A North Carolina man accused of killing one and injuring two others after crashing a semitruck into a Tampa, Florida, gentlemen’s club on Tuesday morning has been charged with murder and several other felonies, according to police. The Tampa Police Department said 25-year-old Dylan Fogle of Thomasville, North Carolina, was charged with one count of...
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Charity accidentally distributes drug-laced candy to around 400 people: 'Funny tasting'
A New Zealand charity issued an apology after police recovered as many as 400 pieces of candy laced with “potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine” distributed in food parcels. “We don’t know how widespread these contaminated lollies are, so we recommend not eating any Rinda brand pineapple lollies if you have them,” the New Zealand Drug...
Authorities seek public’s help identifying suspected Texas serial killer after DNA links person to 2 murders
The Austin Police Department (APD) is requesting the public’s help to identify a suspected serial killer whose DNA was linked to the murders of two women in the metropolitan area. At about 4 p.m. June 21, police responded to a call from someone who reported seeing what appeared to be a body at a home...
Police ally of scandal-ridden Mayor Tiffany Henyard indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges
A top police officer and ally of controversial Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury on bankruptcy fraud charges. Lewis A. Lacey, 61, the former deputy chief of police of Dolton, Illinois, is accused of concealing assets and income to avoid paying creditors and settling a lawsuit, according to...
New Zealand food bank mistakenly distributes 'potentially lethal' amount of meth disguised as candy
A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission on Wednesday said that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down...
Four Georgia men arrested for theft of cooking oil in bulk: Police
Four men were arrested in Cartersville, Georgia, for the theft of cooking oil in bulk from several businesses, according to police. Carlos Laguna, 41, of Buford;Freddy Valencia Aguirre, 36, of Tucker;Luis Gaitan-Obando, 41, of DeKalb County, and Yunier Eliuth Aguirre-Polanco, 24, of Atlanta, are all suspected of bulk theft of cooking oil from various restaurants...
Cancun police dismiss US college kids' claims of drugged water as 'exaggerated': report
Law enforcement in Mexico are claiming that the allegations made against a resort in Cancun are false and that the college girls from Oklahoma State University were never poisoned or drugged. The head of the State Attorney General’s office (FGE), Raciel López Salazar, says an investigation has determined neither of the students had drugs in...
Colorado police department shows new ways to use drones for law enforcement
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. – A police force in Colorado is finding new ways to solve crimes with drones. The Wheat Ridge Police Department said since they brought drones to their department in April, they have been able to use them to respond to different 911 calls almost every day. Alex Rose, the police department’s public...
Defense Department contractor charged after printing top secret documents, trying to leave with them to Mexico
An electrical engineer working with the Air Force is accused of printing over 150 pages of “top secret” government documents before attempting to flee the country for Mexico, according to prosecutors. Gokhan Gun, 50, was arrested Friday as he was departing for a flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Gun, a northern Virginia resident who was...
North Carolina sheriff hunting 'Christmas Day Killer' knows him personally, warns he has 'nothing to lose'
A North Carolina sheriff issued a new warning Wednesday as the manhunt for an escaped convicted murderer, Ramone Jamarr Alston, dubbed the “Christmas Day Killer,” entered its second day. Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said he grew up with the escapee’s father and has known him for a long time. “He was a troubled child,...









