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  • New York Carjackers Arrested After Crashing Into School Bus Filled With Children

    New York Carjackers Arrested After Crashing Into School Bus Filled With Children


    Two New York men were arrested after they stole a Jeep at knifepoint, crashed the vehicle into a school bus filled with children, and attempted to flee on foot, Fox News reported.

    On March 15th, a Rochester woman was carjacked at knife point by two men as she was leaving work. When police spotted the red Jeep and attempted to pull the vehicle over, the driver reversed into the police car and fled at high speeds. As multiple police units began to chase the suspect vehicle, the driver of the stolen Jeep collided with a school bus full of children.

    The occupants of the stolen Jeep then take off from the scene on foot, with officers from the Rochester Police Department running behind them. After a short pursuit, the two men were arrested without further incident.

    The female victim of the car jacking was injured and received medical attention at a nearby hospital. Fortunately, none of the 17 students nor the driver of the school bus were injured in the crash. The Rochester Public School District was immediately made aware of the in identity and arranged to have each child transported to their homes.

    The two suspects were later identified as 20-year-old Maliq McCullough and 23-year-old Adeosun Hughes. McCullough has been charged with with first-degree robbery, second-degree assault, and third and fourth-degree grand larceny, while Hughes was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Both are being held at the Monroe County Jail.

  • Pregnant Woman Fatally Shot in Chicago While Attempting To Rob People, Police Say

    Pregnant Woman Fatally Shot in Chicago While Attempting To Rob People, Police Say

    Sadly, a young pregnant woman was shot and killed during an attempted robbery she allegedly was involved in, police say per CBS Chicago. 

    The woman, identified as 21-year-old Genesis Escobar, was fatally shot in the 5200 block of West Montana Street, at Laramie Avenue, around 1 p.m., police revealed. The soon-to-be mother reportedly entered the vehicle and attempted to rob the group of individuals. She was still inside the vehicle when she was shot in the shoulder, back and hand, police said.

    Escobar‘s body was then tossed out of the car into an intersection where she was left to die. Bystanders jumped in to try and help the victim. She was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Escobar was reportedly seven months pregnant at the time. Her unborn child did not survive. 

    Iris Alvarez told CBS Chicago that Escobar reached out to her daughter just minutes before the shooting occurred.

    “My heart is broken into pieces. She was also seven months pregnant with a baby girl… She texted my daughter and told my daughter: ‘Please help me! I’m in trouble!’ But my daughter was sleeping,”

    she said. Alvarez and her daughter said they were startled when they heard the sound of gunshots. 

    “Someone opened the driver door, walked around the vehicle, pulled the body out, and drove off,”

    Alvarez said. Witnesses said the driver pulled out cash before driving off.

    “They threw a bunch of money on top of her,”

    Alvarez said. No suspects have been apprehended. Area Five detectives are still conducting an investigation, reports state. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Maryland Man Steals Car And Crutches From Tinder Date, Leaving Amputee Stranded In The Cold

    Maryland Man Steals Car And Crutches From Tinder Date, Leaving Amputee Stranded In The Cold

    A man from Prince George’s County, Maryland is facing multiple charges after using a popular dating app to find potential victims, The Washington Post reported.

    On February 2nd, Rodney Richardson met a man from Tinder who was an amputee. Instead of going on their planned date, Richardson robbed the man, taking his phone, wallet, and car. The victim, who was left without the crutches he needed to walk, was left stranded in the cold.

    “The victim began to crawl on his hands and knees as he was unable to walk due to being an amputee,” court documents state. “[He] hid in a nearby ditch, fearing the suspect would return.”

    Eight days later, Richardson invited another Tinder date to his home in Brandywine, where he raped the man at gunpoint. He then demanded that the victim give him his phone, ID, and Social Security Number, and forced him into the trunk of the stolen car. The next morning, Richardson drove the victim to a nearby bank and made him withdraw $4,500.

    “Very disturbing,” said Major Zachary O’Lare from the Prince George’s County Police Department. “The fact that he was armed makes it very disturbing and heinous types of crimes to the police department.”

    On Monday, after both victims identified Richardson in photos, the 26-year-old was arrested and charged with with rape, kidnapping, assault, armed carjacking, robbery, extortion, and reckless endangerment. He is currently being held in jail without bond.

  • Off-Duty Chicago Officer Tells Alleged Thief ‘ I’ll Kill You’ Before Fatally Shooting Him

    Off-Duty Chicago Officer Tells Alleged Thief ‘ I’ll Kill You’ Before Fatally Shooting Him

    An off-duty Chicago officer warned a would-be robber that she will ‘kill’ him before pulling the trigger and fatally shooting him, NY Post reported. 

    The incident occurred on January 17 when the off-duty officer stepped in to break up a fight between four people. One of the individuals in the group proceeded to reach for the officer’s handgun which broke out into a scuffle between the two. The officer is heard telling the man

    “I’ll kill you,”

    before shots rang out hitting 39-year-old Leevon Smith. 

    The series of events was captured on surveillance footage and later released by Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). After the first two shots were fired Smith is heard saying,

    “you got me, you got me.”

    The off-duty officer then replies,

    “I told your dumb— I’d kill you,”

    as she shoots the third and final shot.

    “Damn, baby, I’m sorry,”

    an injured Smith cries out, adding moments later

    “I don’t want to die.”

    The unnamed cop is heard yelling for someone to call the police as she continues to scold Smith for trying to steal her gun, the footage showed.

    “You thought I was playing, I told you I’d shoot you… I told your dumb— I’d shoot you,” the unnamed cop says. “You tried to steal my f—ing gun.”

    Smith was taken to the hospital, where was pronounced dead two days later, CBS Chicago reported. CPD said in a statement that the officer was placed on routine 30-day administrative duty pending an investigation. They later concluded that the suspect did grab the off-duty officer’s weapon to which she was presented with

    “imminent”

    danger. 

    According to an arrest report, the officer

    “suffered a cut above her right eye”

    from the attack. Chicago police said the officer did the right thing by calling 911 after the shooting. She was not charged for the fatal shooting of Smith however, Smith’s family is suing the city and officer for $10 million, according to the local newspaper.  

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    Mother Forced To Rob Bank To Save Kidnapped Daughter Shares Her Story Over Twenty Years Later

    On the night of November 21st, in the year 2000, a masked man and woman entered the home of Michelle Renee in San Diego County, California. After binding her and her 7-year-old daughter, Breea, with duct tape, and with guns at their heads, the duo explained what they wanted.

    “It was very much that mind control thing that they were doing, that, ‘we know everything about you,’” Renee said in an interview with CBS. They told her that they knew her day-to-day routine, and that she was a branch manager at a nearby bank. “You’re gonna rob the bank for us,” she remembers them telling her. “Or you will die, your daughter will go first.”

    The following morning, Renee walked out of the bank with $360,000. After handing the money over to the masked couple, she ran back to her home, terrified about what she may find. “I don’t know if Breea’s gonna be there,” Renee thought. “I don’t know if she’s gonna be alive when I get there.”

    Fortunately, Breea was there when Renee returned to her home. After a bomb squad examined the “dynamite,” they determined that they had been fake- made out of two broomstick handles that were painted and taped together to look like dynamite. Christopher Butler and his fiancée Lisa Ramirez, were later arrested for kidnapping and bank robbery.

    In June, 2002, the suspects were tried together in two trials. Despite Ramirez previously confessing to the crime on camera, the judge ruled it inadmissible in court. The defendant’s lawyer then attacked Renee’s credibility, suggesting she was somehow involved. “They treated me like a criminal,” Renee explained. “They were trying to paint me as somebody that was irresponsible.” After five days of deliberation, the jury found Butler guilty of the robbery and kidnapping, but Ramirez was not, and left a free woman.

    In an interview with Tracy Smith, Renee will be sharing her story on CBS’ “48 Hours,” on February 11th at 10/9c, and streaming on Paramount+.

  • 22-Year-Old Woman Accused Of Robbing Two Men She Met On Dating Website, Reports Say She Robbed Men At Gunpoint With Accomplice 

    22-Year-Old Woman Accused Of Robbing Two Men She Met On Dating Website, Reports Say She Robbed Men At Gunpoint With Accomplice 

    A woman from Memphis has allegedly robbed two men she originally met on dating websites while an accomplice held the victims at gunpoint, police say, reports FOX. Officials in Memphis charged 22-year-old Adrionna Dull with

    “aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnappings, identity theft and attempt to fraudulently use a credit or debit card,”

    according to the news outlet. 

    On Sunday, the woman reportedly invited a date to her Memphis home and

    “forced him to reveal his passwords to his financial accounts”

    as her accomplice held the victim at gunpoint. The woman took her date’s phone, debit card, car keys, and $300 in cash before fleeing with his vehicle and going to an ATM to take money out of his account. The date informed officials that her accomplice held him at gunpoint until the 22-year-old returned. He admitted that he was held at gunpoint for three house, according to an affidavit. When the woman returned, she gave him back his car keys and

    “threatened to kill him if he didn’t hurry up and leave.” 

    Her unidentified date also claimed Dull hacked into all of his accounts including his bank account, Apple account, as well as social media account while posing as him. However, this isn’t Dull’s first rodeo. Back in December, the 22-year-old has been accused of stealing from another victim she met on an online dating site. Reports say she stole $2,000 from him after taking his phone as her accomplice held a gun to him, court documents allege. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?