A Delta Air Lines pilot suspected of being intoxicated was removed from a flight moments before takeoff Tuesday.The incident happened at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, CNN reports.The flight to San Diego had been fully boarded when the 37-year-old pilot, identified as Gabriel Lyle Schroeder, was arrested, according to an airport spokesman.The pilot [...]
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Delta pilot suspected of being intoxicated removed from flight moments before takeoff
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Patrick Crusius: 5 things to know about El Paso shooting suspect
A busy Walmart became a grisly crime scene Saturday morning when El Paso police say 21-year-old Patrick Crusius took aim at shoppers and store employees.Another person died Monday morning, officials said, bringing the number of fatalities to 21. More than two dozen additional people were injured.Here are five things to know about Crusius:1.) From Allen, Texas. The [...]
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Connor Betts: 5 things to know about Dayton shooting suspect
In less than a minute, nine people were killed and 27 others were injured when a shooter opened fire in Dayton, Ohio's busy entertainment district late Saturday night.Police gunfire took down the suspect, 24-year-old Connor Betts, ending the massacre.Here are five things to know about Betts:1.) Shooting lasted just 32 seconds. City leaders said a number of police officers were already in the area where Betts is alleged to have opened fire, [...]
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Alabama woman uses hot grease to fend off intruder
Police say an Alabama man picked the wrong house to burglarize.Larondrick Macklin is accused of breaking into a home Aug. 1 in Decatur, about 25 miles southwest of Huntsville, according to TV station WBTV.A woman who lived in the home used a pot of hot grease to defend herself, causing extensive burns to Macklin's face.Police told WBTV that Macklin was [...]
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UPDATE: Authorities continue to investigate alleged shooting at La. Walmart
Update: The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Department has released a statement indicating that some details remain unclear following an alleged shooting at a Walmart store on Tuesday.The full statement:″On August 6, the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in which the caller stated, “There are two black males in the Walmart on Burbank shooting.” Shortly thereafter, Sheriff’s Deputies arrived to find a [...]
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‘Wedding crasher’ on the loose, stealing couples’ gifts, Texas authorities say
Authorities near Austin, Texas, are searching for a woman they say has been crashing weddings and taking gifts.The woman, who has been dubbed the “Wedding Crasher” by the Comal County sheriff’s office, has been showing up uninvited to weddings in and out of Comal County, posing as a guest and then stealing gifts. The sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in finding the woman and is offering up to $4,000 as a reward for information leading [...]
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Dealer donates new SUV to husband of El Paso shooting victim
Once again, the El Paso community has rallied behind the husband of a woman killed in the Aug. 3 Walmart shooting.Antonio Basco got a new Ford Escape SUV this week, free of charge, courtesy of Casa Ford Lincoln. The car he had been using was stolen hours after the funeral for his wife, Margie Reckard, and was later found wrecked and abandoned, [...]
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Ohio first-grader points loaded gun at student in school office, email says
An Ohio first-grader who found his grandmother’s loaded gun at school this spring pointed it at another student, according to a newly released email.On March 8, the child found the 9 mm handgun that his grandmother, Vicky Nelson, who is the district’s transportation director, carried at Highland Local Schools. Nelson was allowed to carry the weapon as part of the district’s concealed-carry plan adopted last year to arm administrators and select staff members to [...]
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To combat porch pirates, Texas makes package thefts a felony offense
We've all seen the videos of brazen thieves stealing packages from doorsteps.Deliveries from Amazon and other firms have become a popular target for so-called porch pirates.Now, one state is doing something about it.Starting Sept. 1, stealing mail, such as packages, becomes a felony offense in Texas, [...]
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Six seniors, ages 62 to 85, caught having sex in Conn. park, police say
Six senior citizens were arrested at a Connecticut park after they were allegedly caught engaging in sex acts.Those involved ranged in age from 62 to 85, TV station KVUE reports.The incident happened in a conservation area in Fairfield, about 60 miles southwest of Hartford.Police were [...]
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Sick Florida boy’s clothing, souvenirs stolen during Make-A-Wish trip
As an infant, doctors didn’t give Oliver De Borde long to live after he suffered severe brain damage due to a congenital heart defect. But two years later, the little Ocala boy continues to brighten the lives of his parents.Recently, however, during a trip provided by Make-A-Wish of Central and North Florida, the family had their luggage and the stroller shared by Oliver and his baby brother, Grayson, stolen.“I couldn’t believe it. We had a very nice trip, [...]
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Feds accuse 80 people of using scheme to defraud at least $6 million from lonely women
Federal prosecutors have accused 80 people of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to defraud at least $6 million — primarily from lonely women.Most of the men charged are Nigerians, according to CNN. Seventeen have been arrested in the U.S. so far. They often posed as members of the U.S. military serving overseas. "We believe this is one of the largest cases of its [...]
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Olympian Simone Biles' brother charged in Ohio triple murder
The brother of U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has been charged in connection to a triple murder in Ohio.Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24, was arrested Thursday in Georgia, NBC News reports. He is a member of the U.S. Army.The shooting happened New Year's Eve at an Airbnb rental in Cleveland, police say. An "uninvited group" reportedly entered the home, leading [...]
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Alabama 14-year-old accused of killing 5 family members
Authorities in Alabama say a 14-year-old has confessed to killing five family members.The slayings happened early Tuesday in Elkmont, which is about 45 miles northwest of Huntsville.According to Huntsville TV station WAFF, the shooting victims are the 14-year-old’s father, John Sisk, 38; stepmother, Mary Sisk, 35; two brothers, ages 6 and 6 [...]
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Criminal charges for 7 Ohio students accused of serving teachers crepes tainted with urine, semen
Seven Ohio middle-schoolers were charged Tuesday with delinquency felony counts accusing them of putting or conspiring to put bodily fluids in crepes that were served to teachers.The students, all 14-year-old boys in eighth grade at Olentangy Hyatts Middle School, were charged in Delaware County Juvenile Court following a three-month investigation into an incident on May 16 in which several teachers ate crepes reportedly laced with semen and urine. The crepes were part of a Global [...]
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American Airlines mechanic accused of trying to sabotage plane
An American Airlines mechanic has been arrested after he allegedly tried to sabotage a plane.Federal authorities say Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani admitted to tampering with the jet's air data module, which provides pilots with crucial information such as the plane's speed.Alani reportedly inserted a piece of foam in the module's inlet, using super glue to keep it in place, [...]
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Florida elementary school kids sent to ER after eating weed candy
Nine elementary school students ages 10-12 were taken to the hospital on Friday after consuming candy that had been infused with marijuana, according to USA Today.School spokeswoman Colleen Reynolds says a student “inadvertently” brought in THC-laced candy in a package similar to a popular sour candy and then [...]
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Florida couple followed DUI arrest by having sex in patrol car, authorities say
DUI charges were just the beginning for a Fernandina Beach, Florida, couple bicycling late Friday, as the two then had sex in the back of a patrol car, and one fled naked from deputies, according to the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office.Aaron Seth Thomas, 31, also was charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition, two more of threats against public officials, attempted escape, resisting arrest with violence, unnatural lascivious act, exposing sexual organs and theft, [...]
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Pittsburgh Pirates player accused of sex with minor; Pa. state senator facing child porn probe
Two high-profile Pennsylvanians have come under the police spotlight in a span of just two days.Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Felipe Vazquez, 28, has been benched after being accused of having sexual relations with a 13-year-old, while Sen. Michael Folmer resigned shortly after police claimed they found child pornography on his phone. The cases are unrelated.Vazquez, according to [...]
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Okla. man says church members held him down, tried to pray away his homosexuality
An Oklahoma man says members of a church his family attends held him down and tried to pray away his homosexuality.The incident happened this month at First Assembly of God Church in Blackwell, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City, according to TV station KFOR.At the end of church services, Sean Cormie and his partner Gary Gardner claim about a dozen [...]
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