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One person was hurt when a business was robbed Friday morning in Schuylkill County. Police were on the scene just a minute after the robbery call came in from the We R Cigarettes store on Mauch Chunk Street. Investigators said three men wearing Halloween masks entered the business just after the place opened and, at gunpoint, ordered customers to the floor. One of the customers was hit with a gun. The owner was ordered to put all his money in a Santa bag. "We're easy targets, I guess. Nobody that I know was hurt, expect the one customer. I am...

Unofficial website popular with Saint Louis, Missouri police contained a death threat against Brett Darrow three months before his recent encounter.When stopped by an out-of-control St. George, Missouri police officer last Friday, motorist Brett Darrow feared for his life (view story and video). It turns out, he had legitimate reason for concern. Three months ago, participants in an online forum frequented by Saint Louis law enforcement personnel threatened to harass -- and even physically harm -- Darrow. The messages appeared on St. Louis CopTalk, a site that describes itself as a site "for the use of law enforcement officers employed...