A man who beat a 66-year-old Sikh man to death while calling him “turban man” after a fender bender in New York City has been charged with manslaughter as a hate crime, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Gilbert Augustin, 30, also faces charges including assault as a hate crime and unlicensed driving …
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Atlanta police say they arrested a man suspected of stealing a vehicle, after officers chased him into a hospital and one of them fired his gun. POLICE, PROTESTORS CLASH NEAR SO-CALLED ‘COP CITY’ SITE IN ATLANTA When officers responded to a report of a possible stolen vehicle around 12:30 p.m. …
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A Maryland jury will decide in the coming weeks whether a Prince George’s County police officer broke the law when he shot and killed a handcuffed man in 2020. A trial began Tuesday for Michael Owen Jr., who had served on the police force for 10 years when he became …
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A body was found early Sunday after a Nebraska house explosion that authorities say was likely caused by “destructive devices.” Police in Hastings said in a news release that emergency crews rushed to the home around 3:15 a.m. after a 911 caller reported the explosion. Police and firefighters encountered secondary …
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After one Colorado sheriff had to be convinced to spread holiday cheer, the rest of his office conducted quite the operation to get a massive Christmas tree into their new department lobby. “Those who’ve seen our beautiful new employee entrance know it is big, open, and shockingly EMPTY,” Larimer County …
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Police and wildlife officials responded to a Florida shopping mall, after last-minute Christmas shoppers noticed a gigantic alligator swimming in a nearby pond. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the Coconut Point Mall in Estero, Florida, where the alligator was found wandering among the mall’s …
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An Oregon man smashed a window at a museum on Sunday and stole “numerous gold items” from inside before fleeing the scene, according to officials. Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday to a break-in alarm at the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and …
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An enraged North Carolina man and woman are being sought for viciously attacking a Chipotle worker after learning that their order of extra chicken would cost more, police say. Jamel Williams, 36, and Kayla Pyle, 34, reportedly placed an order inside a South Carolina Chipotle on Dec. 10 but when …
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Police arrested a woman who wielded a knife and injured four passengers inside a train that stopped at Tokyo’s electronic town of Akihabara late Wednesday, Japanese media reported. Police rushed to the scene after a report that a woman was brandishing a knife while the train stopped at the Akihabara …
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An inmate who had escaped from an Oklahoma prison was back in custody Sunday, officials announced. Jett Green, 23, had walked away from the Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center in Vinita at around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Vinita is about 60 miles northeast of Tulsa. …
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