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Test shows no alcohol in driver that killed 11-year-old

CHARLESTON - A breath test shows a South Carolina man had no alcohol in his system when his vehicle struck and killed an 11-year-old Danish girl on a sidewalk earlier this month.

The Post and Courier of Charleston reported records released Wednesday show there was a 0 percent blood alcohol level for 30-year-old Jeffrey William Wakefield.

Police say Selma Akguel of Middelfart, Denmark, was walking with her parents July 9 on a Charleston sidewalk when Wakefield's sports utility vehicle hit a parked vehicle and ran on the sidewalk, hitting the girl. Her parents weren't hurt.

The Charleston man said he had drunk only nonalcoholic beers that night. Tests for other possible intoxicants haven't been completed.

Wakefield is charged with reckless homicide and felony driving under the influence involving a death.

Arrest made in shooting of teen at apartment complex

CHARLESTON - A suspect has been arrested in the death of one of two teens found shot to death at an apartment complex near the South Carolina coast.

News outlets reported that Charleston police said Wednesday they have arrested a 17-year-old male from James Island in the Sunday shooting of 15-year-old Talekuz Williams of Charleston.

Investigators are still trying to determine who killed 17-year-old Juquel Young of Charleston.

Police Chief Luther Reynolds said investigators think they have found the person primarily responsible for the deaths. The teens' bodies were found near a basketball court after police were called to an apartment complex about gunshots.

Reynolds said there had been an argument before the shootings, but investigators have not determined the subject of the disagreement.

Police: Man suspected of burglaries in 9 states arrested

AUBURN, Maine - A man suspected in a series of burglaries and thefts and wanted in nine states has been arrested by police in Maine.

York County Sheriff William King Jr. says an investigation by his department and other law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of 55-year-old Joseph Hodge of Jacksonville, Florida. The Portland Press Herald reports Hodge was taken into custody early Wednesday at an Auburn motel.

King says Hodge has multiple warrants for theft-related offenses in Idaho, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado and Arkansas.

'Brady Bunch' house for sale for nearly $1.9 million

LOS ANGELES - The home featured in the opening and closing scenes of "The Brady Bunch" is for sale for $1.885 million.

Records show George and Violet McCallister bought the two-bedroom, three-bathroom split-level home in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1973 for $61,000.

Real estate agent Ernie Carswell tells the Los Angeles Times the house has been updated and upgraded, but the interior layout does not resemble what was featured on the show, which ran from 1969 to 1974. Interior scenes were shot in a studio.

Carswell says a rock-wall fireplace, wood-paneled walls and floral wallpaper are vintage touches of what homes looked like in the 1970s.

The agent says the home attracts 30 to 50 visitors a day.

The owners died, and their children are selling the property.