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A 73-year-old retiree was taken away in handcuffs after failing to pay a $508.27 debt to a local contractor. Iheanyi D. Okoroafor was detained on June 11. 

Nigerian officials may have closed their investigation into the kidnapping of more than 200 missing girls, but the case is not closed. In fact, at least 60 girls and women and more than 30 boys were abducted over the weekend. The Boko Haram terror group is believed to be responsible for the kidnapping. 

A mug shot of a California man arrested on felony weapons charges has gone viral on social media. Jeremy Meeks’ photo, posted to the Stockton Police Department’s Facebook page, has more than 63,000 “likes” and it has very little to do with his offenses. 

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A man believed to have stabbed two small children in a Brooklyn public housing building elevator has been detained by police. Daniel St. Hubert, 27, was picked up a little after 8 p.m. on Wednesday in Queens. He is being investigated for the death of Prince Joshua Avitto,6, and the injury of 7-year-old Mikayla Capers. 

Five friends of a California man who was fatally shot by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police have reached a settlement. Jack Bryson Jr., Nigel Bryson, Michael Greer, Carlos Reyes and Fernando Anicete Jr. will split $175,000 as part of a settlement reached late last month against BART. 

Militants believed to be part of the Boko Haram terror group again attacked the remote Nigerian town from which nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped.  12 members of Nigeria’s military died as a result of the attack.

Nubia Bowe says a train ride home on the BART March 21 was the worse night of her life.  The night ended with her being accused by police of intimidating a witness and her friends being handcuffed for dancing on the Los Angeles train system. The teen now faces four misdemeanors and was kicked out […]

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Aquino was tackled, handcuffed and charged with resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer while at his California home last December. A neighbor had called 911 and reported seeing a man walking around the house suspiciously. 

Semen matching former NFL star Darren Sharper’s DNA was found on the leggings of one of his alleged rape victims in Arizona. The findings came during testimony from a Tempe police detective on Wednesday. 

A Louisiana man says he was unlawfully detained by police after they responded to a domestic dispute. Donrell Breaux, 26, also questioned the relationship between the responding deputy and the neighbor with which he had the altercation with. 

A north St. Louis man claims he was unfairly targeted, harassed and detained by police officers. 21-year-old Terry Robinson said officers saw him outside in the Blair neighborhood, handcuffed him and pretended to drive back to the police station.