Squirrel blamed for flag thefts from memorial

Police in Ohio have discovered that small flags being swiped from a police memorial were being squirreled away. Two Toledo officers watched as a squirrel quickly snatched a flag off its wooden dowel and ran off with it. Lt. James Brown said the bushy-tailed critter was too quick to catch. Later, police noticed a squirrel hanging out on a tree branch outside a third-floor window at their headquarters building. They also spotted a squirrel’s nest made of leaves and branches and at least two of the little flags. More