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Convicted pedophiles have been living in city homeless shelters near elementary schools in a clear violation of state law — and bureaucrats in Albany and New York are frantically trying to duck the blame by pointing fingers at each other. A frightening state Senate report that will be made public on Monday shocked officials into freezing the release of all parole-eligible perverts from prison until authorities can fix a system that allowed child predators to reside within 1,000 feet of schools. The total number of degenerates living in close proximity to schools was not immediately clear. State officials blamed the...

OPINION: This article contains commentary which reflects the author’s opinion A video has emerged online of a saggy-pants-wearing soy boy who thought it would be a good idea to harass and then attack an elderly gentleman as the man walked with a bag of groceries in his hands. The would-be victim put his groceries down for a moment to give the punk a brutal dose of instant justice, proving the thug picked on the wrong guy. The elderly gentleman was recently walking at what appears to be an outdoor shopping center with a bag of groceries in his hands. Incidentally,...

One person was killed and another injured Sunday night after being struck by a car in the Uptown area of Minneapolis during a protest, near the site where Winston Smith was shot by sheriff’s deputies earlier this month. A witness said the eastbound SUV was moving at a high rate of speed as it approached just before midnight, and that the driver appeared to accelerate as they got closer to demonstrators who had blocked off Lake Street near Girard Avenue. The driver struck a vehicle parked across one of the traffic lanes on Lake Street, apparently positioned to protect the...

It seems like a crazy urban legend: In China, drivers who have injured pedestrians will sometimes then try to kill them. And yet not only is it true, but it’s also fairly common; security cameras have regularly captured drivers driving back and forth on top of victims to make sure that they are dead. The Chinese language even has an adage for the phenomenon: “It is better to hit to kill than to hit and injure.” In contrast in our country, BLM regularly blocks roads and in most situations, the drivers are the ones that took the hit. When massive...

A new video we just received from an anonymous sender from San Leandro California shows the moment two armed robbers run up to a man walking next to his vehicle. The man who was attacked was allegedly a former Navy Seal and his reaction was priceless. He managed to defend himself from the two black males who were carrying a gun, and not only that, but he managed to bodyslam one of them to the ground. While he pinned the man/teen down the other robber says “let him go.” The screaming of the robber was another moment that was really...

TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa teenager used a sword he'd bought at Mayfest to defend himself during a home invasion Friday night. Police say the 17-year-old was home alone at a residence in the 5200 block of South 36th West Avenue. Just before 11 p.m., officers say suspect Jeremy Wayne Olson kicked in part of the front door, reached in and unlocked it. The victim ran into a back bedroom and grabbed a sword he purchased at Mayfest. As Olson entered the bedroom, the teen struck him in the head with the blade, according to police. The 18-year-old Olson ran...

A Philadelphia man was shot dead Tuesday night after he made the mistake of trying to rob a man who had a pistol packin’ mama nearby, police say. A 23-year-old man was in the stairwell of his East Oak Lane apartment building with his girlfriend at about 9 p.m. when a 19-year-old man walked up to them, pistol-whipped the man and shot him in the leg while trying to rob him, according to police. The victim’s 46-year-old mother heard the commotion from her upstairs apartment, grabbed her legally registered gun, went into the stairwell and shot the suspect, police say.

Two days after the West Oakland shootout that left 1-year-old Hiram Lawrence on life support with a bullet to the head and six other people wounded, one of the suspects in the attack unwittingly crossed paths with the tot's family at Children's Hospital Oakland - and got pummeled. Oakland police said the man - who was arrested on suspicion of assault - is one of the five "persons of interest" in the Nov. 29 firefight at Seventh and Willow streets, in the shadow of the elevated BART tracks. Three men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire on a group in a...

O.J. Simpson was beaten unconscious in a savage prison yard attack, according to a report in the National Enquirer. The assault was so brutal and debilitating that the disgraced NFL great is now afraid to leave his cell. The Enquirer said inmates cheered on a beefy young skinhead as he beat the most famous inmate at Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center to a "bloody pulp," knocking him to the ground and inflicting serious injuries. Simpson, 63, reportedly spent three weeks in the infirmary while prison officials attempted to hush up the incident. Supposedly Simpson was targeted in the lockup because his...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A car-burglary suspect fell to his death early today after he climbed over a wall on San Francisco's Telegraph Hill while trying to flee from police, authorities said. The incident began at 12:30 a.m. when police received reports of a someone breaking into a car on the unit block of Alta Street near Montgomery Street, east of Coit Tower. Officers set up surveillance in the area and spotted the man getting out of car. Police tried to stop him, but he took off running. At one point, he stumbled, and a screwdriver fell out of his pocket,...

A 19-year-old Sacramento man was shot and killed early this morning as he tried to break into a North Sacramento home, police said. The resident inside fired a shotgun through a door, striking the invader, police said. Sacramento Police Lt. James Beezley said the resident called 911 at 12:18 a.m. to report that two men were trying to break into his house in the 800 block of Carmelita Avenue off Rio Linda Boulevard. One of the men was carrying a rifle and trying to jam it through the door, which was slightly ajar, the resident reported to authorities. Beezley said...

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan authorities say a shoplifting suspect died after being crushed in a trash compactor where she was hiding. The Eaton County sheriff's department said two women fled a Lansing-area TJ Maxx discount store after spraying a security guard with Mace. A deputy found one of the women behind a trash compactor.

A suspect in a car break-in was socked in the face and held for police after the car’s owner and a neighbor interrupted his work. Walter Elliott, 41, is being held in the Shelby County Jail on $25,000 bond. According to a police affidavit, a neighbor called Rubin Whittaker of the 1300 block of Hemlock at 5 a.m. Tuesday and told him somebody was rummaging through his van. Whittaker and another neighbor, Anthony Williams, went to the van and told the man to get out. The suspect began to run, but the escape attempt was aborted when he was struck...

Authorities this morning said a 16-year-old Knoxville boy was killed during a weekend home break-in that prompted a gun battle inside the residence. Jamodd Mack died in the 2:24 a.m. Saturday break-in at 1304 Iredell Ave., said Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk. Mack and another person allegedly forced their way into the home through a back door, DeBusk said. Inside the home, Mack, who was armed with a handgun, was fired upon by a man who was visiting the woman who lives in the house, DeBusk. After the gun battle between the two people armed with handguns, Mack died...

It was a bad night for robbers in Memphis. The first incident happened at about 11:45 Wednesday night at a business in the 100 block of Peebles Road in South Memphis. Two suspects attempted to break into the store by ramming through the front door with a vehicle. The business owner was present at the time and shot one of the suspects as they fled, according to Memphis Felony Response. A short time later, a man matching the suspect’s description arrived at the Methodist South Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transferred to The Med, where he remains...

An accused stalker was shot to death Monday night by the object of his obsession after he broke into her Hessville home, police told the Northwest Indiana Times. Hammond resident Ryan Lee Bergner, 41, was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds to his abdomen shortly after 10:30 p.m. at a local hospital. According to the Times, Bergner went on a date with the 51-year-old woman last June, and his behavior became obsessive, offensive and violent. On Monday night, the woman was watching television in her living room when she said she heard Bergner break a bathroom window near her back door...

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE INDIAN RESERVATION, Fla. (AP) -- A man who jumped into a lake to flee police was killed by an alligator more than 9-feet long, officials said Tuesday. The man, whose name has not been released, was allegedly burglarizing a vehicle in the parking lot of the Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center on Thursday. He ran when police arrived at the scene, said Dexter Lehtinen, one of the tribe's police legal advisors. Tribal police divers searched for the man that night, then again Friday morning and afternoon. During the third dive, the body was recovered. It bore alligator teeth...

An off-duty rookie San Leandro police officer cradling his 7-month-old son shot and killed a man Wednesday who stormed into his parents' home, authorities said. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. at a home on the 22000 block of Fuller Avenue in Hayward, police said. The identities of the dead man and the police officer were not released. About 15 minutes before the shooting, Hayward police had been trying to pull over a car driven by the man, who they said was wanted on outstanding warrants. The man, accompanied by a woman, had refused to stop near West Tennyson Road...

PACOIMA - A man who police believe was trying to kill his girlfriend today by abandoning her in a parked car on railroad tracks ahead of a speeding Metrolink train was killed instead, authorities said. The man and his girlfriend, who was listed in serious condition after the crash, were stopped behind two cars at the tracks near Brandford Street and San Fernando Road just after noon as the train approached, said LAPD spokesman Kevin Maiberger. He drove his car around the two cars, through the crossing arms and parked the car on the tracks, with the train approaching directly...

The owner of an East Oakland pizza parlor shot and killed a robbery suspect during a chaotic confrontation during which the owner's son was accidentally shot, police said today. Three men entered Coliseum Pizza at 8999 International Blvd. shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday and demanded money, police said. The owner of the restaurant pulled out a weapon and opened fire, hitting one of the assailants, a 22-year-old man, police said. The suspect died at Highland Hospital in Oakland. His name was not released today pending an autopsy by the Alameda County coroner. During the shooting, the owner's son was apparently...