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A Pennsylvania woman reportedly claimed she was a law enforcement officer and showed her bare hand as a badge in alleged attempts to gain entry to a residence.

29-year-old Katelyn Light reportedly has no fixed address, but she spends her time in the Altoona area.

Around 7:30 pm on March 28, Light was reportedly walking around when she saw a woman sitting outside a home.

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A man from Minnesota was arrested after he was accused of stealing $1250 worth of Girl Scout cookies from an unattended loading dock.

43-year-old Joel S. Whittaker lives in Oronoco.

On the evening of March 20, Whittaker reportedly drove his sedan to a local GNC.

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When a man pulled over to help a driver with a flat tire on the side of the road, the allegedly stolen SUV he was riding in was heisted while he was distracted.

21-year-old Shamari J. Reid resides in Bowie, Maryland.

Just after midnight on March 10, Reid was a passenger in a Toyota RAV4 being driven by his friend.

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When deputies spotted a driver who allegedly blew through a stop sign, they reportedly found thousands of dollars in unopened packs of scratch-off lottery tickets, in addition to firearms and a large sum of money.

Last Friday night, 20-year-old Isaac Duku was reportedly driving through the Knoxville area on the Northside of Pittsburg.

At approximately 10:00 pm, Duku allegedly approached a stop sign but did not come to a halt.

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The authorities have reported that they ended a months-long search for a stolen playground slide after discovering it inside the bedroom of a Burbank mobile home.

Last December, the authorities were told that a slide from Tierra Vida Park in Pascoe, Washington, had disappeared from its place in the playground. The weight of the large piece of equipment was an estimated 400-pounds.

The police search was fruitless until the end of February.

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When police felt an object asserted to be a pistol in a suspect’s pants, the Florida man reportedly said the protrusion was his penis.

20-year-old Michael Phillips is a pool guard who resides in St. Petersburg.

Just before 9:30 pm on March 6, Phillips was reportedly the passenger in a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Kyleigh Bartley. The car in which the pair were traveling was allegedly stolen.

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A Georgia man was arrested after allegedly stealing merchandise from several Home Depot locations by wearing an employee uniform and loading the items into a rental truck.

32-year-old Dustin White lives in Lakeland, Georgia.

For the past few weeks, a couple of Home Depot locations in the Tallahassee area reported that they had been the targets of robberies. In the reports given to the authorities, the suspect was described as a white male wearing a Home Depot employee apron.

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A Florida man has been accused of returning to his former residence and illegally entering before attempting to burn the new tenant with a makeshift flamethrower.

On February 23, a woman in St. Lucie County was at her home when a former tenant allegedly showed up and let himself into the residence.

The man, who reportedly moved from the address approximately 5 months ago, allegedly forced the occupant outside.

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An Illinois registered nurse previously employed at a nursing home has been arrested for allegedly charging nearly $2,000 to a credit card that she reportedly took from a patient that passed away.

The Fair Havens Christian Home in Decatur hired a 47-year-old RN who spent nearly half a year trying to find a job, and she was tasked with providing nursing services on the night shift.

An 84-year-old man was admitted to the facility on November 6, and he passed away 18 days later.

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An off-duty Washington reserve officer accused of driving under the influence while operating a stolen police car allegedly resisted arrest and tried to summon his K9 to attack.

49-year-old Shane Jones was a deputy with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office for 17-years before he retired from his position.

In November, Jones became a reserve officer for the Soap Lake police.

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