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A Florida man was arrested after allegedly robbing the bank where he has an account by giving the teller a note that said he would blow up the bank if the authorities were notified.

Around 9:00 AM on June 26, a man reportedly walked into the Truist Bank in Page Field Commons. According to reports, he was recognized by employees as someone who regularly visits the location. He reportedly walked up to one of the tellers and slid a note across the counter that said he had explosives and a firearm. He allegedly threatened to blow up the building if she notified the police about his purported demand for money instead of silently complying. After collecting the cash, the suspect fled in a vehicle being driven by a woman.

According to reports, Lee County Sheriff’s deputies and local police used drones and K9s to search for the man, and about an hour later, they located the vehicle in which they believed he left the bank. When they initiated a traffic stop, the driver pulled over without incident, but the man reportedly ran out of the car. The driver, identified as a 45-year-old woman, and the man, age 44, were caught in a short foot chase. They were both listed as Ft Myers residents.

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When the fiancée of an unfaithful man reportedly caught him with a woman at a hotel, she allegedly drove up and grabbed her by the hair before dragging her alongside the vehicle.

On the morning of June 20, a 43-year-old woman was reportedly in a vehicle in the parking lot at the Clarion Hotel in Miami. She saw two people leaving the hotel and identified the man as her fiancé, who she believed was often unfaithful. As he and his female companion walked through the lot, his girlfriend reportedly drove up and confronted them. She allegedly grabbed the woman by the hair and held on when she started driving the vehicle again, in addition to dousing her with pepper spray. The authorities were notified, and officers from the Miami Springs Police Department began investigating the incident.

The suspect was no longer at the scene when the police arrived, and a surveillance video from the hotel parking lot was reviewed. The police reported that it showed the incident and provided a good look at the people involved. The footage from the camera also showed a clear view of the license plate number on the car the suspect was driving.

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A man was arrested after allegedly violently attacking his elderly wife when she told him he needed to take a shower before getting into bed.

On June 22, a 68-year-old woman and her husband were at their home in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when they began arguing after she expressed disgust about him not taking a shower for two months. The sheets on their bed were clean, and she wanted him to bathe before he turned in for the night. The man reportedly became angry, and the fight allegedly turned physical.

According to reports, her husband grabbed her throat and constricted her breathing for a few moments and then punched her in the face multiple times. When she tried to call the authorities, he allegedly took away her phone. The woman kicked him and ran out of the house, and she used a neighbor’s phone to call 911. When Kenosha police went to the home, they noted that the woman’s nose was bleeding, and she had additional open wounds on her face. Her husband reportedly told the police he slapped the woman across the face to defend himself.

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A man driving a reportedly stolen vehicle in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky is facing a slew of charges after allegedly driving erratically and plowing into another driver while trying to escape from the police.

According to reports, a car was recently reported stolen from someone who gave the authorities a physical description of the person they believed took the vehicle. On the afternoon of June 22, Lexington police spotted what they believed was the stolen car being driven by someone fitting the description provided by the alleged victim. When they tried to pull him over, things reportedly became complicated when the man allegedly tried to get away. After reportedly turning the wrong way on a one-way street, he slammed into the side of another vehicle, and the driver was taken to the hospital. The suspect allegedly took off on foot and was caught behind a nearby residence.

The man, whom the police alleged smelled strongly of alcohol, reportedly said he smoked something from a pipe that was found in the vehicle, but was unsure what it was. He was taken to a nearby hospital for assessment and treatment, and while there, the suspect reportedly refused to consent to a blood test for drug screening.

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An Indiana teenager was arrested in connection with multiple burglaries involving a suspect wearing a clown-like mask after one of his parents brought him to the sheriff’s office and turned him in.

According to reports, on the night of June 18, a couple of home surveillance cams picked up what appeared to be an individual wearing a clown mask hanging around a residential area in the Wellington Acres neighborhood in Vanderburgh County. The next morning, two people who live in homes where the masked person was caught on video discovered several items were missing from their cars. They believed their belongings had been stolen, and the authorities were notified.

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the situation, and they watched the footage containing the person wearing the mask. The area around the homes was searched, and what was described as a “clown-like mask” matching the one seen in the footage was found nearby. A few days later, another incident occurred in the same area. The alleged victims reported that someone tried to break into their vehicles, and one person believed the suspect tried to get into their home. When investigators watched the surveillance videos, they thought it was the same masked suspect. They released pictures on social media asking for help locating the individual.

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A northwestern Florida woman was jailed after allegedly leaving her toddler alone on a playground in extreme heat while she went to work a shift at a nearby shopping center.

The Silver Sands Premium Outlets in Miramar Beach is home to over 100 stores. A park is located on the premises, providing patrons with a place to spend time with their children while taking breaks during their shopping excursions. Early in the afternoon on June 15, someone in the vicinity of the playground spotted a youngster who was later revealed to be 3 years old playing on the park equipment. The boy was reportedly there for nearly an hour before he wandered away from the park. The individual who had seen him earlier thought the child was going to run into the street, so they intervened and stopped the toddler before he reached the road. When the person tried and failed to find an adult responsible for the youngster, they located a security officer and explained the situation to her.

Just after 1:00 PM, the authorities were notified, and deputies from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office went to Silver Sands to investigate. According to the police report, someone saw the man as he grabbed the child to keep him from running into traffic. When the toddler’s mother arrived, she informed the deputies that she was employed at a fragrance store in the outlet mall. She had to go to work, and she said she kept an eye on the boy and arranged for a friend to pick him up.

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A man in Northeastern Colorado was jailed after he was accused of making two attempts to abduct an 8-year-old girl who was shopping with her grandmother at a grocery store.

On the morning of June 21, a woman and her young granddaughter were shopping together in a Safeway grocery store in Littleton. According to reports, their visit to the market took a frightening turn while they were picking out produce. A man reportedly walked up to them and asked the grandma if she would let him “borrow” her 8-year-old granddaughter. With his hands on the girl’s shoulders, he allegedly tried to force the child to walk away with him. The woman began to scream, and the youngster went back to her grandmother as the man ran out of the store.

Employees became aware of the alleged attempted kidnapping. The same man allegedly came back a few moments later, and when he approached the woman and her granddaughter a second time, the workers ran after him and made him leave. The authorities were notified, and deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office headed to the location to investigate. According to reports, when they talked to the youngster’s grandmother, she told them what happened and added that she had never seen or had any prior contact with the man.

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After a Florida woman was arrested on several charges during a traffic stop, the authorities allegedly found syringes and a bag of narcotics stashed inside her female private parts as she was being booked.

Last weekend, a deputy from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office was patrolling when they reported that a pickup truck with what appeared to be the driver’s seat belt was hanging outside the vehicle. When the license plate was checked, the deputy discovered that the one on the truck was registered to a different car, and the registration tag was expired. The deputy turned on the lights and siren and performed a traffic stop. It was estimated that it took approximately 30 seconds for the driver to pull over and stop the truck, and the deputy noted that they believed it was longer than necessary.

When speaking with the deputy, the woman reportedly stated that the truck was registered in her name, but her license plate had fallen off, and she had borrowed one from a friend’s vehicle. She also allegedly said her driver’s license was suspended, and that she didn’t put on her seatbelt because she was in a hurry.

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A grandmother who had custody of her two young grandchildren is facing charges after she was accused of physically and emotionally abusing them in multiple ways.

In 2022, a 32-year-old man with two children was shot and killed. According to reports, the youngsters’ mother was unable to properly care for them, so they went to live with their paternal grandmother at her apartment in Warr Acres, Oklahoma. While some of the neighbors reported that the kids appeared happy, someone notified the authorities last March and told them they suspected they were being abused.

A social worker from the Oklahoma Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), accompanied by law enforcement from the Warr Acres Police Department, visited the residence to conduct an investigation. The 8-year-old girl reportedly told the social worker that their grandmother regularly abuses her and her 10-year-old brother, and that the woman both uses and sells narcotics. The child added that she locks them in a cage when she goes out, and it was reported that the boy said the woman gives him pills beforehand. The youngsters said they are hit with a belt, and have their toes stepped on and crushed.

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The boss of an employee was accused of pouring power steering fluid into an employee’s beverage, causing the man to need urgent medical care.

On June 5, at ETE Reman, a company in Wisconsin that manufactures transmissions, an employee showed up just before 2:00 pm to work his shift. Before starting the day, he put two drinks into the break room freezer. When he took a quick break to quench his thirst, he grabbed the iced tea. When he took a sip, he believed the top had a foreign substance on it, and the drink had a strange odor. He became ill and believed it was from the beverage. The employee told his coworkers about the situation. He also informed his boss, with whom he reportedly had an adversarial relationship since he began working at the facility.

The alleged victim went to urgent care, and when human resources learned about the incident, they decided to check out the security footage to see if anything revealing was captured. The footage reportedly showed the man’s boss in the breakroom standing by the freezer with two bottles of iced tea. It also appeared as if he poured some of the contents of one of his bottles into the employee’s tea. A bottle resembling the one the boss reportedly had was found in the trash, and it was believed that it contained the remnants of steering wheel fluid. A representative from human resources spoke to the manager about the incident. He allegedly said he and the employee worked out their issues and that he was trying to play a prank.

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