Retailers Are Racking Up Billions In Losses To Organized Retail Crime

The Nike store in Portland, Oregon, has been closed for weeks because of theft crimes, and it is unclear when it will reopen. “Our store is closed for the next 7 days,” reads a message on the Nike Community Store Portland website, according to KGW8. According to the outlet, this message has been in place for weeks. The store has long had a problem with theft, and shoplifting has increased, according to several people with …

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Idaho College Students All Likely Killed With ‘Rambo’ Style Knife

According to reports, authorities are searching for a “Rambo”-style knife in connection with the grisly killings of four University of Idaho students. In an interview with the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday, Moscow Building Supply general manager Scott Jutte said that police had visited the store numerous times asking if any Ka-Bar knives had been sold. In an interview with the local paper, Jutte said “they specifically asked whether we carried Ka-Bar-style knives.” “If we did, …

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Border Patrol Agents Shot In Shootout With Drug Smugglers

On Thursday, several Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were shot while boarding a suspected smuggling vessel. There have been no details provided regarding the conditions of the agents involved in the incident. CBP has yet to identify any of the victims. Three CBP Marine Interdiction Agents were involved in a gunfight with individuals on board a suspected smuggling vessel when they approached 14 miles off the coast of Cabo Rojo Puerto Rico on Nov. …

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20 Police Recruits Run Over By Driver While On Morning Jog

A driver plowed into more than 20 recruits while out on a morning run in California on Wednesday, injuring at least five critically. California Highway Patrol says the incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. local time, and the recruits were taken to hospitals. A suspect believed to be the vehicle’s driver has been arrested. A total of five people suffered critical injuries, four suffered moderate injuries, and 14 others suffered minor injuries, according to the Los …

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Two Adults and Three Kids Found Dead Inside Phoenix Home

On Wednesday morning, emergency crews responded to a “hazardous situation” at a home in Phoenix, Arizona, and found five dead. A call was received just after 8 a.m. regarding the situation near 7th Avenue and Northern Avenue. In a press conference held Wednesday morning, Captain Todd Keller of the Phoenix Fire Department said that crews responding to a “hazardous situation” arrived on the scene at 8:11 a.m. and found multiple victims dead inside. According to …

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Four Men In Kansas, Including Former Detective, Charged With Holding And Forcing Women Into Prostitution

On Monday, a federal grand jury indicted four Kansas men for conspiring to hold young women involuntarily for sexual acts decades ago. For crimes committed between 1996 and 1998, a Topeka, Kansas grand jury indicted former Kansas City Police Department Detective Roger Golubski, Cecil Brooks, LeMark Roberson, and Richard Robinson. The indictment states that Brooks provided an apartment in Kansas City where he, Roberson, and Robinson threatened, beat, and sexually assaulted young women in order …

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Man Drugs A Woman With Heroin And Throws Her Off A Bridge

According to court records, a man in New Mexico could be sentenced to up to 50 years in prison after injecting a woman with heroin and throwing her off a bridge into the Rio Grande in February 2020. Witnesses said the woman floated down the river and sought help at a nearby home after reaching a riverbank. After a three-day trial in Tierra Amarilla, a Rio Arriba County jury found 47-year-old Brenton Rael guilty Thursday. …

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A Nurse Is Charged With Killing 7 Babies And Attempting To Kill 10 More

When she walked in and found him alone with the nurse, the mother of a newborn baby allegedly murdered by Lucy Letby heard his “horrendous” screams and noticed blood around his mouth. For legal reasons, the woman cannot be named, but said she was “frightened” after seeing her five-day-old son because she “knew something was very wrong.” Between 2015 and 2016, Letby, 32, is accused of murdering seven babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s …

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Four College Students Killed In Apparent Homicide

The names of four University of Idaho students killed in an apparent quadruple homicide were released by police in Moscow, Idaho. Among the victims are Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Arizona; and Kaylee GonCalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho. There are limited details in this investigation, the Moscow Police Department (MPD) said in a statement Monday afternoon. “At this time, no one is …

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Major Drug Trafficking Ring Busted In St. Petersburg Florida

According to St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway, the investigation was launched to reduce gun violence in the Tampa Bay area, but ended with local, state, and federal agencies taking down a major regional drug ring. Holloway told reporters Tuesday that one to two tractor-trailers have been coming from California to Hillsborough County every week since at least January. According to officials, those shipments will be picked up and delivered throughout the Tampa Bay area …

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