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Cape Coral, FL - An 81-year-old woman was arrested for kicking an officer in the groin during a drunken outburst at a Southwest Florida restaurant. According to police, the woman, identified as Clarella Potter, tried to punch restaurant staff at Fathoms Restaurant and Bar in Cape Coral. Employees called the Cape Coral Police Department for assistance. When officers arrived, they realized Potter was heavily intoxicated and asked if she had a family member who could take her home. Potter's drunken behavior turned to anger and she grabbed an officer by the back of the neck. Despite being moved to a...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The man who broke into a 72-year-old woman's southside home by busting through the front window has been charged with burglary. Alex Melton, 26, told police he was being chased when he entered the home. It was on Wednesday night at about 8 p.m. when the elderly woman who lives on Ferndale Avenue, on Youngstown's southside says she was forced to defend herself and her property from the intruder. The woman was in her living room when she heard the front door rattle and saw a shadow walk past her front window. Then she heard the glass...

Five armed men who attempted to rob a jewellery store were left scrambling for the door when a 65-year-old woman opened fire on them. The handgun-wielding thieves, clad in hoodies, were forced to flee Continental Jewelry in Garden Grove, California, after the woman chased after them last week. The men pulled up to the store in a white Ford SUV and entered one by one, pointing their guns at the clerks and one customer. They ordered everybody to drop to the ground, while opening up pillowcases and demanding cash in what was likely to be a violent smash-and-grab heist. But...