The Fort Vale Police Department’s Internet bulletin lists an unusual distinction in the mattress-tag break-ins: residents still have their valuables, but someone entered their homes without permission.

The department asks residents to leave affected bedding undisturbed. That request also applies to people who believe the missing labels prove something much larger.

Break-ins in Fort Vale homes have produced an unusual inventory of losses: mattress labels are missing, while cash, jewelry and televisions have reportedly been left in place.

The pattern has attracted the attention of private investigator Wong Gai. He believes the small government warnings attached to the mattresses are central to the case. He has offered a larger explanation for why someone would want them gone.

A prank that left Wong Gai alone in the woods has led to a police search after the investigator reported seeing a large, hairy figure move between the trees.

The men who arranged the snipe hunt had already left, according to Gai’s account. They were involved in the prank; the later sighting is his report.

Matt Hamill has been disqualified from a major qualifying fight after officials took his swollen appearance as an indication of steroid use. The ruling does not, by itself, establish why his condition changed.

Hamill had eaten at Wok N Roll before the fight. The meal is part of the sequence of events, although the public accounts do not establish a cause.