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Crime‘Green Goblin’ Among Three Charged in Milwaukee Copper Thefts
Three Milwaukee men were charged Oct. 26 over copper wire thefts from streetlights that cost taxpayers $800,000 in materials alone, city officials said.
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Former School Counselor Gets 16 Years in Child Exploitation Case
Cassandra Poncelow, 41, a former Poudre School District counselor, was sentenced Oct. 26 to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to child exploitation.
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Man Gets 38 Months for Threats Against Trump and Harris
Rene Ortiz, 56, a Marine veteran from Casa Grande, Arizona, was sentenced to 38 months in prison after a jury convicted him of threatening Trump and Harris.
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Mesa Teen Indicted in Shooting Involving Off-Duty Officer
A 16-year-old was indicted Oct. 19 on attempted murder counts after a shooting at a Mesa reception hall involving an off-duty officer, police said Oct. 26.
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Felon Arrested After Firing Rifle at Neighbors in Port Charlotte
Dwight Washington White was arrested Oct. 25 after deputies say he fired an AR-15-style rifle at neighbors in Port Charlotte, Florida. No one was hit.
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DC Man Arrested in 2025 Northeast Homicide Case
Robert Bellamy, 62, was arrested Oct. 26 on a grand jury indictment charging second-degree murder in the Jan. 2025 death of Thameka Harvell, D.C. police said.
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15-Year-Old Charged as Adult in FAMU Homecoming Shooting
Anthony Rivers III, 15, was arrested Oct. 25 and will be charged as an adult over the Oct. 24 shooting near Florida A&M's stadium that hurt 12 people.
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Life-Sentence Murderer Escapes Tennessee Prison in Stolen Truck
Jacob Morley, 28, serving life for murder, escaped the Northwest Correctional Complex on Oct. 25 and stole a truck, Tennessee officials said.
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Michigan Man Gets 70 Months for $9.1M Relief Fraud
Carl Lawrence, 50, of Kentwood, Michigan, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for his role in a pandemic-relief fraud scheme worth $9.1 million.
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Hiram Felon Gets 7 Years After Gun Found in Arrest
Richard Cornell Brown, 46, of Hiram, Georgia, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after deputies found a gun on him during a 2023 arrest.