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In early September, three Iowa residents were arrested following an incident where they allegedly took photos of teenagers with nooses around their necks at Lake Wapello State Park in Iowa.

According to reports, the adults believed to be involved have been accused of forcing two teens to pose for photos with nooses hanging from a tree branch around their necks. The incident reportedly happened on August 11 near a cabin in the Lake Wapello State Park.

The criminal complaint contains an account of what the authorities believe happened during the incident. They reported that the three suspects allegedly tied a noose, hung it from a tree, and instructed the teenagers to retrieve a chair. The teens were then reportedly told to stand on the chair while the nooses were placed around their necks. Afterward, the suspects reportedly took photographs of the teenagers. It is not clear why the pictures were allegedly taken, or what possible motives the accused parties had.

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A woman in Florida was arrested after she was reportedly found sexually pleasuring herself in a public park near a statue in the Veterans Memorial Garden.

Bayview Park in Key West, Florida, provides several types of recreation for its visitors. Their website lists several amenities, some of which include tennis courts, basketball courts, picnic areas, and a playground in addition to providing a space for summer and after-school programs hosted by the local Boys and Girls Youth Club. Another popular feature on the grounds is the Key West Veterans Memorial Garden.

A statue of the Cuban independence leader Jose Marti stands in the Cuban memorial section of the garden, and early in the morning on July 9, park visitors walking around in that section reportedly came across someone lying on the ground with their pants pulled down. Someone who thought the suspect was a male reported what they saw to the authorities, and they said they believed it appeared that the man was unconscious.

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A man at a beach celebration was accused of kidnapping and sexual offenses after driving away with a young girl who was talking to him about his dog when she allegedly got into his car.

On April 15, visitors of Memorial Beach on Websters Lake in Webster, Massachusetts, were taking part in a celebration in honor of Patriots’ Day. There is a park on the beach, and a girl under the age of 14 was hanging out in the area. It was reported that while she was there, she began talking to a man about the dog he had with him.

The girl reportedly accompanied the 68-year-old man and his dog to his car and got into the passenger seat. The man reportedly drove off with the youngster and allegedly told her he needed to make a stop so he could drop off his pet. They reportedly went to a few different places before the man dropped her off at home and told her he would be back at the beach the next day.

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A Florida man who was recently released from prison was arrested for allegedly touching himself sexually while riding a bicycle through a public area.

Early in the morning on November 17, a woman in a parking lot in Indian Shores, Florida, allegedly spotted a man riding a bicycle with his privates exposed. She alleged that he was masturbating. The alleged eyewitness notified the authorities to report the incident. She told them that she remembered details of what he looked like and gave them a description.

Officers from the Indian Shores Police Department set out to try to locate the suspect, and about an hour later, they came across someone in Indian Rocks Beach who reportedly fit the description the woman provided.

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A Florida woman with a reported blood-alcohol level of over .15 is facing charges after allegedly speeding down New Smyrna Beach until her car ended up in the ocean.

On the afternoon of May 27, several people were enjoying the day with their canine companions at the Smyrna Dunes Park on New Smyrna beach, when they were reportedly abruptly interrupted by a potentially dangerous event.

A blue vehicle came speeding down the beach towards them, and it almost struck one of the children in the park. The automobile was believed to be going at least 50 MPH when it zipped through the populated area.

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A 33-year-old woman was suspected of driving while intoxicated after she reportedly drove her car onto the canal in Indianapolis causing it to break through the ice and sink into the water.  

At approximately 11:00 PM on December 25, a woman was driving in downtown Indianapolis. Her car drifted down an embankment, and she continued navigating it through the park until she reached the canal near Colts Playspace. 

According to reports, she drove onto the frozen canal and went North. 

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A high school social studies teacher in New Jersey is facing sex charges after he reportedly rented a hotel room to have intimate relations with an underage former student.

According to reports, a man from Absecon, New Jersey, who has been a public employee for approximately thirteen years is employed as a social studies teacher at Atlantic City High School.

It was reported that the instructor had been spending time with a 17-year-old student both outside of school and inside the classroom.

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A registered sex offender who was reportedly found living across the street from a public park in Georgia is facing felony charges for allegedly failing to register his new address with the authorities. 

34-year-old Brandon Scott Haradon resides in Marietta. 

In the summer of 2015 in Santa Rosa, Florida, he was convicted of lewd or lascivious conduct with a victim under 16 years old committed by an offender 18 years or older.  

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A man without a fixed address has been accused of assaulting a woman as she left a park with her two children and tried to get into her vehicle. 

Early in the afternoon on February 12, a woman who was spending time with her two children at McKinley Park in Sacramento packed up her family and headed to the car. 

As the mother got her children into the vehicle and began to buckle their safety belts, a man reportedly approached her from behind. 

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When an officer reportedly encountered two men in the middle of a sexual encounter in a St. Petersburg park they were both placed under arrest for the alleged public display.

Just before 10:30 pm on June 30, an officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department was in Unity Park.

According to the city Parks and Recreation site, the small recreational area features “a great neighborhood playground for St. Petersburg’s younger residents.”

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