MAPUTO (AFP) – A Mozambican prisoner who had been released on parole broke back into jail after discovering he didn’t like life on the outside, state media reported Wednesday.

Camilo Antonio, 28, was released from the Manica Agricultural Penitentiary in central Mozambique after serving half the 10-year prison sentence he had received for the 2004 murder of his stepfather, Noticias newspaper said.

But Antonio had trouble finding work and feared his stepfather’s family would try to kill him. So he broke back into jail by tearing down part of the prison wall.

He was then arrested for destruction of property and received a one-year sentence.

“To me, prison is the safest place,” Antonio told Noticias.

“I don’t want to live in jail, but at this stage in my life it’s the best place I’ve found.”

New police dog learns old trick

NEWBURGH, New York (AP) – A new police dog has learned an old trick — tracking down a parole violator outside New York City on its first day on the job.

Bloodhound Tank Tebow is handled by Officer Curtis Hahne in Newburgh, 96 kilometers north of New York.

Tank was donated to police Monday and began his career with the officer Tuesday. Two hours later police were dispatched to an apartment complex on a tip the parole violator was there. But by the time police arrived the man had disappeared.

Police say Tank followed the man’s scent into a commercial area, through woods, across streets and into another apartment complex several blocks away. They say the man surrendered without incident.

Tank is certified by the National Police Bloodhound Association. He’ll also be used to find missing people.

Ice cream vendors in turf war

MARYSVILLE, Washington (AP) – Police said an ice cream vendor threatened another vendor with a knife and told her to get off his turf. The man acknowledged talking with the woman Sunday in a cul-de-sac but denied making threats. Police found a knife in his truck and arrested him for investigation of assault.

The Daily Herald of Everett reported the 51-year-old man appeared in District Court Monday and was ordered held on $25,000 bail.

The woman said she didn’t think she was violating the unwritten code among vendors about where they sell frozen treats.

Inmates clog toilets with towels, sneakers

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) – Inmates at a prison in Pennsylvania have been flushing towels, sneakers and other debris down toilets, causing problems for operators of the local sewage treatment plant.

County commissioners on Wednesday approved spending $225,000 to install a large filter in the prison’s sewer main to catch debris that shouldn’t be there before it reaches Lancaster’s sewer system. The items mess up motors and grinders in the system.

The modifications should be completed this year.