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Police Shoot a 12-year-old Boy Who Was Scaring People with a Fake Weapon

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(11-23-2014) In Cleveland, Ohio, police and the Kuyahoga County Prosecutors Office are investigating a police shooting incident that killed a 12-year-old boy who was wielding a fake gun outside a recreation center. Deputy Chief Ed Pomba says that one officer fired twice after the boy, Tamir Rice, pulled the fake weapon from his waistband.  He never pointed it at police, he never made any verbal threat.  Police say he simply retrieved the replica after being told to raise his hands. … Continue reading →

Knife Incident at School Lands Model Student in Juvenile Hall

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A personal story submitted November 2011 My daughter is 12 years old and used to attend a middle school in XXXX ISD in Texas. In early October a boy that she goes to school with came to our house and told my child that he’d heard a rumor that she was going to get “jumped” (beat up) after school. He handed her a pocket knife and told her to keep it on her at all times. The knife had been … Continue reading →

Bus Driver Saves Family

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In Buffalo, New York, a bus driver tending to his route on an early Monday morning noticed smoke coming from the back of a house. So Richard Lucas stopped the bus, ran to the house and banged on the front door, waking the sleeping family. Thanks to his quick actions, 10 people (including seven children) were able to escape the two-family home. July 15, 2010

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Exterminators Pesticide Use Causes Deaths Of Two Young Girls

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April 8, 2010 When you call an exterminator, you expect them to help you get rid of pests. You don’t expect that your children will be exterminated in the process. That is precisely what happened to 15-month-old Rachel Toone and her 4-year-old sister, Rebecca. The two siblings died three days apart after battling for their life in the intensive care unit of a hospital. Both were poisoned after breathing in high levels of phosphorus at their home in February. They … Continue reading →

Dog Helps Little Girl Survive the Night

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February 2010 Three-year-old Victoria Bensch of Corder Lakes, Arizona, was playing outside her home on a late February afternoon when she disappeared. One of the family’s dogs, Blue, was also missing. Authorities weren’t sure if she wandered off looking for the dog or if the two were even together, but since there were no signs of foul play, police assumed that the girl was merely lost. As night set in and temperatures dipped into the low thirties, authorities launched a … Continue reading →

Drunk 4-Year-Old Goes on Rampage Stealing Christmas Presents

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Dec. 16, 2009 In one of the most unique stories we’ve ever encountered, police in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had their hands full in dealing with a drunk 4-year-old boy who, beer in hand, was found wandering the streets of his neighborhood in the middle of the night stealing Christmas presents from neighbors. Aside from the strangeness of this incident, the sad story behind it is a lesson to us all. The child, Hayden Wright, was found at around 1:45 in the … Continue reading →

Spring Cleaning Uncovers Pipe Bomb

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Aug. 7, 2009 What interesting treasures do you find when cleaning out your house? Some old baseball cards? Perhaps a vintage photograph or two? There’s usually at least one or two odd treasures to be found. But what one woman came across during her fall cleaning has to take the cake. In Portland Township, Michigan, a woman who was cleaning out her garage was surprised to find a live pipe bomb. Her family had lived in the house for 11 … Continue reading →

Moose Attacks 8-year-old Boy

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5-25-07 An Alaskan police officer shot and killed a female moose, after it tried to trample an 8-year-old boy. The child was outside playing between houses when the moose appeared and charged, said police spokesman Lt. Paul Honeman. The boy was kicked by the moose, but suffered only minor injuries. The moose had with her twin calves, whom she had likely given birth to within the past week. The child, the moose, and the calves were cornered between homes in … Continue reading →

Woman Trades Kids for a Pet Bird

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2-27-09 A Louisiana woman has been charged with aggravated kidnapping, after she allegedly traded two young children for a pet bird and $175. Fifty-three-year-old Donna Greenwell, a long-haul trucker from Pitkin, was at a livestock barn when she noticed a posted flier selling a cockatoo for $1,500. She called the number, and that’s when she met the Romeros. Paul Romero, 46, and Brandy Lynn Romero, 27, of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, were the ones selling the bird. When Donna showed up … Continue reading →