News in brief CRIME Four men were arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment after shoppers saw a man being escorted through Witham, Essex, with a sign around his neck saying "thief". Police said all five were released on bail, one of them on suspicion of theft.

LOS ANGELES - Jurors ruled the city of Pasadena must pay $80,000 to a quadriplegic man who sued because police officers allegedly jerked him out of his wheelchair and hung him upside down to search him.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A car purchased at a U.S.