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A North Carolina man was arrested on nearly a dozen charges after he was accused of being the perpetrator of the armed robberies of two local convenience stores.

On September 5, the authorities were alerted when one of the Circle K convenience stores in Fayetteville reported that they experienced an armed robbery. The following day, another Circle K in Fayetteville reported that they, too, had been robbed by someone with a gun.

The Fayetteville Police Department opened an investigation and began trying to identify the suspect. Shortly after, someone who chose to remain anonymous told them they knew who was involved in the armed robberies. The man was tracked down and found at a private residence.

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An attorney in Mississippi was arrested last week for allegedly trying to smuggle multiple items considered to be contraband into a county detention center.

On August 8, a lawyer from Terry, Mississippi went to the Hinds County Detention Center to visit some of the inmates he reportedly represents. He was carrying a silver briefcase when he entered, and the authorities became suspicious of what they believed was taking place during the meetings. They decided to inspect the contents of the case when they thought they saw him hand an envelope and cell phone to a detainee.

When it was searched, the authorities said the briefcase had many items that were illegal to bring into a detention center, some of which allegedly included a couple of cell phones, a digital scale, four sealed packs of cigarettes, four vacuum-sealed packs of what was believed to be marijuana, two cellphone charger blocks, two cell phone chargers, and multiple cigar wraps. They believed he was inconspicuously handing off the items to the people assumed to be his clients.

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Two gas station clerks in Georgia are facing legal troubles after allegedly orchestrating and executing a fake robbery at work, where one of them played the role of the assailant and the other acted as the victim.

Around 12:10 AM on January 21, someone notified the authorities about an alleged attempted armed robbery at a Shell gas station that happened moments before they called. Officers from the Duluth Police Department headed to the address to investigate.

When they went inside, they reported that one of the employees was shaking and visibly distressed. They asked him what had happened, and the man reportedly said someone holding a knife came into the store and assaulted him. He said he was hit in the face and knocked out, and when he came to, he saw people stealing money out of the register. It was estimated that they left with $5,000.

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Two women who were intimately involved with the same man at the same time are facing charges after allegedly destroying and stealing his belongings after breaking into his home together.

According to reports, two women found out that an officer from the Detroit Police Department was having intimate relations with them both, and they reportedly became upset about the situation. They reportedly wanted to do something to retaliate, and the women, one of whom was also a Detroit police officer, began communicating with each other in text messages. They allegedly orchestrated a plan to break into the man’s home together.

On April 11, the man walked into his residence and found that it had been burglarized. He saw what looked like juice dumped on the furniture, his laptop computer was destroyed, and his television was broken, He believed several thousands of dollars worth of camera equipment had been stolen, in addition to several pieces from his wardrobe. The man, who has over 20 pairs of shoes, also reported that one from each pair had been taken.

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Two women in Pennsylvania are facing charges after allegedly swiping $2,800 worth of perfume from a Kohl’s store when the police found them at the McDonald’s located in the same shopping center.

On the afternoon of June 14, two 20-year-old women went together to a Kohl’s department store in a Hatfield Township shopping center. According to reports, they were each wearing a face mask while they were in the establishment.

When the women left the store, some of the employees were convinced that they had stolen several bottles of perfume off the shelves. They notified the authorities, and officers from the Hatfield Township Police were dispatched to the shopping center to investigate the claims.

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The mother and stepfather of a 10-year-old boy have been arrested after the police reportedly found the child bruised, injured, and severely malnourished due to long-term alleged abuse.

According to reports, on January 29, a woman who works at Jake’s Diner called the authorities from the eatery to tell them that her husband was abusing her at home.

During the police investigation, they visited the family’s New London, Connecticut apartment.

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A Connecticut woman was arrested on several charges after she allegedly used the name of an incarcerated person to fraudulently collect $20,000 in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. 

According to reports, the Statewide Prosecution Bureau and the Unemployment Compensation Fraud Unit received notification from the State Department of Labor concerning possible unemployment fraud.  

The investigation reportedly revealed that between May and September 2020, an individual wrongfully and fraudulently collected $15,312 in unemployment benefits.  

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Three people are facing charges for allegedly stealing approximately $1 M in COVID-19 relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). 

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina reported that during an investigation of a possible fraud case, it was discovered that between March and November 2021, almost $1 M was fraudulently taken from the PPP. 

It was believed that the money was stolen through many fraudulent applications that were submitted for PPP relief in different states for businesses that were not real. 

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Two Washington men were indicted by a grand jury after they allegedly put 9,000 fentanyl pills in potato chip containers and smuggled them into Whatcom County.  

Earlier this month, Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations Pacific Northwest received information that caused them to believe that a criminal organization from Mexico was smuggling fentanyl into Washington state. 

The authorities believed that Juan E. Hernandez-Hernandez and Alejandro Macias-Velazquez, residents of Washington, were involved in the smuggling. 

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A toddler who tested positive for cocaine was reportedly horribly burned by his babysitter, who allegedly denied him medical care for days after the incident occurred.  

38-year-old Natoyia Danelle Barbee lives in Durham, North Carolina. 

At the beginning of July, Barbee had a 2-year-old boy and his two siblings staying at her home. Their mother had gone out of town and left Barbee in charge of the youngsters. 

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