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A Northern California man who intended to text someone about his alleged intention to take part in criminal activity was arrested after he reportedly accidentally sent the message to the police and was found with drugs and guns.

On occasion, most of us have sent a text message to the wrong recipient, but for a Monterey man, the alleged faux pas led to his incarceration.

On August 17, the man reportedly tried to send a text message to one of his contacts. The alleged text reportedly said that the man was looking for the recipient’s help to square up to a group of men, but the reason for the alleged intended encounter was not included in the message. The texter also reportedly said that he had a firearm in his possession.

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A Florida man was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried and failed to rob a bank and a fast-food restaurant.

On August 5, an employee at a Wendy’s restaurant in Melbourne was at the customer service counter when she was approached by a man. Instead of placing an order, he allegedly told her to give him the money from the cash register. The employee believed he had a firearm, and she froze in fear. When one of her coworkers came to see what was happening, the man quickly left the restaurant.

Later that day in the City of Palm Bay, a bank was visited by a man wearing a face mask and a hat. He allegedly went to the counter and attempted to rob money from the financial institution. Again, he fled before he was able to obtain any money.

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A man in Florida is facing charges after allegedly intentionally shooting a missile into a truck, causing it to flip over and leaving the two people inside with life-threatening injuries.

Late in the evening on June 1, a swamp buggy racer and her boyfriend were driving in the Rural Estates section of Naples. The driver of a car behind them allegedly shot what reports have identified as “a missile” into the vehicle. The incident reportedly caused the pickup truck to roll over.

The authorities learned about the single-vehicle car crash, and the Collier County Sheriff’s Department deputies went to the site to investigate.

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A Florida Man with a firearm reportedly walked into a massage parlor in Lake County last week and tried to use the gun to force an employee to perform sexual acts on him. 

Late in the morning on March 16, a man went to A1 Massage in Eustis, Florida. 

A woman was working by herself, and the man reportedly approached her. He allegedly put the gun to her head and demanded that she pleasure him sexually. The man reportedly told her she would be killed if she tried to call the authorities after he left. 

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A man in Florida was arrested for many charges after being accused of sexually assaulting women at gunpoint while they were standing at bus stops. 

Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, a woman was waiting at a bus stop in Orlando when she was reportedly approached by a stranger wearing a mask. She was allegedly assaulted by the man. 

At approximately 6:00 AM on February 2, a woman at a different Orlando bus stop reported that a man she did not know walked up to her with a firearm. He allegedly told her to give him her money before he sexually assaulted her. 

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A Georgia mother and her boyfriend were arrested for allegedly displaying a gun while blocking the path of a traveling elementary school bus holding 20 students. 

It was reported that a 33-year-old mother of a child enrolled in a Glynn County elementary school and the school bus driver had an ongoing dispute. The woman requested that the driver stop in front of her home to pick up her child instead of having the youngster go to the designated bus stop. The driver was unable to fulfill her request, and it caused tension between the two. 

On February 6, as the bus was passing her home on its way to the stop, the woman and her boyfriend reportedly stood in front of the vehicle and forced the driver to stop. Her boyfriend, who is a convicted felon, allegedly had a gun in his waistband. 

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A man in Naples was arrested after allegedly threatening the employees of a Wingstop with a firearm because he was angry that his order was taking so long to prepare. 

At the end of last August, the employees of a Wingstop restaurant received a pickup order around 8:30 PM. The customer who placed the order was under the impression that the food would be ready in 20 minutes. 

It was reported that the man and his girlfriend went to the eatery to retrieve the food together. When they got there, it was 20 minutes past the time that it should have been ready, but the order had not yet been prepared. 

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Two arrests were made during a surreal incident in a hotel room allegedly involving a couple, a nude headstand, meth, PCP, the assault of an officer, and a Taser. 

On the evening of December 15, the authorities were notified by someone at La Quinta Inn in Lufkin. The caller believed that they heard screaming coming from one of the rooms. 

Officers with the Lufkin Police Department went to the location to investigate. 

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A North Carolina man was jailed on multiple charges after allegedly breaking into a residence and stealing several firearms and a vehicle. 

On October 20, a home near the Catawba River in the city of Lincolnton was reportedly broken into while the residents were not home. 

A family member of the homeowners saw that the front and basement doors were open, but they knew the residents were out. They notified the authorities about the situation, and officers were sent to the address. 

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A Pennsylvania man who was reportedly found passed out behind the wheel allegedly dragged an officer over four yards with his vehicle while trying to escape.

Early in the morning on October 4, an officer with the Penn Hills Police Department was alerted by a tow truck driver about a car accident. The tow truck driver reported that a Chevy Equinox had veered off the road.

The officer located the vehicle nearby. He reportedly saw the driver behind the wheel with the engine turned on and assumed that the man was asleep.

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