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A Florida man was arrested after reportedly misidentifying and shooting at a Walmart delivery drone because he allegedly believed it was a surveillance drone.

On the afternoon of June 26, a Walmart store in Clermont was testing a new drone delivery system in a local residential neighborhood. Agents from the company “DroneUp,” who provide the drones to Walmart, were promoting the company by showing what they can do, and they sent it out on some fake deliveries to demonstrate.

During the event, a man spotted the drone as it flew over his home and reportedly became suspicious of it. He allegedly decided to respond to the purported infringement on his personal space by shooting the device with a handgun. The DroneUp staff immediately left when they heard the bang.

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A couple from Florida reportedly drove to the West Coast where the man posed as an Amazon driver as part of an alleged plot to forcefully kidnap a child from the woman’s cousin.

Last month, a woman in Federal Way, Washington was notified by her cousin that she planned to visit soon and would bring clothes for one of the woman’s children. She also reportedly said she bought another one of the children an item online and would be there on February 20.

The day the gift was going to be delivered, the woman heard a knock, and before she opened the door, she looked through the window and saw someone wearing what she thought was a uniform. He was holding a box with the Amazon logo on it.

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A man and woman from Mount Union, Pennsylvania are each facing a multitude of charges after allegedly stealing items from Walmart stores around the state to sell for narcotics.

On May 27 at approximately 8:30 p.m., a male driver with a female passenger in his truck was pulled over by the police for alleged erratic driving.

After stopping the truck, the driver reportedly got out and began to flee. He fell to the ground after trying to jump over the embankment, and when the police caught him, they tazed the man.

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Four Florida women are facing charges after they allegedly pulled a woman from her residence and assaulted her because she mistakenly received the pizza delivery that they ordered.  

On March 5, at approximately 2:00 AM, four women, ages 26, 21, and two 17-year-olds, placed an order for pizza to be delivered to the Gainsville apartment in which they were hanging out. 

When the order arrived, the delivery person brought it to a neighboring apartment by accident. In the confusion, the pizza was left with the woman in the wrong apartment. 

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A man who works at a Waffle House in Tennessee was allegedly caught with drugs and paraphernalia while on the clock. 

31-year-old Anthony James Silcox is employed at a Waffle House located in Caryville.  

The authorities suspected that Silcox was involved in illegal activities, and they planned to approach the man while he was on duty. 

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A Southern California man has been arrested for allegations that he used a drone as a method of delivering drugs to customers.

51-year-old John Thomas Piani is a California native residing in Simi Valley.

According to the Simi Valley Police Department, the Simi Valley Police Department Homeless Liaison Officers and Narcotics Detectives were looking into Piani for the belief that he was selling methamphetamine and heroin.

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An Amazon driver in New Jersey was discovered while allegedly throwing hundreds of dollars of packages into the woods but reportedly told police it was feces he was discarding.

23-year-old Desmond Gould hails from New Castle, Delaware, and until recently, he was employed as a delivery driver for Amazon.

On November 2, Gould was reportedly driving an Amazon van while working a delivery route in a township in Southern New Jersey.

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Three men in Tennessee allegedly covered their faces using surgical masks in a purported attempt to shield their identities from the authorities when they reportedly stole thousands of dollars’ worth of cigarettes from a delivery truck.

On March 16, a delivery driver parked his truck on the side of the convenience store area at an Exxon gas station in Memphis and departed the vehicle.

When he peered back at his truck, the driver reported that he spotted a few people hurriedly removing many boxes filled with the cigarettes intended for his deliveries and placing them into a dark van.

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A New York delivery driver allegedly stole $90,000 worth of luxury baked goods and sold them to unauthorized resellers at a lower-than-list-price on the black market.

32-year-old David Lliviganay started working as a delivery driver for the Lady M Confections headquarters in Long Island in 2017.

According to the Lady M Confections website, their signature crepe cakes “feature(s) no less than twenty paper-thin handmade crêpes layered with ethereal light pastry cream,” and they are priced at $90 each.

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A woman and her boyfriend who worked as delivery drivers for Amazon have been accused of snatching a family’s dog and trying to sell the pet on Craigslist.

On July 5, a male and female pair were delivering parcels for Amazon in a Parker County, Texas, neighborhood.

The couple came across a home where they saw a dog in the front yard and they allegedly decided to pick up the pup.

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