People get their hands caught in the cookie jar all the time, but a raccoon with its head in a peanut butter jar?

That's exactly what Sharon Moyer saw at 6 a.m. Wednesday when she let her two dachshunds go out in the yard.

When her dogs started frantically barking, she went outside and pointed a flashlight toward what looked like a cat, and the light revealed a raccoon cowering with something lodged over its furry face, the St. Augustine Record reports.

“Oh, my gosh, it’s got like a peanut butter jar on its face,” Moyer said. “He was holding for dear life on the fence.”

Moyer tried to give the jar a gentle tug but quickly decided to call in the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office to rescue the critter.

For the rest of the story, plus a photo and video of the rescue.

Marion County deputies arrested three men and a teenager today in Melbourne for a residential burglary. Wptv.com reported that the Melbourne Police Department issued an advisory to law enforcement to be on the lookout for suspects in a residential burglary. The thieves got away with a $1,000 digital camera and jewelry worth $500. To read more about where deputies found the stolen jewelry go wptv.com.

Gloria Helfrich was stabbed almost 100 times, struck in the face with a wrench and shot in the head with a crossbow, authorities say. Now, her grandson is in custody, charged with her murder, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Jasper Aristotle Smiddie, 19, was arrested on a warrant about 11 a.m. Wednesday in Lake Wales. He faces a first-degree murder charge in the brutal killing of his 67-year-old grandmother.

Polk County deputies say Smiddie called his father and confessed to killing Helfrich, with whom he lived in a home on Wales Street. Smiddie's father reported his son to authorities Tuesday.  Deputies went to the house to check on Helfrich. They kicked in her bedroom door and discovered her body, the Sheriff's Office said. Authorities have not yet released a possible motive.

Smiddie was spotted coming out of an abandoned home near his girlfriend's parents' house in Sebring on Wednesday and was arrested by the Highlands County Sheriff's Office. ... Read more