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A barbershop in Brooklyn that was allegedly flouting coronavirus-induced social distancing rules had their (again, alleged) good time broken up by cops, after it was discovered they were having an underground party with more than 50 people in attendance. This fairly large get-together had been occurring on Saturday, at least until “just after 10 p.m.” […]
Though we live in a time when social distancing is encouraged, one man found himself so isolated he was forced to call for help. According to the Gothamist, a kayaker who was missing for twelve hours was rescued Thursday from a remote island near Queens. The 36-year-old man, whose identity has not been made public, was found […]
Online scams are increasing as people continue to spend time at home and in front of phone and computer screens due to the global pandemic. Lafayette, Louisiana police are advising the public to remain vigilant about sharing personal information after a new Facebook challenge, which asks people for their info. “One of the most recent ones […]
A Muslim woman is suing the City of Yonkers after local police allegedly forced her to remove her hijab. According to the civil lawsuit obtained by the Huffington Post, 42-year-old Ihsan Malkawi has accused the police department of violating her religious rights after she was taken into custody last year. The complaint states Malkawi and her husband were […]
Baltimore officials are investigating a video in which an officer appears to intentionally cough around residents of a public housing complex. The footage was posted on social media this week and shows an unidentified sergeant walking outside the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore. The woman behind the camera taunts the approaching officer, shouting: “Hey officer friendly with the cherry cheeks.” The sergeant […]
The city of Crowley, Louisiana implemented its coronavirus curfew last week, and in an effort to alert residents of when the curfew was in effect, the police department wanted to use a siren that could be easily differentiated from the identifiable sound of a police car. Little did they know at the time that their choice of siren was taken from the […]
Floyd Mayweather‘s daughter, Iyanna Mayweather, has been arrested allegedly stabbing a woman over YoungBoy Never Broke Again, TMZ reports. Mayweather is reportedly being held at Houston’s Harris County jail after being arrested at 1:30 a.m. on Saturday. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that YoungBoy and Lapattra Lashai Jacobs were at his home Iyanna arrived at the residence. Mayweather told the woman […]
A man from Florida Washington was arrested on Sunday after leading police on a high speed chase. According to early local reports, police believe the man’s pet pit bull may have been driving for part of that incident. Updated reports state that the man was attempting to teach that dog to drive. The suspect has […]
A 24-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with breaking the state’s stay-at-home directive after she threw a molotov cocktail at her boyfriend’s residence. Karley A. Rossell has also been charged with arson and weapons offenses, the Courier-Post reports. The incident happened last Wednesday. The molotov cocktail “did not detonate,” the Attorney General’s Office said in […]
With the surging popularity of Netflix’s Tiger King docu-series, police are looking for new leads on the disappearance of Carole Baskin’s husband. Jack “Don” Lewis was last seen on Aug. 18, 1997, and his disappearance is still an active cold case. Multiple people in the doc have accused Baskin of killing him, and then feeding him to […]
