FERRET STOLEN-- A ferret was stolen from an Orem pet store Monday.

A man and a woman entered PETCO, at 85 S. State St., and while the woman kept a store employee busy, the man picked up the ferret and left the store.

The employee wrote down the license plate number of their silver-colored Oldsmobile Alero getaway car, but Orem police were unable to match the plate number to any number in the Utah system.

If anyone has any information about a stolen ferret, contact Orem police at 229-7070.

APPEALING VERDICT -- The Provo man found guilty of child kidnapping is appealing his conviction.

Jimmy Guard, 28, filed a notice of appeal Friday. Guard was found guilty of child kidnapping in May after police arrested him in 2004. Police say Guard followed a 9-year-old girl after she got off a school bus and grabbed her from behind.

The 28-year-old was sentenced in July to 10 years to life in prison. He also pleaded no contest to two charges of attempted child kidnapping in a 2004 Springville case. Guard was sentenced to serve no more than five years for each count. All three sentences are to be served at the same time.

NUDITY ON THE HIGHWAY -- A report of a man exposing his genitals on northbound Interstate 15 was called in at about 8 p.m. Wednesday.

According to a Utah Highway Patrol dispatcher, the man was allegedly driving a red Saturn, and was seen at mile marker 265 on Interstate 15 in Provo.

UHP troopers looked for the man, but were not able to locate him.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page C3.