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Man suspected of Georgia killing arrested in Florida
STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Florida police have arrested a man suspected of killing a southeast Georgia woman after breaking into her house. Deputies arrested 44-year-old Lee Allen Mayhew on Friday in Lake City, hours after authorities say he shot and killed Bonnie Rushing at her home near Statesboro. Bulloch...
Burglary convict walks away from western Indiana prison
GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) — An inmate walked away Friday from a prison in western Indiana, the Indiana Department of Correction said. Christopher L. Davis was last seen at the Putnamville Correctional Facility near Greencastle around 1 p.m. and was wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, IDOC said. The 34-year-old...
7 plead guilty ito pharmacy break-ins in Tennessee, Ohio
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Seven people have pleaded guilty in a string of dozens of pharmacy burglaries in Tennessee and Ohio, federal prosecutors said. The U.S. attorney's office said six of the seven defendants will serve between three years and six months to 15 years in prison after they pleaded guilty to...
2 accused in home invasion killings plead to reduced charges
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two men accused in the killings of two people during a violent home invasion robbery in Lincoln last year have entered pleas to reduced charges in the case, prosecutors said. Jesse Foster, 23, pleaded no contest Monday to conspiracy to commit robbery, and Sylvester LeBlanc Jr., 26,...
Man accused of setting fire to ex’s home while mother inside
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of lighting his ex’s Frederickson-area home ablaze while a woman was inside is being held on a $500,000 bail. The 37-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday in Pierce County Superior Court to assault, arson, burglary, residential burglary and two counts of...
Seized, then stolen back: Hartford battles with dirt bikers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police in Hartford are having to take extra measures to keep illegal dirt bikes off the city’s streets. The Hartford Courant reports police are moving a number of the vehicles from an impound lot because owners of the bikes and ATVs found where they were being stored and...
What drove protesters in May unrest over George Floyd?
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Before facing federal arson charges, the only other time McKenzy Ann DeGidio Dunn could recall appearing before a judge was three years ago, when she was legally adopted by a rural Pope County, Minnesota family at the age of 16. Her biological mother had died of brain cancer when she...
Lemur located after break-in at San Francisco Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A ring-tailed lemur stolen from the San Francisco Zoo has been found, police said Thursday. The 21-year-old male lemur named Maki was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors on Wednesday. Investigators found evidence of a forced entry to the lemur enclosure. ...
Black man serving life for stealing hedge clippers paroled
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Black man whose life sentence for making off with hedge clippers in a 1997 burglary drew scathing criticism from the chief justice of Louisiana’s Supreme Court was granted parole Thursday. The 3-0 vote during an online meeting of the Committee on Parole means freedom, with...
Lemur missing after break-in at San Francisco Zoo
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Someone broke into the San Francisco Zoo overnight and stole a ring-tailed lemur, police said Wednesday. The 21-year-old male lemur named Maki was discovered missing shortly before the zoo opened to visitors. Investigators found evidence of a forced entry to the lemur enclosure and...
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