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Stolen Fort Collins Baby Jesus Comes Back to Fire Station 1 With a Note Calling the Theft a Dumb Mistake and No Charges Filed
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december 26, 2024
Stolen Fort Collins Baby Jesus Comes Back to Fire Station 1 With a Note Calling the Theft a Dumb Mistake and No Charges Filed
Someone took the infant figure from the Old Town Square nativity in Fort Collins early on December 15, 2024. On December 19 it was left at Poudre Fire Authority Station…
Florida Highway Patrol Still Has No Name for the Santa-Suited Motorcyclist Who Hit 120 mph in Citrus County and Vanished
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december 24, 2024
Florida Highway Patrol Still Has No Name for the Santa-Suited Motorcyclist Who Hit 120 mph in Citrus County and Vanished
On December 21, 2024, FHP clocked a rider in a full Santa suit on a white motorcycle with blue trim at about 120 mph in Beverly Hills, Florida. Dashcam shows…
David Lane Braff Jr. Held to Answer on 33 Counts Involving 15 Children After the Santa Paula School Counseling Case Expands Into Civil Court
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november 23, 2024
David Lane Braff Jr. Held to Answer on 33 Counts Involving 15 Children After the Santa Paula School Counseling Case Expands Into Civil Court
David Lane Braff Jr., arrested November 22, 2024, as an assistant principal, is accused of crimes against children while a counselor at McKevett Elementary in Santa Paula. A Ventura County…
Axon Draft One Writes Police Report Narratives From Body-Cam Audio as California Forces Agencies to Keep the First AI Draft
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augustus 26, 2024
Axon Draft One Writes Police Report Narratives From Body-Cam Audio as California Forces Agencies to Keep the First AI Draft
Draft One turns body-worn camera audio into a first-person incident narrative. Officers still sign the report. California's SB 524 and an Axon December 2025 setting now push departments to retain…
Dutch Regulator’s 290 Million Euro Uber GDPR Fine Still Sits on Appeal After an 825 Million Follow-On Penalty
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augustus 26, 2024
Dutch Regulator’s 290 Million Euro Uber GDPR Fine Still Sits on Appeal After an 825 Million Follow-On Penalty
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens fined Uber 290 million euros on August 26, 2024, for sending EEA driver data to the United States without Article 44 safeguards. Uber appealed. On August 17,…
Iowa Students 3D-Scan Dolly, the 13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull Pulled From a Wayne County Creek
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augustus 26, 2024
Iowa Students 3D-Scan Dolly, the 13,600-Year-Old Mastodon Skull Pulled From a Wayne County Creek
The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist dug a 12-day excavation in August 2024 after a fall 2022 find on private land. Radiocarbon dating put the animal at…
Former WACH Fox 57 Sports Anchor Matthew Turner Vereen Gets 30 Months After Pleading Guilty in Richland County
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augustus 26, 2024
Former WACH Fox 57 Sports Anchor Matthew Turner Vereen Gets 30 Months After Pleading Guilty in Richland County
Matthew Turner Vereen was arrested August 21, 2024, after South Carolina's ICAC task force found child sexual abuse material on his laptop. In September 2025 he pleaded guilty to one…
Thieves Tunneled Through Three Layers of Brick Into Adams Morgan’s Le Liquor and Took More Than $100,000 in Gold
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augustus 22, 2024
Thieves Tunneled Through Three Layers of Brick Into Adams Morgan’s Le Liquor and Took More Than $100,000 in Gold
Overnight August 20-21, 2024, a crew broke through a vacant restaurant wall into Tam Le's Columbia Road shop, skipped the liquor, and went for gold and watches. MPD opened a…
Belmar Special Officer Ryan Braswell Tackled Surfer Liam Mahoney Over a Beach Badge Before a $1,410 Diversion Deal Closed the Case
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augustus 22, 2024
Belmar Special Officer Ryan Braswell Tackled Surfer Liam Mahoney Over a Beach Badge Before a $1,410 Diversion Deal Closed the Case
Body-cam and bystander video from August 20, 2024, show Belmar officers taking Liam Mahoney down at 19th Avenue after a badge argument. In June 2025 he paid $1,410 and entered…
California Visitor Liza Phillips and Houseguest Ted Rock Push a Live Great White Shark Off Low Beach in Siasconset After It Was Pinned Helpless in the Surf
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augustus 22, 2024
California Visitor Liza Phillips and Houseguest Ted Rock Push a Live Great White Shark Off Low Beach in Siasconset After It Was Pinned Helpless in the Surf
On August 16, 2024, Liza Phillips and Ted Rock shoved a ram-ventilating great white off Low Beach on Nantucket. Marine teams still tell the public not to put hands on…