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... A Texas mom is accused of packing up her entire apartment while her child was at school, and moving out without telling him. Erica Renee Sanders has been charged with felony child endangerment after allegedly moving out of the Copperas Cove apartment where she and her 12-year-old son were staying while he was at school — without informing him, according to a complaint obtained by PEOPLE. Local outlet KWTX was first to report the news. The middle schooler’s principal alerted officers with the Copperas Cove Police Department to the situation around 5:18 p.m. local time on Friday, Oct. 17,...

Knife-Wielding Veteran Sniper Rushes White House, Wants To Warn Obama "Atmosphere Is Collapsing" Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/21/2014 Of the stories in the past two days, there is hardly anything more bizarre than that of Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, a veteran had served three tours in Iraq — and relatives said served as a sniper — managed to jump over the White House fence, sprinted more than 70 yards across the Northern Lawn, got to the front double doors of the North Portico, turned the brass knob and stepped inside the vestibule. "There he was grabbed...

Arrest made in Copperas Cove girl's abduction 01/06/2003 Associated Press COPPERAS COVE, Texas - A 17-year-old girl who officials said was abducted Sunday morning from her mother's home was released unharmed by her abductor hours later about 30 miles away. An Amber Alert had been issued for Emerald Marie Porter. She had cuts and bruises on her face when she disappeared. Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Porter was OK when she was released. Mange said Porter was released by her abductor on Fort Hood property near Lake Belton, about 30 miles north...