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Roseland, IN

The Bendr Daily

In a shocking development, two individuals have been apprehended following accusations of embezzling thousands of dollars from a hotel located in Roseland. Roseland Police have identified the suspects as Sara Penter and Kristin Bridges, both of whom were employed at the Holiday Inn Express during the time of the alleged thefts, which occurred in December 2023. Authorities conducted a thorough investigation, reviewing financial records and conducting interviews with multiple witnesses before moving forward with the arrests.

Former Hotel Employees Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Over $50,000 in Roseland

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Santa Monica, CA

Brigid Pfeifer

The world has lost a ground breaking acting legend. On March 29th, 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. passed away in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old. Gossett Jr. was born in 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. After obtaining a sports injury at age 17, he was encouraged to participate in a school play. Not long afterwards, he was encouraged to try out for a Broadway play. The rest, as they say, was history.

Academy Award Winning Actor Dies at Age 87

Wasco, CA

The Quick Historian

In Wasco, California, deputies arrested a 28-year-old man after he was observed walking around and brandishing the severed leg of an individual struck and killed by a train nearby.

Man arrested after waving around and eating severed leg

Santa Ana, CA

Garden Grove, CA

The Orange County Tribune

SUSPECTS readied for processing after raid on a suspected gambling “slap house” in Garden Grove (GGPD photo). Seventeen people were arrested Thursday at a suspected “slaphouse” for illegal gambling in Garden Grove, according to police.

17 are arrested at ‘slaphouse’

Arkansas State

Little Rock, AR

Senai

Ebby Jane Steppach, a young woman from Little Rock, Arkansas, vanished under mysterious circumstances on October 25, 2015, sparking a harrowing tale of a life cut short and justice sought in the face of tragedy.

The Tragic Disappearance and Murder of Ebby Jane Steppach: Seeking Justice Amidst Mystery

Minnesota State

Sioux Falls, SD

CBS News

JACKSON, Minn. — A southern Minnesota community is mourning, supporting a family after their 1-year-old son fell to his death from a hotel window.Madden Hein was with his family visiting Sioux Falls, South Dakota, according to family members.Police in Sioux Falls said it was Saturday morning when they received a call of a 1-year-old boy falling out of a third-floor hotel window, in what appeared to be a tragic accident."That's exactly what it was, was an accident," said Amy Schuett, a family friend of more than 20 years.Madden Hein's parents, Kathryn and Alex Hein, are both coaches and teachers in the...

1-year-old boy from Minnesota dies in fall from South Dakota hotel window

San Francisco, CA

Los Gatos, CA

LOS GATOS – A Los Gatos man who starred in a real estate reality show was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay back nearly $10 million to his victims after being convicted of real estate fraud, prosecutors said Tuesday.According to Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen's office, 58-year-old Charles "Todd" Hill received a four-year sentence. Hill starred in the HGTV show "Flip It to Win It", which featured teams buying dilapidated homes and fixing them, before selling them for a profit.The show aired in 2014.Prosecutors said Hill was convicted in Sep. 2023 after admitting to grand theft with...

Former HGTV star from Los Gatos sentenced in $10M real estate fraud case

Colorado State

Colorado Springs, CO

A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday.The indictment reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors that Jon and Carie Hallford gave families dry concrete instead of cremated ashes and alleges the couple buried the wrong body on two occasions.The couple also collected more than $130,000 from families for cremations and burial services they never provided, the indictment said.The 15 charges brought by the federal...

Owners of Colorado funeral home with decaying bodies face federal charges

Georgia State

Osprey, FL

Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died. He was 80.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts' manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been battling cancer for more than a year and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said."He was surrounded by his whole family and he passed peacefully. They didn't think he was in any pain," Spero said by phone.Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to help give the...

Dickey Betts, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, dies at 80

Shenandoah, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

SHENANDOAH – Two men have been identified and warrants have been issued for their arrest...
The post Men identified, charged, sought for Family Dollar burglary first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Men identified, charged, sought for Family Dollar burglary

Old Bridge Township, NJ

Flour, Eggs and Yeast

It appears that a struggling chain may have recieved a desperately needed lifeline. The restaurant industry has been in a tailspin since covid, especially in the casual dining and bars segment. Many major chains have been heavily discounting food and drink in order to bring people in. Recently TGI Fridays has $5 Happy Hours and appears to be doubling down on the bar scene again. Some of the chains also have gone above and beyond lowering margins and in some cases quality to keep the lights on. With this latest move, it seems that the single bar scene may have new life, we learned one of the world’s largest casual dining companies that proudly serves guests with over 850 restaurants in more than 55 countries was about to be taken over.

Popular Restaurant Chain Sold Off to Avoid Closing Doors For Good

Baltimore, MD

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

Las Vegas, NV

O.J. Simpson's longtime attorney and the executor of his estate has backpedaled on earlier remarks suggesting he would block any claims for settlement money from Ron Goldman's family members, who along with Nicole Brown's family were awarded millions in a civil judgment that was never paid in full.Nevada-based lawyer Malcolm LaVergne had represented Simpson, the former NFL star and acquitted murder defendant notoriously found not guilty in the killings of Goldman and Brown, from 2009 until his death from prostate cancer last week. Simpson's will was filed in a Clark County court and formally named LaVergne the executor of his estate....

Executor of O.J. Simpson's estate changes stance on Goldman family payout

King County, WA

Connell, WA

Timothy A Gruver

A King County practical nurse has been charged with misconduct for romancing a prisoner, the Department of Health reports. In March, the Board of Nursing charged licensed practical nurse Monica A. Davis with unprofessional conduct, according to the DOH.

Nurse Charged for Inappropriate Prisoner Romance

Washington, DC

Baltimore prosecutors on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man in the cold case homicide of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer in 2017.The officer, Sgt. Tony Anthony Mason Jr., was shot to death while sitting in a parked car with a woman he had been dating, according to police. She was also shot but survived.The case sat unsolved for five years until detectives received a tip in early 2023 that reinvigorated their investigation and led to charges against Dion Thompson, 24, prosecutors said in a news release Wednesday. Thompson, who was 18 at the time of the shooting, is...

Tip leads to arrest in cold case killing of off-duty D.C. cop

Ohio State

South Charleston, OH

An 81-year-old Ohio man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting an Uber driver who thought she was picking up a package from the man's house. Both appeared to have been victims of scam phone calls, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.The Uber driver, Loletha Hall, was found shot multiple times near 81-year-old William Brock's South Charleston home on March 25. Brock, who had called 911, had an injury to his head and ear and was bleeding when police arrived, according to a police report.Hall, a Black woman, was taken to a hospital in Dayton,...

Ohio man allegedly shoots, kills Uber driver after both received scam calls

Tybee Island, GA

Tybee Island, Ga. — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blocking access to nearby parking.Tybee Island, east of Savannah, has grappled with the April beach party known as Orange Crush since students at Savannah State University, a historically Black school, started it more than 30 years ago. Residents regularly groused about loud music, trash littering the sand and revelers urinating in yards.  Those complaints...

Georgia beach town trying to curb large annual gathering of Black students

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Disney employees and former judge among 108 arrested in human trafficking sting, Florida police say

Authorities have arrested 108 people, including alleged child sexual predators and those seeking prostitutes, in a six-day undercover human trafficking operation in Florida. Among those taken...

Disney employees and former judge among 108 arrested in human trafficking sting, Florida police say

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