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Published on: December 27, 2025

63-year-old Woman Attacked in Hialeah Laundry Room

A 63-year-old woman was attacked in the early morning hours of December 9 while doing laundry in a shared laundry room at a residential building in Hialeah, Florida.

According to investigators, a 21-year-old man entered the room while she was alone and confronted her. Police said the suspect was armed with a knife and forced the woman against a washing machine. He allegedly threatened her with the weapon and tried to pull down her clothing in a purported attempt to sexually assault her. The woman later told officers that she begged him to stop and even offered him money. Authorities believe the suspect continued to restrain her and ignored her pleas.

The alleged attack was interrupted when a neighbor heard the woman screaming and rushed toward the laundry room, causing the suspect to back away and run from the building, leaving the victim behind. The authorities were notified, and Hialeah police were sent to the scene.

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Published on: September 5, 2023

Laundromat Fight Ended with Armed Robbery and Battery Charges

by Staycie R. Sena

A Florida woman in a laundromat was arrested after reportedly wielding a wet floor sign as a weapon when she got into an altercation with another woman.

On the afternoon of August 27, a 29-year-old woman from Lauderhill was doing her laundry at the Laundromart Coin Laundry in Miami. Her clothes were in the washing machine, and she was waiting for them to finish so she could put them in the dryer.

Before the woman was able to retrieve her belongings from the washer, another woman in the establishment reportedly opened the machine and started to remove the clothes. The rightful owner of the property reportedly became upset with the woman, who said she made a mistake and opened the wrong washing machine, and they started to fight.

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Published on: January 5, 2020

Mom Charged When Young Son Found in Running Washing Machine

by Staycie R. Sena

The mother of a 5-year-old is being held legally accountable after her son was discovered in the washing machine while it was turned on.

30-year-old Heather Oliver and her family reside in Elwood, Indiana.

On August 16, Oliver reportedly woke up and got out of bed around 9:00 am, and began her morning after she thought she spotted her son asleep in his room.

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Published on: May 30, 2019

Newlywed Bliss Burned Out Over Pot Wasted in Washer

by Staycie R. Sena

A recently married couple had their honeymoon phase interrupted by an arrest when an argument allegedly caused a woman to beat her wife with a bedpost over misplaced marijuana.

Youngsville, Louisiana, residents Ashley Perkins and her wife were married last month.

On March 20, the couple was in Navarre, Florida, visiting relatives when they reportedly got into a fight.

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