A man in northeast Pennsylvania just couldn’t resist picking up the pretty hitchhiker.

Jerry Dimick and a friend were driving along Route 307 near Clarks Summit on Wednesday when they spotted a peacock standing by the edge of the road.

Dimick says he stopped and “went ‘smooch, smooch, smooch, smooch’ and the bird came over,” so he “reached out and grabbed him.”

With no room in the back of his pickup truck, Dimick put the peacock in the front seat. He says, “The bird was sitting in between the two of us. He sat there.”

Dimick took the bird to his home in Taylor and is trying to find it a safe place to live. So far, he’s had no luck with the Game Commission, animal control, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or the local zoo.

— After catching one of two people wanted in a series of break-ins, deputies in North Carolina let their fingers do the chasing to catch a second suspect.

Catawba County sheriff’s Maj. Coy Reid says that when deputies caught a 16-year-old suspect on Wednesday, they confiscated his cell phone. Soon, a text message arrived asking the teen if he had been caught.

The deputies typed “no” in response. After a few more messages, the sender said he would try to pick up his friend, not knowing he was in custody.

Deputies waited in an area where several break-ins had occurred. They say they arrested the 17-year-old texter after finding him in a car with three other people.

Both teens face several charges, including larceny and breaking and entering.

— New Yorkers have long been going to see “Shakespeare in the Park.” Now they can see Shakespeare on the subway.

Two drama students are spending the summer performing the balcony scene from “Romeo and Juliet” in exchange for tips from commuters.

Peter Vack and Troian Bellisario attend the University of Southern California. They say they’ve timed their performance to last from one stop to the next and were once handed $20 by an onlooker. Most tips range from pennies to $5.