TACOMA, Wash. - The ad on Craigslist invited people to help themselves to anything at a woman's house in Tacoma. But the woman who owns the house wasn't the one who posted the ad.

Now she's trying to recover thousands of dollars that she lost.

Someone clearly thought the prank would be funny, but Laurie Raye says she hasn't stopped crying since she showed up to her mother's ransacked and emptied house.

The ad placed on the popular web site invited people to take "items outside this home and in the garage on the 1200 block of East 64th Street," saying that it was all was free for the taking.

Raye had recently evicted a tenant and cleaned out the rental, but that didn't stop people from walking of with something.

Those who read the ad took it literally, taking everything from the house -- including the kitchen sink and water heater. Light fixtures, wires, doors, and any other salvageable part of the house were also stolen.

Damaged furniture and other property now litter the front yard.

Tacoma police say they flagged the ad a few days earlier because of what it said. When the home owner reported the burglary police made the connection.

Detective Gretchen Ellis said this incident should serve as another reminder to think twice any time you see an ad on the web.

"We've had prostitution, we've had fraudulent scams, we've had rental scams, that type of thing," she said. "You just have to remember on Craigslist that it's a good resource, but you have to take those things with a grain of salt."

Ellis said it will likely be difficult to track down whoever posted the fake ad.

McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) - A man dressed in a World War II military uniform attacked two employees at the Evergreen Aviation Museum this week.

McMinnville Police Capt. Dennis Marks said Gerald Lahey, a transient, broke into the rear of the building and smashed the glass panel of a display case. He then removed the coat, hat and pants from a World War II uniform and put them on.

Lahey was inside when operations director Phillip Jeager of McMinnville and cafe manager Cheryl McKay of Sheridan arrived for work Monday morning. Marks said Lahey punched Jeager several times and bit McKay.

Neither employee required hospitalization.

A museum spokeswoman said Lahey got into one of the museum's airplanes.

Lahey was booked into the Yamhill County Jail and arraigned Tuesday.

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GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) - A Gig Harbor woman said she was "freaked out" while giving her dog a bath when its ear floated away.

The woman, Anni Sheriffius, told a Seattle-area TV station she believes a groomer cut off the dog's ear and tried to glue it back on with super glue.

The dog named Jasimin, a shi tzu, was treated for an infection.

Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said investigators are looking into possible charges of animal cruelty. But the pet grooming shop has shut down.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

NEAR RAINIER, Ore. - A man dubbed the 'Naked Neighbor' because he constantly exposes himself in view of both adults and children is proving frustrating to those who just want him to cover up.

Neighbors have been complaining about the guy for decades.

If you drive past the man's home, which is just four miles south of Rainier and very near the intersection of Brownlee and Neer City Roads, be prepared for what you might see.

"I personally have seen him six or seven times," said a woman we'll call 'Susan.'  She did not wish to be shown on camera, but came to KATU News looking for help after lodging numerous complaints about what she was seeing.

"He's naked and he wants to be seen," she said.

The man's name is Jimmy "Mack" McKenzie.  He turns 60 next month.  Neighbors say he has been strutting his stuff in front of them since he was in his 40s.

"He's standing out there in the summer, the spring, the rain, in the heat," said Susan.  "It doesn't matter."

KATU News tried to talk to McKenzie, but he declined.  However, we only had to wait outside his home for about 10 minutes to see the so-called 'Naked Neighbor' come out in his red and revealing briefs.

Neighbors say that's how it starts.  He struts out in his underwear and then pulls them off.  One of his favorite times to go 'full Monty' is in the afternoon, they say, just in time for the Rainier school bus.

The local postal carrier, Becky Hubbard, said she too has seen him, numerous times.  She first heard about McKenzie after her niece returned home on the school bus one day.

"I said 'how long has this been going on?' and she said 'well, we've told the driver and everything else.  It's been going on forever,'" Hubbard said.

The driver of one school bus told KATU News he saw McKenzie out naked twice, but it was a story he changed after talking to Superintendent R. Michael Carter.

"I'm just telling you that nothing is going on," Carter told KATU News outside the District Office.  "No comment."

When we told him that parents told KATU News they had made complaints to the school district, Carter said "We're done.  You may leave now.  We have not had one complaint.  I've told you that four times.  You may leave now please."

Hubbard said she complained to the previous school administration as far back as 2000. 

"Kids on the school bus have complained," she said.  "They told the driver.  I even called the school."

"What about the children?" asked Susan.  "What about the innocence?  Who's getting protected here?"

The Columbia County Sheriff's Department has received complaints about McKenzie, but they say what he is doing is not illegal. 

According to the law, McKenzie can walk all the way down his driveway to his mailbox, stark naked if he likes, and it doesn't matter who sees him.

However, if McKenzie does something  a little different than just walking, he could get in trouble.

"If he's walking around trying to arouse himself or others, then that's a crime," said Lt. Jerry Simmons with the Columbia County Sheriff's Department.

Oregon's law on public nudity is clear - it is not public indecency unless the person engages in sexual intercourse publicly or attempts arousing sexual desire with their self or another person.

"Just walking around in his birthday suit is not a crime," said Lt. Simmons.

However, some of McKenzie's neighbors say it is much more than a 'birthday parade.'

"When we told them that we had seen this gentleman outside in his driveway masturbating, they said 'we'll send someone out, but we're busy today,'" said Susan.

Nobody wants to acknowledge it," said Hubbard.  "Nobody wants to do anything about it."

KATU News has obtained police and court records showing McKenzie was charged with public indecency three times between 1989 and 2004.

According to records at the state appeals court, he also admitted to molesting a toddler and while he was serving probation in 2005, McKenzie was arrested again, this time charged with 50 counts of Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse.

Deputies say they searched his home and found boxes and computer hard drives stuffed with child pornography.  McKenzie is currently free on bail for the child porn charges.  He goes to trial in late September, but that is little consolation to those who live near him.

"This guy was charged with kiddie porn and you're telling me he's not showing an interest in the children on the school bus?  Where else are you going to get that big of an audience?" asked Susan.