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A Florida man who reportedly passed out in the driver’s seat was arrested when the police allegedly found he had drugs and a hidden child in his truck.

In the middle of December, a 25-year-old man from Wildwood was sitting in a Dodge Ram near the gate of the Village of Hemingway on the Sumter County side of the Villages.

At around 3:00 AM, a deputy from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office spotted the vehicle, which displayed Illinois license plates. The deputy noticed it was idle and had what appeared to be one of the front tires elevated on the median. They decided to go over to the spot to investigate the situation.

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A man and woman from North Carolina are each facing many charges after they were investigated and allegedly caught with so much narcotics that the authorities asserted that they were running a drug sales business.

Several months ago, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investigating a 39-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man who reside in a house in Robersonville. The authorities believed they were taking part in drug trafficking activities out of the home.

On November 14, they went to the house with a search warrant. When they went inside and looked around, they reportedly found many items, including marijuana, crack, cocaine, methamphetamine, opioids, heroin, fentanyl, and pills. The police also found an amount of money leading them to believe that it came from illegal drug sales.

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A Louisiana man who got into a single-vehicle accident was arrested for many charges after allegedly battering an officer who was trying to interact with him.

On July 20, a man driving a Chevy Impala crashed his car and immediately exited the vehicle. A Special Agent with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spotted the man, who allegedly tried to hide in the woods near the crash site.

The Special Agent tried to tell the man to come out of the woods, but he reportedly refused and hit the agent before running away. The agent was able to catch the man, and he held him while he notified the authorities.

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A Pennsylvania mother was suspected of driving under the influence with her 4-year-old in the car, and when the police interacted with the child, he allegedly handed them a bag of drugs and said he was hiding medicine.

On the afternoon of June 18, a 33-year-old woman from East McKeesport was driving a Chevy Equinox in Allegheny County with her 4-year-old son as a passenger. She reportedly stopped and got out of the vehicle, and then climbed back in.

A concerned citizen saw the occurrence, and they called the authorities to report it. Officers were dispatched to the area to search for the vehicle and investigate the situation.

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After four people reportedly asked a man to join them at a residence for food and narcotics, they allegedly tied him up and tortured, assaulted, and waterboarded him.

On March 22, a man was invited by someone he knew to spend time eating and doing heroin with them at a home in South Bend, Indiana.

He accepted the invitation, and when he arrived, four people reportedly grabbed him and forced him into the basement. It was reported that two of them had guns. They allegedly used rope to tie him up before adding chains to help hold him in place.

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According to reports, a man in Indiana who was being treated for a medical emergency allegedly bit a police officer trying to detain him at the scene. 

On the afternoon of February 18, the authorities in Evansville received notification about a man who was unconscious and needed emergency medical help. The caller reported that they suspected he had overdosed on drugs which caused a seizure and resulted in his current state. 

The police went to the address, and the man was found lying on the ground. 

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The mother and father of a 9-month-old are facing charges after the baby overdosed on heroin that they reportedly left all over their home. 

Last Monday, a mother was changing her infant’s diaper when she noticed the child was lethargic and pale. She called the authorities for emergency assistance. 

When the first responders arrived at the house, they reported that the child was not breathing. They believed the youngster had overdosed on opioids, and they administered a dose of Narcan. 

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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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A mother is facing several criminal charges after she overdosed on heroin in her vehicle with her toddler in the back seat. 

31-year-old Kaitlyn Carringer has a 2-year-old son. 

Carringer and her son were reportedly in a parking lot at a Knoxville, Tennessee grocery store in a Ford F150. The engine was allegedly running, and her child was in the back seat. 

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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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