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Kids and parents watched as a Florida man dressed in a Chuck E. Cheese mascot costume was arrested for alleged credit card theft."We’re gonna detain the mouse," an officer said in the bodycam footage provided by Tallahassee Police Department as officers walked into the family entertainment center. "Chuck E.’s a little bit busy, ma’am," an officer can be heard saying to a mom asking for a picture with the mouse from […]

A man has been arrested after police said he placed incendiary devices near a local fire station in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.Slater Chaia of District Heights, Maryland, has been charged with possession of a destructive device and possession of incendiary material with intent to create a destructive device, both felonies, stemming from incidents of littering Capitol Heights Fire Station 805 with what a criminal complaint called "makeshift Molotov cocktails." […]

Federal officials made a high-seas interception of hundreds of thousands of pounds of two different precursor chemicals that are used to make methamphetamine, a shipment they say came from China and was destined for the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico.Jeanine Pirro, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced what officials called the largest ever bust of precursor chemicals being shipped to a foreign terrorist organization during a news conference […]

Police in California are searching for a suspected wedding crasher who allegedly stole a box containing approximately $60,000 in cash and checks.The Glendale Police Department said officers responded to a call on Aug. 31 at approximately 12:50 a.m. about an alleged theft at the Renaissance Banquet Hall. The suspect was described as a male aged around 40 and of Middle Eastern or White descent with a bald head and a medium […]

A Houston, Texas man was charged with murder after allegedly killing an 11-year-old who played a "ding-dong ditch" prank.Officials in Houston said 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr. was charged with murder after allegedly shooting and killing Julian Guzman, 11, on Saturday, as he was running away. Guzman was pronounced dead on Sunday.Guzman rang doorbells of several homes in the area before running away, the officials said. One witness told police that […]

More than 100 firefighters are battling a massive blaze that caused multiple high-rise buildings to ignite in Baltimore's city center Tuesday afternoon.Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) officials confirmed the five-alarm fire is downtown near North Howard and West Fayette streets. As of 4:40 p.m., crews continued to attempt to contain the fire.One building collapsed, and two four-story buildings ignited, according to officials. All three buildings are presumed to have been […]

Authorities are searching for a beloved college professor who vanished during a morning walk on Labor Day.Northwestern University Professor Nina Kraus, 72, was reported missing on Monday, Sept. 1, after she was last seen leaving her residence on the 1500 block of Ashland Avenue in Evanston around 9 a.m., according to the Evanston Police Department.Kraus, a communications professor and nationally recognized researcher in auditory neuroscience, was wearing a windbreaker, long […]

A hungry 5-year-old Florida boy craving Chick-fil-A snuck out of his home one morning this summer to walk to the popular fast-food restaurant by himself, prompting a visit from the police while he munched on his food.The boy, identified as William, was seen eating a breakfast sandwich in a booth next to a Chick-fil-A manager when deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office showed up."Are you going to take me to […]

Officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man found "lying in a pool of blood" at the famous Burning Man art and music festival over the weekend. The homicide occurred on Aug. 30, between 8 and 9:30 p.m. local time, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. The Labor Day weekend event drew tens of thousands of "Burners" – or participants – working to build an entire city from the […]