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A K9 was instrumental in helping the police catch and arrest a western Oregon man that they believed was involved in several types of theft crimes.

On December 9, a 55-year-old man who resides in a trailer in Newport, Oregon, found himself in handcuffs after allegedly carrying out a string of illegal acts. According to reports, he swiped a vehicle and took advantage of the personal belongings he found inside, including a credit card. The man reportedly headed towards Highway 101 and made pit stops at a few markets where he allegedly used the card to pay for his purchases.

The authorities received a call about a vehicle on the highway, and when officers from the Newport Police Department got there, they reported that the vehicle’s doors were open, but they did not see anyone around. The owner of the car was identified, and when the officers called them, they said they had no idea it had been stolen.

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A man was arrested in Connecticut after allegedly entering a drive-thru in a stolen vehicle and ditching it before reportedly trying to steal the car of a pregnant woman who was waiting for her food.

On the evening of September 30, the authorities received a call about an ongoing situation at a local Dunkin’. Officers from the East Haven Police Department, in addition to East Haven Fire Department medics, went to the address. When they got there, they found two of the donut shop’s employees holding a man on the ground outside the store.

The police reported that they learned that the man on the ground had pulled into the drive-thru in a Hyundai Elantra, which was later identified as a vehicle that had been reported stolen. A pregnant woman was in front of him in line, and he allegedly got out of the Hyundai and entered her vehicle. When she would not give him her keys, the man reportedly started to punch her. She got out of the car and went into the store, and the workers ran outside to keep the suspect there until the police arrived. It was reported that the suspect was wounded during the incident, and he allegedly bit a paramedic who was trying to tend to him.

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A North Carolina man was arrested on several charges after the police finally caught him for allegedly having sexual relations with a woman’s vehicle for the past three years.

Mechanophilia, also known as mechaphilia, is defined as having a sexual attraction to machinery, such as vehicles, bicycles, aircraft, and other mechanical objects. While it is an uncommon fetish, over the last three years, an 82-year-old woman’s vehicle has been the object of attraction for a man who reportedly practices mechanophilia.

According to reports, the man, who had no familiarity with the car’s owner, had been visiting her property and performing lewd acts on the automobile. The man allegedly sexually relieved himself on the vehicle many times over the years, in addition to urinating on it. When the woman spotted the wet remnants the first few times, she believed it was due to a mechanical malfunction and brought the car to the shop.

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A Nebraska woman was arrested after allegedly driving under the influence with two children in her vehicle and leading the police on a chase when they tried to interact with her.

At approximately 1:00 AM on January 1, a 27-year-old woman was driving in Sydney with two children in the vehicle. According to reports, the youngsters were in the back seat, and they were not wearing seat belts.

About an hour later, a trooper from the Nebraska State Patrol was nearby, and the woman allegedly hit the back end of their vehicle. The law enforcement officer believed it was done intentionally, and they performed a traffic stop.

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When a woman riding in an Uber became frustrated by the driver going too slowly for her liking, she allegedly stole the car and drove herself to the airport.

Early in the morning on December 10, a woman from Orange County, California, was in Austin, Texas, getting ready to get on a flight. She ordered an Uber to take her to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Shortly after, a woman with the rideshare company arrived, and they began their trip.

According to reports, the driver was not going as fast as the passenger wanted, and she became aggravated and started to complain. When she failed to speed up, the passenger allegedly got ahold of the driver’s cell phone and reportedly threw it out the window onto the busy street.

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When a Delaware man was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, he found himself jailed on many charges after the police searched his vehicle and allegedly found an illegal firearm.

In the early morning hours on December 9, a man from New Castle was driving in a local residential area. It was reported that around 1:00 AM, officers from the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department saw the vehicle, and they believed it was being driven erratically. They decided to perform a traffic stop to investigate further.

According to reports, when the driver pulled over and the officers began to talk to him, they believed he displayed several indications of being intoxicated. The man was identified, and it was decided that he was too altered to drive. He was told he was being arrested for operating his vehicle under the influence.

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A man from Arkansas is facing several charges after he was allegedly caught having a sexual interlude with a stuffed animal in his car.

Just before 1:00 AM on October 9, a man was parked in a vehicle in front of the Midway Stor-N-Lock, a self-storage business that had been broken into more than fifty times between 2022 and 2023.

A deputy with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office noticed the car, and he thought it looked like it was rocking. He decided to check it out to find out what was happening.

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A media mogul in Pennsylvania is facing charges after allegedly pulling a gun on a woman trying to deliver him a package from Amazon and ordering her to leave his property.

Early in the evening on July 1, a woman driving a black Dodge Caravan with her two youngsters as passengers went to the Paradise Township mansion of a man who previously owned multiple newspapers in Oregon. She was attempting to deliver a package from Amazon, but she was not driving a company vehicle.

When she arrived at the gate, the man opened it and allowed the woman to drive the Dodge onto his property.

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A Florida woman is in legal trouble after allegedly leaving her youngsters alone in her vehicle while entering a mall, and the car reportedly caught fire while she allegedly went inside to shoplift.

On May 26, a woman reportedly went to the Oviedo Mall with her two children and parked her car in front of a department store. When she got out of the vehicle to head inside, she allegedly left the youngsters by themselves. A man reportedly accompanied her into the mall.

According to reports, the pair went to Dillard’s, and employees became suspicious that they might be shoplifting during the hour they were in the store.

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Three teenagers in Washington state were taken into custody for running from the police in an allegedly stolen vehicle while intoxicated. 

Just before midnight on February 26, deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department were patrolling in Parkland when they saw a Kia go by that was reportedly being driven over the speed limit. They also believed that the car was being operated unsafely when the driver reportedly began going down the wrong side of the road. 

According to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department blotter webpage, deputies had to use stop sticks, and it was believed that the car was going 90 MPH when it hit them. The police additionally used a PIT maneuver to force the driver to slow the car, which had most of its tires deflated. The vehicle spun to a stop, and the driver and two passengers got out. 

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