From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
The arrest of a North-Central Pennsylvania man on internet child pornography charges spurred dozens of more arrests from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, state police said.
Half of the 44 men arrested since the investigation began three months ago are from Western Pennsylvania counties or connected to cases on this side of the state.
Two agencies, [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Decatur police have issued an Amber Alert after two young boys, one of them a 1-month-old infant, who were abducted this afternoon.
Authorities said that J-Amarcus Upchurch and Terry Antonio Smith were taken by two men in the 1900 block of East Cantrell Street at about 3:30 p.m.
They were last [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
A 22-year-old man was found shot in the face and unresponsive this morning on Chicago’s South Side.
Jovan Kelly, of the 8600 block of South Paxton Avenue, was pronounced dead this morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police are investigating, according to the Trib.
Any fool can shoot [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Bystanders flagged down a CTA bus for help after a man and a woman were critically shot on the West Side Saturday night.
Both victims, in their mid-20s, were taken from Cermak Road and Rockwell Street to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition at about 7:35 p.m. Saturday night, Fire Media Affairs spokesman [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Authorities say eight teenage boys were shot while leaving a Gary, Ind., skating rink where they were attending a concert.
Police Cpl. Gabrielle King says "chaos broke loose" when a fight erupted Friday night event at World of Skates. Police say the shooting started in the parking lot.
The victims were taken to [...]
From ENEWSPF:
The Chicago F.B.I. has confirmed a report that the First Midwest Bank, 2 Main Street, Park Forest, was robbed this morning.
According to Special Agent Julia Meredith of the Chicago F.B.I., at approximately 11:40 a.m. Friday morning, two female employees were servicing the ATM on the north side of the building when they were approached [...]
News out of San Diego via WGN Chicago:
A convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King while raping or attempting to rape her was linked to the crime by DNA from semen found in her clothing, a state Justice Department spokeswoman said.
The break led to the weekend arrest of [...]
First from the Sun-Times:
A suspect in the triple murder of a family in west suburban Darien was arrested this afternoon in south Florida, authorities said.
Jacob Nodarse, 23, of Lemont, was sleeping in a van outside his parents’ house in Lehigh Acres, Fla., when police and deputy U.S. marshals arrested him at about 4 p.m. [...]
From CNN:
A killer whale killed a trainer Wednesday afternoon at SeaWorld’s Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Florida, a public information officer for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.
The 40-year-old woman, identified by sheriff’s spokesman Jim Solomons as Dawn Brancheau, was in the whale holding area about 2 p.m. when "she apparently slipped or fell into the [...]
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