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Serial ATM Bombers May Be on the Loose in Florida, Officials Say
Authorities in Florida are investigating a series of ATM explosions that appear to be linked, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The latest explosion, which targeted a drive-up cash machine at a Regions Bank in the Tampa suburb of Valrico, occurred overnight Sunday, the sheriff’s office said in a statement, NBC News reported.
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Md. Man Abducts Victim, Forces Him to Make Multiple Withdrawals, Down Hennessy
Federal prosecutors say three men beat a man, forced him to drink a bottle of liquor and locked him in a trunk, while driving the victim to multiple ATMs and making him withdraw cash.
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76-Year-Old New Jersey Woman Tricked Into Giving Away $125,000 to Online Boyfriend
A 76-year-old woman was tricked into giving $125,000 to a man who pretended to be in a romantic relationship with her, New Jersey police said.
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraud for Embezzling $400K
A Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer.
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Hot Air Balloons Hit the Skies for Annual Plainville Festival
For 35 years, Plainville firefighters have been going above and beyond to help the community, and it’s not just about fighting fires.
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‘I-95 Killer' Who Preyed on Gay Men Executed in Florida
Gary Ray Bowles, a serial killer who preyed on older gay men during an eight-month spree that left six dead, was executed by lethal injection Thursday at Florida State Prison. The sentence was carried out at 10:58 p.m., according to the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Bowles received the death penalty for the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in...
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Armored Truck Guards Shoot at ‘Brazen' Robbers During University City Heist, Police Say
Two armored truck guards fired at two robbers during a morning heist that had people running from a crowded intersection in Philadelphia’s University City Thursday.
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Man Used Jaws of Life to Pry Open ATMs, Steal Money: Police
Southington police have arrested a man who is accused of using a Jaws of Life to pry open ATMs and steal money from them.
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Students of the ‘River Brigade' Help Clean Up Naugatuck River
The River Brigade helps clean up the trash in the Naugatuck River.
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White House Hopefuls Swarm Rival's Home Turf of California
The Democrats who want to be president are swarming California, competing for campaign cash and media attention while courting longtime allies of home-state Sen. Kamala Harris on their rival’s own turf.
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Home Health Care Aide Stole $22K From Client: Shelton Police
A home health care aide is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her elderly client in Shelton.
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Mayor Charged in Federal Indictment Recalled, Then Re-Elected
In an unorthodox turn of events, voters in Fall River re-elected their embattled mayor Tuesday on the same night that he was recalled from duty. A recall election took place in the southeastern Massachusetts city for Mayor Jasiel Correia, who declined to step down after being charged last year with defrauding investors in an app he developed. He pleaded not...
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Suspect in Chilling Connecticut Death Overstayed Visa, Sources Say
The suspect in the chilling death of a young woman whose body was found bound and stuffed in a suitcase and left on the side of a road in an upscale Connecticut suburb was in the country illegally, according to law enforcement sources.
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Wells Fargo Says It Is Working to Fully Restore Systems as Outage Spills Into Day Two
Amid a deluge of complaints that paychecks and other direct deposits weren’t going through to customer accounts, Wells Fargo on Friday said it has corrected the issue and transactions should now be reflected in customer balances. The bank is still scrambling to restore normal service after customers were shut out of mobile and online banking services on Thursday. ATM services...
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Trump-Pelosi Shutdown Showdown Marks First Battle of New Era
Nancy Pelosi often quotes Abraham Lincoln saying public sentiment is everything. It’s a theory that will be put to the test when the new House Democratic majority gavels in this week and votes to end the government shutdown without money for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico. The high-stakes move to reopen the government will be the first big...
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Nationwide Internet Outage Affects CenturyLink Customers
Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that even affected some Verizon customers. The outage began early in the day but by late Thursday night, the company tweeted that its engineers had identified a “network element” that was affecting services and expected to fully restore services within hours. CenturyLink said early Friday morning...
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Remains Found During Search for Hallandale Beach Woman Who Vanished in 2010
Human remains have been found in a wooded area in Miami Gardens as part of an investigation into the 2010 disappearance of a Hallandale Beach woman, police said Thursday.
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Houston-Area ATM Mistakenly Dispenses $100 Bills, Not $10s
Bank of America says customers who received $100 bills instead of $10 bills at a Houston-area ATM can keep the extra cash.
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Video Shows Bystanders Helping Fla. Couple Being Robbed at ATM
Two bystanders stopped an armed robber who attacked a couple while they were trying to make a deposit at a central Florida ATM. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the couple was sitting in their car at the drive-thru of the Chase Bank on South Orange Blossom Trail when the robber “came out of nowhere” and tried to take the...
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Suspect in Downtown Milford Robberies Arrested
The suspect in two Milford robberies that happened earlier this month has been arrested.