ALLEGED HAY THIEF CAUGHT

• Police were called about 11 a.m. last Monday to the 100 block of Nielson Road in Mossyrock about a goat allegedly getting into a neighbor’s barn and eating their hay. The animal was accused of causing other unspecified problems as well, according to the Morton Police Department. Its owner was talked to and warned to keep the goat home or they would be cited, according to police.