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A Georgia mother is accused of giving her teenage daughter a golf club during a dispute between several juveniles, leading to an attack that left one 14-year-old girl hospitalized with a skull fracture.

According to the authorities, the confrontation began as a verbal dispute between several juveniles and later turned physical. During the altercation, the 36-year-old woman allegedly went inside her apartment, retrieved a golf club, and handed it to her 16-year-old daughter.

The authorities said the teen struck the alleged victim in the head with the club. The 16-year-old allegedly later gave the club to her 15-year-old sister, who reportedly used it to strike a second girl.

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A Florida woman is accused of attacking a teenager inside a Target store after allegedly becoming enraged because he was Jewish.

According to a criminal complaint, the incident happened in the store’s Starbucks seating area. The police said the 43-year-old woman was sitting at a table when the teen arrived and sat on the other side of the seating area.

The woman allegedly got up and began yelling before approaching the teen and reportedly hitting him twice with her cellphone. According to police, the teen was struck once on the left side of his head and once on his shoulder.

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A West Virginia woman reportedly told police that a coworker pulled a handgun from his car during their lunch break and pressed it against her leg.

The woman and the suspect worked together at a Walmart in Fayetteville. According to the criminal complaint, they were sitting in his car on August 23 when he began talking about problems with his girlfriend. The woman said he told her that he wanted to take his own life before pulling out a handgun and asking if she had ever had a gun pointed at her.

Police said the man removed the magazine from the firearm before pressing it against the woman’s leg. The woman did not report the alleged incidents to police until several days later.

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A dispute over a parking space ended with a 71-year-old man on the floor of an Elk Grove convenience store after an Amazon delivery driver allegedly punched him.

On March 30, the alleged victim stopped at a gas station and convenience store. He had gone inside to use the bathroom and get a drink when the Amazon driver allegedly confronted him over the parking spot he chose and said he intended to park there himself.

The argument continued inside the store after the alleged victim walked away from the initial confrontation. Video from the store’s surveillance camera reportedly showed the driver standing close to him and threatening to beat him.

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A Florida man was accused of refusing to let a passenger out of his truck before leading police on a chase that reached 100 mph and ended when the vehicle crashed into a ditch.

The passenger reportedly begged the 38-year-old man to stop and let her out, but he allegedly refused. According to a probable cause affidavit, he told her, “I got this,” before continuing to drive.

The truck eventually became too damaged to make a turn and crashed into a ditch, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The driver allegedly ran from the wreck and hid in nearby grass before troopers found and arrested him.

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A Kentucky daycare employee is accused of making threats to “shoot up” the facility in an effort to force a lockdown during a stretch of extreme summer heat.

The 27-year-old woman allegedly told investigators she did not want to be outside with the children in the heat and knew a threat would keep everyone inside the building. Temperatures in Bowling Green reached the high 90s on August 13 and 14.

The investigation began August 13, when Warren County sheriff’s deputies were called to the daycare over reports of violent threats. Investigators initially suspected a former employee or her husband and located the pair nearby.

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A Florida man was arrested after a disagreement involving dog waste reportedly escalated into a confrontation with a neighbor that included an alleged attack.

Authorities said the neighbor had a red mark on his forehead following the incident. They also found what appeared to be animal feces on the outside of the home after responding to the residence on August 7.

According to the probable cause affidavit, the neighbor told authorities that the 35-year-old man had entered his home and was visibly angry. The man allegedly threw dog feces at him before the two ended up fighting outside. The neighbor said the man punched him in the face and then picked up a child’s scooter, raising its metal frame over his head while allegedly making threats.

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A North Carolina man was arrested after authorities accused him of urinating on four people during a Morgan Wallen concert in Baltimore.

The family was attending the July 18 performance at M&T Bank Stadium when the alleged incident occurred. One attendee said he initially thought liquid landing on him was spilled beer. That changed when his wife told him that whatever the man behind them was doing had gotten onto her leg.

The attendee then looked over his shoulder and allegedly saw the man’s pants down while urine was hitting members of his group. His wife and 8-year-old niece were among those allegedly affected. His brother, who attended the concert with his daughters, ages 8 and 11, later described the situation as sickening.

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Two restaurant employees were allegedly held at gunpoint during a robbery at a Shake Shack in Arizona after a masked man forced his way inside and locked them in a walk-in cooler.

The incident happened after an employee heard a delivery bell and opened a door, believing a scheduled delivery had arrived. Instead, a masked gunman allegedly pointed a firearm at the worker and forced him into the cooler. Authorities said the suspect secured the door with a latch that employees knew how to use.

The robber then located the manager and demanded access to the restaurant’s safe. About $2,800 was taken before the manager was also forced into the cooler with the other employee.

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A 61-year-old woman suffered a fractured nose and facial injuries after authorities said she was punched in the face while walking alone in Miami.

The woman was treated for a fractured nose, lacerations to her left cheek, and injuries that required sutures, according to comments made by a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge during the suspect’s first court appearance.

Surveillance footage captured the attack in the Little Havana neighborhood on the afternoon of August 6. The woman was walking down the street when a man approached her from the opposite direction. As they passed, authorities said the man swung at her, striking her in the face and knocking her to the ground.

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