cabrera, age 33, KTLA-TV reported. But the next day, as detecti

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