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Arson
September 23, 2024

Firefighter Started 5 Wildfires While Off Duty, Officials Say

A California firefighter was arrested on Friday for setting five fires since mid-August. Robert Hernandez, 38, a fire apparatus engineer with Cal Fire, allegedly committed the arsons while off duty. Officials said they believe he set five fires in Sonoma County between August 15 and September 14, the Desert Sun reported. In total, the five …

Bennett Brown
Suicide
September 23, 2024

Colorado Father Pushes for Ban on Sodium Nitrate After 17-Year-Old Son Takes His Own Life

A Colorado father, whose son died by suicide using an easily accessible substance purchased online, is pushing for a law to ban the substance nationwide. According to USA Today, Bruce Brown recounted that in November 2022, a UPS package containing a yellowish-white, odorless powder arrived for his 17-year-old son, Bennett. Believing it to be a …

Child Abuse
September 23, 2024

Grandmom Admits to Handcuffing Daughter for 13 Hours After She Flees Filthy Home Seeking Help

West Virginia police arrested a woman on Monday after a child in handcuffs reportedly fled to a home alleging abuse. A Charleston resident called the police about a girl wearing handcuffs coming to their home and claiming they were being abused and neglected. Officers responded to the girl’s residence and arrested Laura Southworth, 54, noting …

Assault
September 23, 2024

Michigan Woman Attacked, Assaulted After Uber Driver Drops Her at Wrong Location

A Michigan woman says she was the target of a unprovoked assault in Detroit after her Uber driver mistakenly dropped her at the wrong location. ABC 7 reports that Morgan Catton, 27, was heading from downtown Detroit to visit a friend on the night of September 13 when her Uber driver left her several blocks …

Missing
September 23, 2024

Schizophrenic Mom Still Missing Nearly 3 Weeks After She Left Home Without Phone, Wallet

The search continues for a California woman who has not been seen in nearly three weeks. A Silver Alert was issued for Geetaben Patel, 58, who was filmed walking out of her La Palma home on September 2. KABC reported that she has schizophrenia. California Highway Patrol said Patel was last seen on Santa Margarita Lane …

Shooting
September 23, 2024

Florida Man Dead After Argument and Shootout Over Jukebox Selection

A man was shot and killed at a south Florida Mexican restaurant early Sunday when he and another man argued over the choice of music on the establishment’s jukebox. The shooting happened at about 1:30 a.m. at Antojitos Mexicanos in Fort Lauderdale. Police have provided no information at all about the shooting, but a witness …

Missing
September 23, 2024

Boy Abducted in 1951 Found Alive More Than 7 Decades Later

It was the coldest of missing child cold cases: Luis Armando Albino was just 6-year-old when a woman lured him away from an Oakland, California, park in 1951. His older brother, Roger, described the woman who took him, bribed him away with candy, but despite an extensive search that involved local, state, and federal officials, …

Reckless Conduct
September 23, 2024

Angry Man Rams Maine Teens on ATV

A Main man has been accused of intentionally ramming a 17-year-old riding an SUV in Waterboro on Saturday. York County Sheriff William King said 50-year-old Jason Campbell was angry that the teen was “ripping up the road” where he was supposedly working on the grade, the Bangor Daily News reported. The 17-year-old and his two …

Shooting
September 22, 2024

7-Year-Old Boy Shot and Killed by Stray Bullet During Argument

A 7-year-old North Carolina boy hit by a stray bullet during an argument Thursday night has died. Burlington Police said the boy died Sunday morning Police arrested Tremaine Armstrong, 18, and Kemontae Crosby, 21, on Thursday. Prior to the boy’s death, Armstrong was charged with attempted murder and discharging a weapon in an occupied building, …