A Gastonia, N.C., couple were arrested after they left their three children home alone with a black bear. After receiving a tip from a motorist who said they’d seen a bear in the couples’ car, officers went to the home of Cynthia and Adam Williams and found the bear at home with their three children, aged 3, 4 and 5. Cynthia Williams, 22, said she and her 24-year-old husband were holding the bear for a friend who was out of town. “As soon as we found out we couldn’t get it permitted, we were going to take it back,” she said. “It wasn’t vicious to nobody.” The bear was removed from the house by animal welfare officers and the children taken into protective care.