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A Kentucky Best Buy Geek Squad reportedly discovered hundreds of pornographic images containing children on a man’s hard drive that was brought in for a file transfer.

According to reports, on August 28, a 78-year-old man went to a Best Buy in Louisville and dropped off his computer with the Geek Squad to have them transfer files from his internal hard drive to an external hard drive. Best Buy’s website says that “Geek Squad Agents are trained to never access data on a customer’s device provided to Geek Squad for service except in limited circumstances, and only to the extent necessary to perform the service, such when you ask us to recover your data.”

While working on the man’s service ticket, it was reported that a “peer review” was performed, during which they opened some of the files on the man’s device. The employees reported that they saw files that contained images of children being sexually abused, and they notified the authorities about the material. The St. Matthews Police Department opened an investigation to look deeper into the situation.

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After a routine traffic stop reportedly led to a police standoff, the lead singer of the band “Puddle of Mudd” was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant and resisting arrest.

Wes Scantlin has been the 52-year-old lead singer and guitarist of the post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd since its formation in 1991. Over the years, Scantlin has had several legal issues for a variety of reasons. In 2002 and 2013, he was accused of domestic abuse, in addition to pleading guilty to cocaine possession in the summer of 2012. In 2017, Scantlin was arrested again when he reportedly tried to get on an airplane with a BB gun at the Los Angeles International Airport.

On July 31, someone later identified as Scantlin was driving a Hummer in Burbank when a law enforcement officer initiated a traffic stop. Scantlin initially pulled over, but when the police found out that he had an outstanding arrest warrant for the incident at LAX he allegedly started resisting.

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A Florida woman was arrested after allegedly purchasing a magnet to assist her in stealing from a retail store in the mall by using it to remove security devices from the clothing and merchandise.

Just before midnight on June 27, an officer with the Clearwater Police Department pulled over a moped with a female passenger. When he approached, he identified the passenger as someone with an active arrest warrant from Oklahoma. The officer let the woman know she was being detained, and he noticed she was holding several bags. When he began looking through them, the officer became suspicious when he thought he saw clothing that still had the security tags attached. He looked through the rest of the bags, which also reportedly had locked tags affixed, and allegedly discovered many additional pieces of merchandise that he believed had been stolen. While inspecting the contents of her purse, the officer reportedly found a large magnet.

According to reports, when discussing what was found, the woman told the officer she purchased the magnet on Amazon, and that she was able to use it to take the security tags off items. She allegedly said she took the items she was holding from the Clearwater Mall location of Burlington Coat Factory by simply walking out of the store and planned to use the magnet to take the tags off later.

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A man and woman from Indiana were arrested on several charges after the police allegedly found large amounts of drugs, paraphernalia, and cash in the home where they had a two-and-a-half-year-old child.

On June 26, someone called the authorities to report that they thought there were illegal drug-related activities going on in a residence in Seymour. Officers from the Seymour Police Department went to the address to check out the claim.

When they got there, the residents were home, and they began discussing the report with them. According to reports, while they were there, they allegedly noticed the scent of marijuana and believed it was coming from the home. They also saw a youngster inside playing with toys. They believed there was cause to inspect the residence, and they were granted a search warrant.

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A police officer arrested a woman for her 6th DUI after pulling her over when he reportedly saw her driving erratically.

Early in the morning on May 13, a woman was driving in Missoula, Montana, and, according to the authorities, she shouldn’t have been. According to reports, she made a right turn in sight of an officer from the Missoula Police Department, and they believed she was driving unsafely. She allegedly took the corner so wide that she momentarily crossed the double yellow line into the oncoming traffic lane. The officer performed a traffic stop.

The driver pulled over, and before the officer could get out, she started to walk toward his vehicle. He told her she needed to stand near the police car while they talked about the situation. The officer asked to see her license, but she said she did not have it with her. While they were talking, he reported that she showed signs of intoxication, and said he could smell what he believed was alcohol coming from her breath.

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When the authorities went to the home of a man suspected of selling crack cocaine, they reportedly found him hidden inside a clothes dryer.

A few months ago, an individual contacted the police and reported that they knew of a man who was selling narcotics out of his apartment in Monroe, Louisiana. After investigating the claims, agents from the Monroe Police Department’s High Enforcement and Apprehension Team went to the address on the afternoon of January 20 with a search warrant.

According to reports, a woman answered the door, and a man who was not the party the police were seeking was inside the apartment. The woman, who was identified as the suspect’s girlfriend, reportedly tried to stop the officers from coming inside, and the man allegedly gave the police a hard time about the warrant.

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A Florida man being arrested on a warrant was reportedly found with methamphetamine inside an Advil container in his underwear and denied knowing how it ended up there.

Early in the evening on November 27, deputies with the Indian River Sheriff’s Department served a 46-year-old man with an arrest warrant for allegedly failing to show up for court on a DUI charge.

The man was taken into custody and booked into the Indian River County Jail. While he was changing into his jail clothing, the authorities reportedly discovered a round container with an Advil label on it in his underwear underneath his genitalia. When they looked inside, they reportedly found there was a small bag holding a substance they alleged was methamphetamine.

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A woman in Florida was arrested after allegedly abandoning two of her three children at a local hospital.

On August 14, a woman from Dothan, Alabama, was driving in Destin, Florida, with her three children, one of whom is an infant, in the car. She reportedly did not stop the vehicle, but she allegedly told one of the older children to take the baby from the car seat and change their diaper. It was reported that the youngster refused to remove the baby from the car seat while the car was moving.

According to reports, the woman stopped at HCA Florida Destin Emergency. She reportedly told the older children she needed money for gas, and she told them to go into the hospital to see if they could find anything. When they got out of the vehicle, a security guard allegedly saw their mother drive away with the baby, leaving the other youngsters behind. The guard accompanied them into the hospital.

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A Texas man is facing many charges after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in the foot last month, resulting in her leg being amputated from the injury.

On August 6, a 26-year-old man from San Antonio was hanging out with his 36-year-old girlfriend. According to reports, at the time, the couple had been together for approximately one month.

The man allegedly grabbed a shotgun and pointed it at his girlfriend for reasons not currently made public. He reportedly pulled the trigger, and a bullet struck her in the ankle area of her foot. He left the residence immediately afterward.

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A California woman who used to work for the county behavioral health services in Sierra County has been accused of taking advantage of a client by stealing their financial information and embezzling thousands of dollars while on the job.

Last April, the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office received information about a situation where a woman employed at Sierra County Behavioral Health had allegedly financially exploited one of the clients for thousands of dollars. It was purported that she could do so by using her position of power to access and illegally pilfer funds from the bank cards of a vulnerable person.

During their months-long investigation, the authorities gathered information that caused them to believe they should check the woman’s home for evidence of purchases that could be connected to the allegations.

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