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NY Couple Arrested in Beating of Blind Salvation Army Bell Ringer
A couple was arrested on charges they attacked a legally blind Salvation Army bell ringer whom, police say, they accused of cutting in front of the line at a White Plains, N.Y., restaurant. According to CBS New York, police said that 30-year-old Juan Rodriguez and 21-year-old Audrianna Wignal attacked the 41-year-old bell ringer around 3…
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Colo. Man Who Spent 28 Years in Prison for Rape After Woman Claimed His Face Came to Her in a Dream Is Freed
In 1988 a Colorado man was convicted of raping a woman. The victim, according to the Associated Press, had been out drinking the night in August 1987 when she was attacked. When she reported the assault to police, she initially named a different man as her attacker (who would later say that he had sex…
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Fla. Woman Faces 5 Years in Jail After Placing Image of Confederate Flag on Black Co-Worker’s Desk
A white Jacksonville, Fla., woman faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to lying to a federal officer about whether she’d placed an image of a Confederate flag on a black co-worker’s desk. Susan Thompson and the co-worker were federal workers at the Jacksonville office of the Army Corps of Engineers, according to…
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Fla. Woman Dies After Being Forcibly Removed From Hospital by Police
On Monday, 57-year-old Barbara Dawson went to the Liberty Calhoun Hospital in Tallahassee, Fla., because she was having trouble breathing. She was checked by a doctor, who found that she was fine and could be discharged. But Dawson didn’t feel better, so she refused to leave. Police were called, and Dawson was handcuffed and escorted…
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NYC Man Loses Testicle After Police Allegedly Stomp His Groin During Arrest
Corey Green, 32, was playing cards with friends in his Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment on Saturday when police officers busted his door in looking for a robbery suspect, his dad, John Green, 52, told the New York Post. John Green claims that the police made all the men leave their card game for an impromptu lineup…
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What We Know About Lakeisha Holloway, the Las Vegas Crash Suspect
Lakeisha Holloway currently sits in the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, pending a formal bail hearing Tuesday morning. She is on suicide watch. She is being held without bail and is expected to be charged with several felonies, including murder with a deadly weapon, after the 24-year-old mother reportedly drove onto a Las…
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NY Knicks Player Robbed by 2 Women
After a night out on the town Friday, New York Knicks forward Derrick Williams returned to his lower-Manhattan apartment with two women in tow. According to the New York Post, Williams awoke to find the women gone and $750,000 worth of valuables gone with them. According to the Post, the evening started with the Knicks…
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Texas Grand Jury: No Indictments in Sandra Bland’s Death
After meeting for more than eight hours, a Texas grand jury Monday decided that there will be no indictments of any officers or jail workers who came in contact with Sandra Bland. “After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death…
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Search Expands for ‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch and His Mother
U.S. marshals have released a wanted poster and reward for missing “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, who authorities say violated probation earlier this month and is believed to be on the run. Police also added Couch’s mother, Tonya Couch, to the missing-person list, since she is believed to have fled with her son, ABC News reports.…
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Chicago Man, 71, Shot to Death After Answering Front Door
Fredell Bryant was in his South Side Chicago home, where he’d lived for 40 years, when he heard a knock at the door around 6 a.m. Sunday. “We heard him ask ‘Who is it?’ at the door. No response,” Ron Dean, Bryant’s son-in-law, told NBC Chicago. “Then he said, ‘Who is it?’ real loud, nothing.…
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