Six people have been arrested for allegedly keeping a woman they met online captive for almost a week and forcing her to endure horrific forms of torture and abuse.
Last November, a woman from Maine moved to Athens, Texas, to live with six individuals. It was reported that the woman became acquainted with the people online.
When the woman decided that she wanted to move out of the residence, her roommates reportedly went to immense lengths to keep her from leaving.
A man suspected of stealing hundreds of dollars of sex toys was cited for the alleged theft and then taken into custody by the state police for outstanding warrants.
Late in the morning on March 26, Cirilla’s Adult Store in Elyria, Ohio, was reportedly visited by a man who stole several sex toys off the shelves.
According to a girl who was working at the time, the man had a large knife in his possession. Since she was unable to place a call, she pressed the hidden panic button that automatically notifies the authorities to alert them of a need for intervention from law enforcement.
An Iowa woman is facing several charges after she allegedly sold prescription drugs to an underage person in Illinois.
30-year-old Kathy Chanton-Khemphomma is from Davenport, Iowa, which is approximately 50 miles from Kewanee, Illinois.
On March 22, Chanton-Khemphomma was reportedly interacting with a teenager from Kewanee.
A suspect has been taken into custody after he allegedly brutally attacked a septuagenarian as the man was leaving a grocery store.
43-year-old Donald Ray Walker resides in Indian Lake Estates in Polk County, Florida.
In the afternoon on March 26, Walker and his family had a meal at a Chinese buffet in Southeast Plaza.
After a West Virginia man was in a single-vehicle crash and arrested for driving under the influence, he allegedly pulled out a beer and tried to continue drinking at the police station while he was being processed.
Just before midnight on March 26, 56-year-old Dwight Coffelt was driving in Randolph County with a passenger in his truck.
Coffelt got into a wreck, and when the authorities arrived, they took him and his passenger to a nearby Par Mar store.
An elementary and middle school teacher is facing charges for allegedly holding a student with his arms pinned behind his back while inviting his classmates to punch him.
50-year-old Craig Schmeckpeper lives in North Bend. Until recently, he was employed at North Bend Central teaching physical education to elementary and middle school students. According to the school website, he was also the head coach for junior high school football, in addition to assistant varsity track coach.
Last February, Schmeckpeper was teaching physical education to a class of elementary school students.
A woman is facing charges after she allegedly gave her newborn to a stranger she encountered while walking down the street.
25-year-old Yessenia Cardenas is from Corpus Christi. She recently became the new mother of a daughter.
At approximately 10:30 PM on March 20, Cardenas was reportedly walking around with her child, who was 12-days old at the time.
A Florida Man allegedly broke into a music store and fell three stories through a window near the roof, and when his blood was found at the scene it resulted in his arrest.
Just before 5:00 AM on October 20, a man driving a silver Kia Spectra reportedly parked at the Sam Ash Music Store in Clearwater.
According to reports, the man went to the outside of the third floor of the building. It is believed that he got inside through a window close to the roof.
A newly married couple in a hotel room in Florida was arrested after they allegedly got into an altercation leaving both parties injured and bloody.
43-year-old John Gerhard and Stefanie Ginas, 32, reside in North Carolina. The couple got married in Florida last Saturday.
After the pair went to their room at the Hilton Hotel in Naples, the new husband and wife reportedly got into a verbal disagreement.
A Michigan man was taken into custody when he was accused of several illegal acts after he ran out of gas while allegedly fleeing from the scene of a theft crime in which he was reportedly involved.
Just before 10:00 PM on March 12, a home burglary alarm at a Morton Township residence sounded, and the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office received an alert.
Deputies were dispatched to the address, and when they arrived, they reported that they saw a car parked in front of the home. As they approached the scene, the deputies said that the driver of the vehicle sped away.
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