Regional Briefs: May 15

Disbarred lawyer gets 180 days for theft A disbarred lawyer pleaded guilty to grand theft Monday and was sentenced to 180 days in county jail.

World record 1,626 miles on one tank of diesel

Apparently not happy with collecting over 40 world driving fuel economy records, the husband and wife team of John and Helen Taylor – also known as “the world’s most fuel efficient couple” – have been back on the road to claim the world record for the longest distance traveled on a single tank of fuel. The record 1,626.1 mile (2,616.95 km) journey was achieved in a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat ...