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A Florida couple is facing felony charges after their toddler wandered out of their home and was found alone near a busy street in extreme heat while wearing nothing but a soiled diaper.

Late in the morning on August 17, the recorded temperature in South Bexar County was over 100 degrees. A few hours earlier, the mother of a 2-year-old gave her daughter breakfast, and afterwards, they went to lie down together. The woman dozed off, and while she napped, the youngster, who was wearing only a diaper, went outside without her mother’s knowledge. According to reports, a neighbor was driving by and spotted the running around near the road without an adult present. He called his wife to tell her about the situation.

The authorities were notified, and when law enforcement arrived, they reported that the youngster was sitting on the sidewalk in a soiled diaper. The deputies went to the residence where she lives with her parents, and her mother reportedly explained that she hadn’t realized her daughter had gone outside. They searched inside the residence, and it was reported that the dwelling was found in an unclean and unsanitary state with garbage, pet excrement, roaches, and rotten food scattered around. The child’s father was not present, so the authorities contacted him and asked him to return home.

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A man in western Florida allegedly threatened an on-duty landscaper with a dagger while wearing a jester costume when he reportedly became upset by the sound of the lawnmower.

On the afternoon of August 14, a landscaper was working on two properties in a residential neighborhood in St. Petersburg. One of the man’s tasks was to mow the lawn, and he used a “stand-on mower” for the task. According to reports, his workday took a turn for the worse when one of the neighbors took issue with the loud sound of the machine.

The allegedly angry man, later identified as a 51-year-old smoke and gift shop owner, came out of his house wearing a jester costume. He reportedly walked over to an automobile and removed what appeared to be a dagger. With the weapon in hand, the man reportedly set his sights on the gardener and began yelling at him, trying to make him turn off the mower. The alleged victim was able to use the machine as a barrier between himself and the man, and he was not physically harmed.

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A Florida man who served time in prison for burglary was arrested after allegedly breaking into a couple’s home in what was deemed a violent home invasion robbery.

On August 12, while a Pinellas Park neighborhood was without power, a woman answered her front door, thinking the mail carrier had arrived. Instead, it was reportedly a 57-year-old handyman who had previously done work on the home where she and her fiancé reside. According to reports, before she realized what was happening, the man entered without an invitation and struck her in the head. When the woman’s fiancé got home, he immediately found himself engaged in a violent attack.

The suspect allegedly had sharp objects, later identified as a screwdriver and a knife, in his hand, and when the man walked through the door, he found his fiancée tied to the bed. The man was reportedly slashed multiple times on several parts of his body, in addition to being stabbed in the eye and hand. He wrestled the knife away and stabbed the suspect, leaving the man bloody and severely wounded on the living room floor.

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A Wisconsin teenager was scheduled for a competency hearing to determine his mental state after being accused of trying to murder his mother by stabbing her multiple times with a hedge trimmer.

According to reports, on July 16, a 16-year-old from Suamico was found and returned to his home after running away the previous day. In addition to his alleged anger about being taken back home, he reportedly became even more outraged when he learned his mother had accessed his YouTube account and removed rap videos. He allegedly directed his displeasure at the woman, and over the day, the intensity reached a point that caused her to fear for her safety. She decided to take all the sharp objects from the home and stash them in her locked vehicle.

Hours later, the power inside the home went off, and the woman went to the electrical box to investigate. When she got there, her son reportedly stabbed her multiple times with a pair of hedge trimmers. She made it to her car with her younger son, age 12, and drove off so she could contact the authorities and protect herself from further harm.

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Professional basketball player Russ Smith is fighting a DUI charge stemming from an early June arrest where his BAC was reported as being significantly below the legal limit.

34-year-old Russ Smith, a former University of Louisville basketball player, is well-known for his extensive basketball career as a point guard. He is currently playing for Pallacanestro Nardò of Serie A2 in Italy. Early in the morning on June 8, the Kentucky local was driving in Louisville when he caught the attention of an officer from Louisville Metro Police. The officer claimed the Maserati Smith was driving displayed registration tags that expired approximately three years ago. Additionally, he reported that the man failed to stay in his lane. A traffic stop was initiated, and Smith pulled over without incident.

When the officer approached and began talking to Smith, he asserted that he could smell alcohol and believed the man had been drinking. When asked, Smith allegedly said he had two drinks, and he reportedly consented to taking a roadside sobriety test. According to reports, the officer thought Smith seemed unsteady on his feet. He noted that Smith passed many of the exercises but claimed he did not properly execute a few of them. A breathalyzer test was administered, and it gave a result of .060 BAC.

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A Florida woman was arrested for elder abuse after she took her father to the hospital, where he was found to be covered in human waste and maggots.

At the end of July, a woman in Pensacola, Florida, reported that her father’s heart rate was dangerously high and asked for help getting him to the hospital. When paramedics arrived, they found the man in poor condition. According to the arrest report, he appeared frail and malnourished and had sores and soiled clothing. Medical staff later noted a wound on his right hip, about the size of a softball, with infection and tissue damage. They also reported finding maggots and waste in the wound. Additionally, he was diagnosed with diabetes and heart failure.

The authorities reported that the man was unable to move on his own and had not seen a doctor since January. Police said he was still able to communicate and appeared aware of why he was in the hospital, and he told them he had been in a recliner for several months. His daughter reportedly told investigators she had been her father’s caregiver and that she had not moved him from the chair since June due to transportation issues. She said she had tried to get him to the hospital in April but was unable to complete the trip.

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An Oregon teen was jailed without bail after allegedly attacking an elderly woman on a trail behind a public library and leaving her unconscious and seriously injured.

Fanno Creek Trail is located behind the Tigard Public Library in the Portland area, and it is a popular spot where locals walk and enjoy the outdoors. While it is typically known as a safe place, on the evening of August 3, a violent incident occurred. According to reports, an 82-year-old woman was walking on the path, and she noticed a young man behind her. A few moments later, the individual reportedly assaulted her and ran off, leaving her lying on the ground. Bicyclers rode past and spotted the unconscious alleged victim, and they called the authorities to report the situation and ask for help.

Officers from the Tigard Police Department went to the location, and the woman was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment. Many locations nearby, including the library, had surveillance cameras that record the spot where the alleged attack occurred. The police collected the footage, and they reported that they saw video of the suspect in the downtown area, in addition to a picture of him in the library. They believed the perpetrator was an 18-year-old local man, and they circulated his picture to ask the public to help them find him.

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A man who was seen wearing only a diaper on the grounds of an elementary school is facing charges after two young girls reported that he made baby noises and loudly stated that he needed to be changed.

On August 6, youngsters were outside enjoying the summer day when two girls who were riding bicycles had an encounter with a stranger that the authorities said left them both “visibly shaking” and “truly petrified.”  According to reports, they were near the Andy Woods Elementary School when a man wearing a diaper with a pacifier around his neck reportedly came up to them and yelled, “Goo goo, ga ga, I need a diaper change,” He allegedly asked if one of them would do it for him, and the girls quickly rode off.

They went to the nearby home of an adult they knew, and after telling them what had reportedly happened, the individual called their parents, and the authorities were notified. Officers from the Tyler Police Department responded to the call and spoke with the people involved, as well as individuals who reported they were in the area and saw the incident occur. Using the information they were given, they believed they knew who the suspect was. They obtained an arrest warrant and went to his job.

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A Pennsylvania man who was arrested for allegedly masturbating in his vehicle while parked near a grocery store is also being investigated for his possible involvement in violent criminal activity.

Early in the morning on August 2, a home and two vehicles were damaged during a shooting that occurred in Ridley Township, but the police were still searching for the party or parties involved. A while later and a few blocks from the scene, a man was sitting in his parked vehicle in the parking lot at a Wawa store when an officer from the Ridley Township Police Department spotted the car. He reportedly became suspicious and went to see why the driver was hanging out there. According to reports, when he walked up to the vehicle, he saw more of the driver than he bargained for.

The driver reportedly had the seat reclined, and the officer believed the man was sexually pleasuring himself. When he looked around inside the car, the officer reportedly spotted a handgun, ammunition, and shell casings sitting out in the open, which led to additional problems for the man, who has a criminal record that disallows him from owning a firearm. The authorities purported that he could be the person who shot the gun earlier that morning.

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A woman who was reportedly upset because her longtime acquaintance owed her $7 allegedly set the man’s front door on fire after they got into an argument at his home.

It is often said that one should never loan money to friends, and on July 3, an incident occurred in Salisbury, Maryland, that supported the advice. According to reports, a man and woman who have known each other for years were at his house together when they began to argue. The woman reportedly insisted that he owed her $7, and she wanted the man to give it to her immediately. The situation was left unresolved, and she took off.

When the authorities later viewed surveillance videos collected from businesses around the residence, they noted that the events following her departure implicated her in a multitude of criminal acts. It appeared that someone fitting her description went back to the home with a bottle in their hand and approached the front door. Just before it began to burn, the woman reportedly doused the front door with the contents from the container.

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