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EASY PREY! NEW YORK MAN CONVICTED FOR ILLEGALLY KEEPING SEVEN SHARKS IN HIS ABOVE-GROUND POOL
A man in New York was sentenced for keeping sharks in an above-ground pool on his property. He also drove the sharks in a truck.
HEADING TO THE WRONG COURT: ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, DAUGHTER FIX HOMECOMING VOTE AT FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL, INVESTIGATORS SAY
A Florida mother and daughter tried to rig a homecoming queen vote, police say. They face computer charges, as mother was an assistant principal in the school district.
FLORIDA WOMAN POSING AS PLASTIC SURGEON DEFORMS MAN’S NOSE: ‘I FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY USED ME AS A PIECE OF MEAT,’ HE SAYS
A woman posing as a plastic surgeon was arrested in Flordia after a botched plastic surgery operation, police say. The victim spoke to the media about the incident.
CHICAGO BORDER AGENTS SEIZE THOUSANDS WORTH OF FACE MEDICAL FACEMASKS
Chicago border patrol agents seized thousands of fake N95 masks, officials say. The masks had the 3M logo and were heading to Virginia.
IOWA MAN ACCUSED OF BREAKING INTO COLLEGE STUDENTS’ APARTMENTS AND FILMING WOMEN WHILE THEY SLEPT
An Iowa man snuck into female college students’ apartments 12 to 15 times for more than a year and shot videos of his victims as they slept, law enforcement officials said.
FULL HOUSE OF HAVOK: SUSPECTS INDICTED IN CHEATING PLOT, STABBING AT BOSTON-AREA CASINO
Massachusetts authorities charged several people in two separate incidents at the Encore Boston Harbor Casino, including an elaborate cheating scheme and a stabbing.
87-YEAR-OLD NUSING HOME PATIENT ACCUSED OF RAPING FELLOW CLIENT AT KENTUCKY FACILITY
An 87-year-old man living at a nursing home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was charged with first-degree rape. He has pleaded not guilty.
CUT & RUN: FLORIDA MAN WHO SLICED OFF PENIS OF HIS WIFE’S LOVER SLAPPED WITH 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE
A Flordia man was sentenced to two decades in prison for cutting off the genitals of his wife's new lover, officials say.
GRADE A THIEF! TEXAS TRAVEL AGENCY OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING AT LEAST $150,000 FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
A man pleaded guilty to stealing $150,000 from high school seniors in a scam where he pocketed money for their graduation trips.
UTAH MAN SET DOG ON FIRE IN ‘RETALIATION’ FOR ‘FAILING RELATIONSHIP’ WITH OWNER’S MOTHER, POLICE SAY
A Utah man upset over a failed relationship stole the dog of his ex-girlfriend’s daughter and set the animal on fire in a field, police said.
SNACK ATTACK! POLICE ID BURGLARY SUSPECT WHO DROPPED CHEETO BAG DURING BREAK-IN BY CHEESE RESIDUE ON HER TEETH
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, say they nabbed a burglary suspect because of a snack. The suspect left Cheetos residue at the scene, which helped tie her to the crime.
MAN ADMITS TO SELLING MORE THAN $300K WORTH OF COUNTERFEIT MOVIES, TV SHOWS. HERE'S SOME OF THE DVD TITLES HE SHIPPED.
A Maryland man admitted to selling more than $300,000 worth of counterfeit DVDs of movies and television shows. The programs included popular Disney movies.
LANDLORD FRUSTRATED WITH COVID EVICTION RESTRICTIONS ACCUSED OF TYING UP, KIDNAPPING AND DUMPING TWO TENANTS IN CEMETERY
A lanlord in New York is accused of kidnapping tennants who did nto pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic, police say.
ARIZONA TEEN STAGES HIS OWN KIDNAPPING TO GET OUT OF WORK SHIFT AT THE TIRE FACTORY, POLICE SAY
An Arizona teen faked his kidnapping to get out of a shift at the a local tire shop, according to Coolidge police. He was charged with false reporting to police.
TEACHER PUNCHES, RIPS WIG OFF STUDENT DURING FIGHT OUTSIDE A FLORIDA MCDONALD'S, COPS SAY
A teacher in Florida was charged with child abuse after police say she got in a fight with a student outside of McDonald's. The fight was over an argument between students at an earlier basketball game.
TWO MEN CLAIMING TO BE U.S. MARSHALL SAID THEY DIDN'T NEED COVID-19 MASKS — THEN THE REAL COPS SHOWED UP
Two men claimed to be U.S. Marshals so they didn't need COVID-19 masks, according to federal court records. They made their claims at a Florida hotel.
FISHY DEAL: ILLEGAL AQUA LIFE SALE LANDS PUERTO RICO MAN IN PRISON
A man who illegally sold Reef life from Puertro Rico was sentenced to a yar in prison, according to federal prosecutors. The sale netter him about $800,000.
ARIZONA COUPLE DISCOVERS 5,000 FENTANYL PILLS STASHED IN THRIFT STORE TOY THEY BOUGHT FOR DAUGHTER
An Phoenix, Arizona, family found 5,000 Fentanyl pills stuffed in a Glow Wor toy they bought at a thift store, according to police.
HOW A FOREIGN CALL CENTER STOLE $6 MILLION FROM U.S. RESIDENTS IN A PHONE SCAM PRETENDING TO BE POLICE
Two people pleaded to charges and accused of stealing $6 million from U.S. residents as part of a robocall, phone scam pretenting to be law enforcment officials.
THEY'RRRRRE GREAT: BORDER PATROL SEIZES 44 POUNDS OF COCAINE-LACED CEREAL
U.S. Customs and Border agents seized cocaine-coated cereal worth more than $2.8 million during a recent bust. The shipman was headed for Hong Kong.
'DRUG-FUELED' CRIME SPREE INCLUDING BANK ROBBERIES THAT TERRORIZED PHILADELPHIA LANDS MAN IN PRISON
A man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a string of bank robberies in Philadelphia that prosecutors say was fueled by drugs
MAN PROPOSES TO WOMAN USING RINGS HE STOLE FROM HIS OTHER LOVER, DEPUTIES SAY
Joseph Davis got caught after the girlfriend spotted his new fiancée wearing her jewelry in a Facebook photo.
ACCUSED FELON CARJACKS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, 16, MINUTES AFTER JAIL RELEASE
Marcus Goodman was arrested after stealing a car at gun point just 20 minutes after he was released from the Spokane County Jail in Washington.
NO BALONEY: MAN ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING 200 POUNDS OF DELI MEAT ACROSS U.S-MEXICO BORDER
A New Mexico man faces charges after police say he tried to smuggle 200 pounds of bologna across the U.S.-Mexico border.