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An elderly Florida man is facing serious charges after allegedly trying to kill his wife so she would not be alone after he committed suicide.

On October 26, a 93-year-old man and his wife of 60 years were at their home in Ocala. It was reported that he suffers from chronic debilitating pain, and on that day like many other occasions, he mentioned to his wife that he wanted to end his life. He became concerned that if he followed through, he would be leaving her by herself. He reportedly retrieved a rope and snuck up behind her while she was watching television. Before she realized what was happening, the man allegedly put it around her neck and began choking her with it, but she was able to break free and call the authorities for help.

Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office went to the address to investigate, and the woman was outside when they arrived. She explained what happened, and the deputies took note of the marks on her throat. Her husband was in the house, and when he talked to the deputies, he reportedly told them he was going to use the rope to kill his wife before using it to kill himself. The man and woman both told the deputies that he attempted to smother her two weeks before the recent incident.

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An Uber Eats driver in Northeastern Florida is being held without bail after allegedly eating food from a delivery order, spitting on the customer, and stealing hundreds of dollars worth of seasonal decorations from their yard.

Late in the evening on September 12, a 29-year-old woman who works as a driver for the Uber Eats platform accepted the task of delivering a food order from a customer in Davenport. Just before midnight, the driver arrived at the address with the items and walked up to the front door. The customer was watching the woman when she approached with the order, and she believed she saw the driver eating some of the food out of the bag.

It was reported that when the customer opened her door, she saw the driver was holding one of her seasonal decorations in her hand. When she yanked it away, the alleged thief reportedly spit at her. During a heated verbal exchange, the woman used the sign to shield herself from additional potential projectile spittle as she closed the door and called the authorities.

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Actor Zachery Ty Bryant is facing felony DUI charges for the fifth time after he was arrested last week in Oklahoma.

Early in the morning on October 25, officers in Custer County saw a man sleeping in the back of a vehicle. When they walked up to investigate, they identified the person as Zachery Ty Bryant. After talking to him, they decided to let the former Home Improvement star continue napping in his car.

It was reported that a while later, the police spotted Bryant’s vehicle being driven and performed a traffic stop. Bryant was reportedly behind the wheel, and according to body-worn camera footage, he allegedly admitted to the officers that he was driving the car while under the influence of alcohol and said he had been drinking since the previous evening. The footage also reportedly showed Bryant struggling during the roadside sobriety tests. When the police asked him to consent to a breathalyzer test to check his blood-alcohol concentration, Bryant reportedly declined.

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Two law enforcement officers in Boston are facing multiple charges after the authorities allegedly discovered that they were running an unlicensed after-hours club in a basement.

According to reports, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, an HVAC company was rented out by two officers; one from the Boston Police Department and the other from the Boston Public Health Commission Campus Police. The officers allegedly transformed the basement in their Jamaica Plain neighborhood building into a functioning nightclub, but they reportedly did not obtain the licensing to do so. Advertisements for the establishment were posted online, and those who paid the cover charge to enter were allegedly able to partake in activities such as smoking out of hookahs, a DJ, and other high-priced standard club services.

The nightclub reportedly ran for several months without incident, but on July 10, 2021, a fight on the premises ushered in the beginning of the end. Someone walked in and began firing a gun, and one of the employees was shot several times. He was taken to the hospital, and the authorities went to the scene to investigate.

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A reportedly intoxicated man from Eastern Iowa is facing multiple charges after allegedly using a United States flag to choke his mother.

On the morning of October 21, a woman who lives in North Liberty was paid a visit by her 39-year-old son. According to reports, the man was carrying an American flag when he went inside, and he appeared as if he had been drinking alcohol. He was also reportedly angry, and he allegedly became physically abusive towards his mom. He reportedly said he wished she was dead, and he allegedly began choking her by wrapping the flag around her throat until she fell on the floor while she struggled to breathe. The alleged attack continued until the woman’s boyfriend was able to stop her son. After he left the house and drove away, the authorities were notified about the incident.

It was reported that the man was speeding, which caught the attention of an officer who noticed that the license plate number matched the one on the vehicle the suspect was driving. When they tried to perform a traffic stop, the man reportedly sped up and drove a short distance before stopping. The police reported that he was uncooperative during the entire arrest.

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An attendee at a high school dance in Phoenix was arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer when they were trying to detain him for accusations that he was carrying a gun and threatening students.

On the evening of October 18, Betty H Fairfax High School in Phoenix, Arizona, held its annual homecoming dance. While several of the students who attended the event enjoyed themselves, a few of the guests were accused of putting a damper on the fun with their purported aggressive behavior.

According to reports, one of the girls at the dance became concerned when she thought she saw a couple of male students who brought guns with them. She decided to call her mother to tell her about the situation. The authorities were notified, and officers from the Phoenix Police Department went to the school to investigate. When they arrived, they were told that two males were standing outside that they believed were involved in the situation. The officers approached them and searched them, but they did not find any weapons on them.

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A Florida woman is being held without bail after allegedly using the Roblox gaming platform to encourage a 10-year-old girl to murder a 2-month-old by dropping it on its head, in addition to reportedly instructing her on how to kill her caregivers.

On October 17, the authorities received a call from the Gulf Coast Kids House in Pensacola. According to their website, they are an advocacy center that assists with “all of the professionals and resources needed for the intervention, investigation, and prosecution of child abuse cases.” They informed law enforcement that a 10-year-old girl caused serious harm to a 2-month-old by dropping him on his head. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into the situation.

According to reports, their investigation led them to a 34-year-old woman who lives in Perdido Key. They reportedly found that she had been contacting the girl using the Roblox communication function, and allegedly told the youngster to kill the baby by drowning him or dropping him on his head on solid ground. The woman also allegedly told the girl to murder her guardians by slicing their throats and lighting their bed on fire after spraying it with a flammable substance.

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A Southern California man was arrested after he called 911 several times, and the responding officers reportedly found him intoxicated and sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.

Early in the morning on October 19, a man in San Marino was sitting in his car when he made a series of calls to 911. The dispatcher believed he sounded upset, and officers from the San Marino Police Department worked on finding him to see what was going on. The man had called four times before they came across his vehicle, and when the officers first spotted him, they reported that he seemed disturbed and stressed out. He was also sitting behind the wheel.

According to reports, when the officers began interacting with him, he told them he was sick and needed assistance, and they called San Marino Fire Department paramedics to the scene, and the police reported that the man smelled strongly of spirits and displayed several indicators of intoxication.  While peering at the inside of the car, the officers reportedly saw an open bottle of what appeared to be alcohol. They asked the man to take roadside sobriety tests, and he reportedly consented. When he failed to complete the exercises to the satisfaction of the officers, they determined that he was drunk.

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A former teacher from West Richland is facing accusations of unlawfully imprisoning a student in her classroom for an hour and a half in the middle of a school day.

According to reports, the incident reportedly took place after the teacher reportedly became upset with the student after he showed excitement with a gesture when she mentioned possibly missing a future class due to illness. Although the student apologized, the teacher emailed his mother and told her the apology was inadequate. She suggested the student should do more to show that he appreciated her, such as writing a letter of apology.

The following day, the student reportedly approached the teacher after class so he could apologize again. Things escalated when the teacher allegedly locked the classroom door and insisted on praying with the student. The student said he did not practice religion, and the teacher reportedly called him a derogatory term in Spanish and made him repeat a prayer in a language he didn’t understand. Throughout the incident, the student asked multiple times if he could leave the room or call his mom, but the teacher refused. The teacher allegedly kept the student in the classroom for an entire class period and caused him to miss lunch.

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A Kentucky Best Buy Geek Squad reportedly discovered hundreds of pornographic images containing children on a man’s hard drive that was brought in for a file transfer.

According to reports, on August 28, a 78-year-old man went to a Best Buy in Louisville and dropped off his computer with the Geek Squad to have them transfer files from his internal hard drive to an external hard drive. Best Buy’s website says that “Geek Squad Agents are trained to never access data on a customer’s device provided to Geek Squad for service except in limited circumstances, and only to the extent necessary to perform the service, such when you ask us to recover your data.”

While working on the man’s service ticket, it was reported that a “peer review” was performed, during which they opened some of the files on the man’s device. The employees reported that they saw files that contained images of children being sexually abused, and they notified the authorities about the material. The St. Matthews Police Department opened an investigation to look deeper into the situation.

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