USA: Police in LA say a photo they circulated of two people taken with a stolen Kindle has led to its return.

TWO men forced their way into a Los Angeles family’s home at gunpoint and stole four pedigree Yorkshire terrier puppies worth $10,000 (€7,600), police said yesterday.

Video footage posted on Youtube.com showing a Californian police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest three months ago has triggered an FBI investigation.

An alleged kidnapper considered armed and dangerous peacefully surrendered to US police in armoured battle wagons yesterday after a four-and-a-half-hour chase and stand-off that shut down one of southern California’s busiest freeways.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle illegally over the weekend when he collided with a car in his Brentwood neighbourhood, police say.