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A Florida man believed to have called 911 at least 45 times in six months was arrested for allegedly making a false bomb threat and assaulting the responding police officers.

On September 11, a man in Melbourne called 911 and reportedly told the dispatcher he planned to use a homemade explosive device to blow up a local causeway. The dispatcher believed they recognized his voice as an individual who had called approximately 45 times in a six month period. The report was still taken seriously, and law enforcement from the City of Melbourne Police headed to the location.

The caller stayed on the phone with the dispatcher, and according to the police report, he claimed he had previously blown up other causeways, had an AK-47 and other guns, and kills for a living. It was additionally noted that he said he was affiliated with a street gang and the mob. When officers got to the location, they reported that they spotted a man sitting on a bench that they had encountered before, and they believed he was the person who called 911. They also noticed an open can of Bud Ice on the bench, and they assumed it belonged to him. When the suspect was being taken into custody, he allegedly became combative and threatened to harm the officers.

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Two young women in southeastern Illinois are facing charges after they were accused of forcing women into the woods and physically attacking them in incidents that were legally defined as “mob actions.”

According to reports, on April 18, a woman was attacked by two 18-year-olds. The alleged victim, who had injuries all over her face and body, reported that the pair forced her into a wooded area and violently kicked her multiple times. The incident led the authorities to uncover additional similar alleged attacks that occurred in the same area, which they suspected were carried out by the same perpetrators.

Someone who told the police she was friends with the suspects reported that she, too, had been one of their victims. When she described the incident, she said she was in her car when she noticed individuals wearing ski masks approaching her. The suspects were reportedly accompanying the masked group, and when the woman saw them, she immediately drove away. She said she accepted their invitation to visit them the following day, and when she arrived, they allegedly attacked her in the woods after threatening her life.

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Several Ulta beauty stores have been hit by thieves all around the Southern California area, including the Cerritos, Lakewood, Tustin, Rosemead, Redondo Beach, and The Rolling Hills Estates stores. Stores are claiming estimated loss of $100,000.

Seargant Mark Moffet of the Lomita Sheriff’s Department has said the thieves operated in what he called a “mob style.” They would enter the store as a group, spread out and stuff as much merchandise in their pockets as they could, and then rush out before police had a chance to arrive.

An eight person team hit the Rolling Hills Estates store, where officers were able to identify a known gang member as one of the suspects. “Once we identified some players, the flood gates opened up,” Sergeant Moffet said.

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