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Update: The Iowa teacher who was accused of sexual activity with underage boys has admitted to her wrongdoing. Cassidy Kraus pleaded guilty to the charges of one count of third-degree sexual abuse, two counts of lascivious acts with a child, and three counts of dissemination and exhibition of obscene materials to minors on Jan. 29. […]

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Rocco Parascandola, Kerry Burke and Elizabeth KeoghNew York Daily News(TNS) NEW YORK — A group of migrants pummeled NYPD officers attempting to make an arrest outside a shelter in Times Square, police and sources said Tuesday. Two officers and a lieutenant from the NYPD’s Midtown South Precinct approached the group of men outside a migrant […]

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A teacher in New Jersey has managed to avoid prison, despite having had an illicit relationship with a teenage girl. Former Fair Lawn High School graphics arts teacher Christine Knudsen has been placed under lifetime parole supervision and forced to register as a sex offender. Knudsen was arrested for carrying out a sexual relationship with […]

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Katie LangfordThe Denver Post(TNS) Ouray city officials placed Police Chief Jeff Wood on paid administrative leave Monday, 11 days after allegations became public that a 17-year-old girl was raped by his stepson and two others at his house while he slept. City leaders have known about the allegations since July, when Wood found out and notified them, according […]

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Carol Robinsonal.com(TNS) An Alabama judge has been indicted on 18 felony charges. Eleventh Judicial Circuit Judge Gilbert P. Self, 62, of Florence, is charged with use of office for personal gain or for the gain of family members, one count of making a false representation to Examiners of Public Accounts, and one count of perjury, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced Monday. Self […]

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A man who a Miramar resident said banged on her townhouse door while didn’t let volts from a stun gun prevent him from stealing a police cruiser overnight Friday, Miramar police said.

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Mitchell WillettsThe Charlotte Observer(TNS) An Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer was sent hurtling to the ground when an SUV slammed into a vehicle during a traffic stop, dash camera video shows. In the video, captured Jan. 18, Trooper Jesse Gregory can be seen talking with a driver pulled over along Interstate 40, according to a highway patrol news release. Neither he nor […]

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Authorities are searching for an escaped inmate who, while on kitchen detail, fled from a Ventura County jail on Thursday night.

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Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily News(TNS) A rookie cop still in the NYPD Police Academy was busted early Thursday for patronizing a prostitute in Brooklyn, police said. Diangelo Pena, 26, was issued a desk appearance ticket and released. Police said the recruit was arrested shortly past midnight at Stanley and Alabama avenues in East New York. The NYPD said Pena was suspended […]

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Two ATMs were stolen on Sunday within little more than an hour of each other near an East Bay street now making headlines for rampant auto burglaries.

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Juan "Termite" Romero was once a leader of the 18th Street gang, shaking down drug dealers on the streets of Westlake in the 1990s. After being targeted for death by his imprisoned boss, Romero became the government's star witness in a racketeering case that sent dozens of his associates to prison.

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Tampa, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Darius Hudson (44, Arcadia) guilty of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, three separate Hobbs Act robberies, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. Because of the specific robberies that they each participated in, the defendants also face […]

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The craze over coveted Stanley cups turned into alleged theft after a 23-year-old Sacramento woman was accused of swiping 65 Stanley Cups — worth $2,500, police said — from multiple Roseville retailers.

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Chris Sheldon, Richard Cowennj.com(TNS) Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon inside a Clifton restaurant, multiple sources and officials confirmed. The incident happened Toros Restaurant, a Turkish restaurant on Hazel Street, they said. The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the shooting but did not respond to requests for comment, nor did the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office or local […]

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The Oklahoma City police officer who shot and killed an armed man in November will not face charges. The Oklahoma County grand jury determined there was not enough evidence to pursue a case against Master Sgt. Daniel Higginbottom. Authorities said Azjaynee Owens-Bey, 31, was shot and killed by Higginbottom during an incident that began when […]

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A former teacher in Arkansas pleaded guilty to having sex with one of her students. 33-year-old Heather Hare pleaded guilty on Monday to transporting a minor across state lines to have sex with him. Hare taught family consumer science classes at Bryant High School and, according to investigators, met the minor victim on the first […]

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Zach Mentzcleveland.com(TNS) A California woman was arrested and charged with shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of Stanley Quencher tumbler water bottles from a retail store near Sacramento, according to police. The incident occurred Jan. 17, when the 23-year-old woman was reported for taking a shopping cart full of Stanley water bottles without paying for them, according to a news release from […]

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Rocco ParascandolaNew York Daily News(TNS) A man urinating on a parked car in Manhattan slashed the throat of a passerby who told him to stop, leaving the victim clinging to life, police said Monday. The 66-year-old victim and two other passersby complained when they saw the stranger urinating on a car parked on E. 14th St. near First Ave. in the East Village about 5:05 […]

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A suspect who shot and injured a local police officer was taken into custody early Sunday morning after an hours-long standoff.

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The on-again, off-again criminal prosecution of Alec Baldwin is on again.

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