The zoo in Roswell, New Mexico was evacuated for an hour until a bear cub could be coaxed back into its cage.  

Spring River Zoo Director Elaine Mayfield tells KOB-TV the cub got out of its cage when keepers filling up a moat accidentally left water running all day.

The higher water level allowed the bear to make its escape by swimming across the moat and then climbing up the front of the bear exhibit cage to get onto the roof.

While the cub was running around on the roof, zoo officials called New Mexico Game and Fish.

Game and Fish officers got the bear back into its cage and the zoo reopened.

Mayfield says the water level will be kept at its proper, lower level in the future.

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Police, Police, Go Away

Authorities say a New Mexico woman called in a fake report of a gunman near a convenience store to help a friend avoid a traffic ticket over a taillight.

Roswell police say 22-year-old Savana Jimenez called 911 one Sunday morning hoping the officer who pulled over the car she was a passenger in would get dispatched to the fake crime.

Authorities say Jimenez called 911 while the officer was checking her friend’s information.

Police say Jimenez later admitted making the entire story up so the officer would rush to the fake scene.

Roswell police spokeswoman Sabrina Morales says Jimenez told police she thought she had warrants out for her arrest, but officials say she didn’t.

Jimenez was arrested and charged with obstruction. It was unknown if she had an attorney.

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Ambulance Chasers

Authorities say an Albuquerque ambulance worker catching some sleep in the back of his vehicle woke up to find himself the victim of a carjacking.

Police have arrested a man and a woman accused of driving off in the ambulance around 3 a.m. one Saturday while it was parked outside Lovelace Medical Center in downtown Albuquerque.

Police spokesman Elder Guevara says the employee was asleep in the vehicle’s rear but was able to jump out when the ambulance slowed near an intersection.

Officers then pursued the ambulance as it headed eastbound, and then westbound, on Interstate 40.

The ambulance finally came to a rest on I-40, over Tramway, after authorities used spikes to deflate the ambulance’s tires.

Police have not released the names of the suspects or the victim, who was uninjured.