5 Things You May Have Missed This Weekend

From a new cop killing suspect sighting to a "Letterman" firing

ByABC News
October 19, 2014, 6:57 PM

— -- The ongoing Ebola situation and the discovery of human remains in the search for missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham made headlines this weekend. Here are five more things that made the news.

1. Students Clean Up After Mayhem Near Pumpkin Fest

Keene State College students quickly cleaned up from a chaotic weekend Sunday after violent parties near the city's annual pumpkin festival led to destruction, dozens of arrests and multiple injuries.

The parties around the school coincided with the annual Keene Pumpkin Festival, where the community tries to set a world record of the largest number of carved and lighted jack-o-lanterns in one place. The violence prompted police in riot gear to use tear gas as they tried to control crowds.

Mallory Pearce, a sophomore and vice president of the student body, said she saw a car flipped over in a parking lot, another car being destroyed and people being pepper-sprayed.

"It got way out of hand. Everyone I talked to said, 'I feel unsafe, I'm going home.' They didn't want to be part of the riot, and they couldn't do anything to solve it," she said. "I honestly did not feel safe."

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2. New Cop Killing Suspect Sighting Has 'High Credibility'

PHOTO: Eric Frein, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Pennsylvania State Trooper, is seen in a new image released by authorities on Oct. 8, 2014.
Eric Frein, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Pennsylvania State Trooper, is seen in a new image released by authorities on Oct. 8, 2014.

A new possible sighting of suspected cop-killer Eric Frein had Pennsylvania police re-focusing their search, more than a month after the manhunt began.

Frein, 31, is accused of ambushing state police in early September, killing one and wounding another. Since then, police say he has been hiding in the woods of the Pocono Mountains.

"Overnight we had a sighting for which we are assigning a high level of credibility," Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police said Saturday. "It was reported in the area of the Pocono Mountain East High School. The individual's description was consistent with Frein and he was observed carrying a rifle."

The woman who saw the man said that his face was "covered with mud," so a positive identification could not be made, but she was about 15 to 20 feet from him.

After learning of the new possible sighting, police shifted the search area, he said.

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3. Storm Passes Dangerously Close to Hawaiian Island

PHOTO: Hoyle Mincey, 57, is shown in this booking photo.
Hoyle Mincey, 57, is shown in this booking photo.

Hawaii residents watched, waited and hoped for the best as a hurricane lost force but churned dangerously close early Sunday, threatening to batter several islands with wind and rain.

Hurricane Ana has been spinning on a parallel path southwest of the island chain for several days, and officials have opened emergency shelters and cancelled flights in precautions that come against the backdrop of a threat that hasn't materialized.

As Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell warned those on Oahu not to let their guard down, people at Waikiki Beach jumped into the ocean to surf big waves generated as Ana passed.

"Every time we have a hurricane," said 23-year-old, island resident Emile Meder, "we know it's going to be good."

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4. Escaped Inmate Eludes Cops After Traffic Stop

Police were hunting Sunday for a North Carolina man who escaped from prison after five attempts and has so far evaded capture, despite being sought by as many as 45 officers.

Police were conducting an air and ground search for Hoyle Mincey, an inmate at the Wateree Correctional Institution in Shelby, N.C.

Mincey was on the run for a week when he was spotted Saturday morning driving an allegedly stolen van and pulled over by police. But Mincey evaded capture and ran into a wooded area, police told ABC News affiliate WSOC-TV in Charlotte, N.C.

Mincey is supposed to be serving a sentence for a burglary conviction.

This is his fifth attempt at escaping prison, according to WSOC.

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5. 'Letterman' Cue Card Man Fired Over Colleague Clash

David Letterman's longtime cue-card holder says he wound up cuing his own firing by getting aggressive with a colleague.

Tony Mendez told the New York Post in a story published Sunday he lost his job after grabbing a co-worker by the shirt Oct. 9 behind the scenes at CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman."

CBS directed an inquiry to Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants. A spokesman said Worldwide Pants won't comment on personnel matters.

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