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  • Teen Accused Of Halloween Mass Shooting In Orlando Will Be Charged As An Adult

    Teen Accused Of Halloween Mass Shooting In Orlando Will Be Charged As An Adult

    A 17-year-old, Jaylen Dwayne Edgar,  is to be charged as an adult for the shooting in downtown Orlando during a Halloween event, according to State Attorney Andrew Bain. The shooting, which happened on November 1, resulted in the deaths of two men and injuries to seven others, as reported by WFTV9. 

    Bain mentioned that more charges would also be filed against the teen. He is currently in jail without bond after waiving his first court appearance over the weekend.

    Around 1 a.m., while about 75,000 people were celebrating Halloween, police got a call about a shooting near East Central Boulevard and North Orange Avenue. Soon after, they received another report of shots fired south of Washington Street on North Orange Avenue. In total, nine people were shot, and one more person was trampled in the commotion. 

    The next day, police announced that the two men who died were 25-year-old Tyrek Hill and 19-year-old Timothy Schmidt Jr. Bain described Edgar’s actions as

    “egregious”

    and showing a

    “true disregard for life,”

    which prompted the decision to charge him as an adult.

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  • College Student Charged After Forging Purdue Professors’ Signature To His Grades

    College Student Charged After Forging Purdue Professors’ Signature To His Grades

    A Purdue University student named Mohamed Bouftas has been found guilty of forging professors’ signatures to change his grades. Bouftas initially appeared to have a grade-point average of 3.85, but it was later discovered that his actual GPA is 1.68. He has been convicted of forgery and is now a convicted felon, reports the Journal & Courier. 

    Bouftas, 23, admitted to three forgery convictions in April and recently received a four-year sentence. However, his sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation. The fraud came to light when an employee in Purdue’s Registrar’s Office noticed a suspicious grade-change form and questioned the professor involved.

    Further investigation revealed that Bouftas had submitted 30 grade-change forms, with 27 of them containing forged professor signatures. These fraudulent acts began in the fall semester of 2021 and were uncovered in the spring semester of 2023.

    Initially, Bouftas faced multiple charges, including forgery, fraud, and corrupt business influence. However, as part of a plea agreement, most of the charges were dismissed, leaving only three counts of forgery. Bouftas is no longer enrolled at Purdue University, according to Tim Doty, the senior director of media and public relations.

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  • Man Arrested For ‘Describing Sexual Acts’ To Child and Threatening To Shoot Students, Police Say

    Man Arrested For ‘Describing Sexual Acts’ To Child and Threatening To Shoot Students, Police Say

    According to arrest affidavits obtained by WSBTV, 27-year-old Andrew Garrett Burke has been charged with multiple felonies for threatening to shoot school children and

    “engaging in graphic written matter describing sex acts”

    to a minor he believed was younger than 16 years old.

    The arrest took place on January 21 by the Floyd deputies.

    He also faces charges for terroristic threats after threatening to

    “shoot up a school or kill a few people,”

    according to sheriff’s office records per the outlet. 

    A man named Burke is facing serious allegations, including sending inappropriate photos and videos of himself engaging in sexual activities to someone he thought was a minor. These alleged crimes took place over a span of three days, as stated in the affidavits. 

    Burke now faces charges of obscene internet contact with a child, electronically providing explicit material to minors, and making terroristic threats. According to sheriff’s records, he has been denied bond.

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  • Teenager Arrested For Murder After New York City Landlord Found Dead With ‘Facial Scratches’ In Her Apartment

    Teenager Arrested For Murder After New York City Landlord Found Dead With ‘Facial Scratches’ In Her Apartment

    A woman was found dead in her apartment in East Elmhurst, Queens, following an alleged fight with her tenant, according to PEOPLE. 

    The New York City Police Department received a call reporting the incident on Tuesday evening. When authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered 55-year-old, Zoraida Leo,

    “unconscious and unresponsive with scratches on her face,”

    reports reveal. Despite the efforts of emergency medical services, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

    After an investigation, the police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Davi Vidal, who lived in the same apartment building as the victim. Vidal rented the second floor above Leo’s apartment. According to law enforcement, Vidal had allegedly stopped paying rent, which led to a confrontation between him and Leo.

    He has been charged with murder and is being held without bail as reported by the New York Daily News.

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  • Substitute Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Exposing His Rear End To Sixth Grade Class

    Substitute Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Exposing His Rear End To Sixth Grade Class

    A substitute teacher in Anderson, California, has been arrested on charges of indecent exposure and annoying or molesting a child. According to Huff Post, Stephen Canciani, 32, allegedly exposed his bare buttocks to a class of sixth graders at Anderson Middle School. 

    The incident was brought to light when two students reported it to a vice principal. Upon investigation, the vice principal witnessed Canciani with his pants and underwear pulled down to his mid-thigh. The vice principal immediately ordered Canciani to leave the building and contacted law enforcement. 

    Canciani turned himself into the Anderson Police Department later that night. In a letter to parents, Anderson Middle School Principal Felicia Ross said the teacher, whom she identified as

    “Mr. Costello,”

    exposed

    “his upper chest/neck area, butt cheeks and butt crack,”

    and added that

    “two students reported seeing frontal genital nudity.”

    The statement assured parents that Canciani would no longer be returning to work in the Cascade Union Elementary School District.

    District Superintendent Jason Provence released a statement on Wednesday praising students for coming forward.

    “We are extremely proud of our students that came forward to report [Canciani],”

    Provence said.

    “We applaud these students for their bravery and are deeply sorry for this appalling experience.”

    The school district has announced that counseling services will be provided to students who may have been affected by the incident. 

    Stephen Canciani was arrested and taken into custody in Shasta County after surrendering to the police. However, according to the Sacramento Bee, he has since been released as of Wednesday afternoon.

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  • An Airbnb Host’s Son Sentenced To Prison After Secretly Recording Guest In The Shower and Attempting To Blackmail Woman For Explicit Videos, Prosecutors Say

    An Airbnb Host’s Son Sentenced To Prison After Secretly Recording Guest In The Shower and Attempting To Blackmail Woman For Explicit Videos, Prosecutors Say

    A man from Ceres, California has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of cyberstalking and blackmailing a guest who stayed in his mother’s Airbnb rental, Insider reported.

    Kevin Strutz, aged 51, pleaded guilty to two counts of cyberstalking earlier this year. The incident occurred in 2020 when Strutz began cyberstalking a young woman who had rented a room in his mother’s home through Airbnb. According to the complaint, Strutz and his mother were living in the home when the incident occurred. The woman, who is a traveling occupational therapist, had been staying at the home for around a month. 

    One day, she came across a disturbing message —

    “which talked about how ‘sexy’ she was”

    — on a cell phone in the shared bathroom, which led her to contact Airbnb and find another place to stay. After her departure, Strutz later sent sexually explicit messages to her on Facebook. The woman notified local authorities and Airbnb. 

    At the time, Airbnb said they had been cooperating with the FBI during the investigation.

    “We have no tolerance for the reported behavior and worked quickly to support the survivor once she brought it to our attention, including banning the associated host accounts from our platform at the time,”

    the company told CBS News. 

    According to prosecutors, Strutz continued to harass the woman for several months. Surprisingly to her, she received a nude image of herself from when she showered in the Airbnb bathroom from Strutz, prosecutors allege. He threatened to send the photo of her to everyone she knew unless she sent him a video of herself masturbating. The woman blocked Strutz’s accounts and reported the incident to the police again.

    It was later revealed that Strutz had secretly filmed the woman using a hidden cell phone in the bathroom. Strutz was convicted on two counts of stalking, in addition to a separate incident involving threats towards another victim. He was recently sentenced to over three years in prison, along with supervised release and a fine. Before this conviction, Strutz had a criminal record that included stalking, burglary, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon.

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  • Florida Woman Accused Of Stabbing Boyfriend’s Eye With Rabies Needles For Allegedly Staring At Other Women

    Florida Woman Accused Of Stabbing Boyfriend’s Eye With Rabies Needles For Allegedly Staring At Other Women

    A Florida woman identified as 44-year-old Sandra Jimenez, was taken into custody by police after allegedly inserting needles meant for her dogs’ rabies shots into her boyfriend’s eye after accusing him of

    “looking at other women,”

    police said per the NY Post. The incident occurred in Miami according to authorities who stated that the disagreement, which had been ongoing, turned violent on Saturday.

    Upon arriving at their residence around 10 p.m., Sandra allegedly took the opportunity to deliver a painful message to her boyfriend. According to an arrest affidavit cited by Fox 35 Orlando, Jimenez

    “jumped on top of [her partner] with two rabies needles that were for their dogs”

    while he lay on the couch. She reportedly jabbed them into his right eyelid. 

    The victim immediately contacted the police and was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he met with detectives. Jimenez had left the house after realizing the severity of her actions. 

    Later that night, responding officers found her sleeping in her car outside the residence and proceeded to arrest her. The 44-year-old suspect told officers that her boyfriend’s injury was self-inflicted. 

    Jimenez was charged with felony aggravated battery and was initially held at the Miami-Dade County Jail. However, she has since been released on bond and is now under house arrest. Her arraignment is scheduled for December 26.

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  • Florida Woman Caught Stealing $800 Worth Of Goods From Walmart, Allegedly Tries To Eat Counterfeit Cash

    Florida Woman Caught Stealing $800 Worth Of Goods From Walmart, Allegedly Tries To Eat Counterfeit Cash

    Zipporah Abraham, a 38-year-old woman from Florida, has been apprehended and charged with third-degree grand theft and uttering forged bills following an incident at a Walmart store in North Miami Beach, reports Fox News. 

    According to an arrest affidavit, a Walmart loss prevention officer was alerted to Abraham’s attempt to use counterfeit money for her purchases. Surveillance footage revealed her placing various items in a storage bin and carefully plotting her exit strategy without paying. Abraham was stopped by the officer, leading to her detainment for investigation. 

    The unpaid items hidden in the bin amounted to $864.77. In a bizarre twist, Abraham tried to consume $200 worth of counterfeit bills while being taken into custody. She has been held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, with her bond set at $10,000. 

    Walmart employees also discovered that Abraham had prior offenses at the store, making her a repeat offender.

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  • California Jogger Recorded Video Of Himself Shooting and Killing A Homeless Man, Prosecutors Claim

    California Jogger Recorded Video Of Himself Shooting and Killing A Homeless Man, Prosecutors Claim

    According to Orange County prosecutors, a man in California has been accused of recording himself shooting and killing a homeless individual while out jogging, per Insider. 

    The suspect, Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, came across Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, who was sleeping on the sidewalk. In an attempt to wake Avalos, Elliott used his pushcart to nudge him, but Avalos woke up and yelled at him to leave. It is alleged that Elliott then started filming the encounter and pulled out a handgun. 

    Prosecutors claim that the video shows Avalos throwing a shoe at Elliott, who managed to dodge it but then proceeded to shoot Avalos three times. Tragically, Avalos succumbed to his injuries.

    “He tried to attack me, and I shot him,”

    witness Sebastian Bona told KCAL News.

    The suspect has been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter. He has since been released on bail and is now awaiting arraignment on December 15. 

    “This is a tragic set of circumstances that unfolded in the worst possible way over a minor inconvenience of a blocked sidewalk, and a man is dead as a result,”

    said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.

    “This case is a stark reminder that taking the law into your own hands is never the answer and that there are consequences for your actions.”

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  • 2 Men Charged for Allegedly Attempting to Dig Up Relatives Grave at Missouri Cemetery

    2 Men Charged for Allegedly Attempting to Dig Up Relatives Grave at Missouri Cemetery

    According to the St. Louis County Prosecutors Office, two individuals have been charged after an incident involving an attempted grave excavation at a cemetery in Missouri, per Fox News. 

    Jimmie V. Allen and Zebulun Nash, both 73 years old, were apprehended in August while digging dirt out of a gravesite at Washinton Park Cemetery in Berkeley, Missouri. As per KSDK-TV, Nash confessed to authorities that he intended to relocate his grandmother’s remains, with Allen assisting him. 

    However, Missouri law mandates a state order for exhumation, leading to both men being charged on Wednesday for attempting to damage or deface cemetery property, as reported by KSDK. Witness Kiesha Wayne told the local outlet that one of the men

    “said that they paid somebody to dig up the body, but they got ripped off, so they took it upon themselves to dig up the body.“

    Apparently, the deceased relative was supposed to be moved to another cemetery, reports reveal. 

    Berkeley Police Chief, Art Jackson, told the station that he was

    “amazed”

    and in his

    “twenty-nine years of doing this work, we’ve never had any issues or incidents like that,”

    he added. 

    Both men are scheduled to appear in court next month.

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