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A North Carolina woman is being celebrated after a video clip of her physically detaining a suspected pickpocket in Venice went viral on social media. In the video, Christina Cadieu Greene can be seen holding onto a teenager’s ponytail and refusing to let go for just under an hour until law enforcement arrived. Greene’s daughter Karis McElroy shared the video and later posted a longer explanation on TikTok. She said that Greene and her husband were walking in a crowded area when they noticed three girls getting close to them. When the couple arrived at their Airbnb, they realized Greene’s...

A Texas mother had to jump into action after a carjacker attempted to steal her SUV while her kids were still inside. NBC DFW reported the woman had walked inside a Shell gas station Wednesday night when she saw a man enter the vehicle and try to drive away while her two children were still inside. Tim Ciesco ✔ @TimCiescoNBC5 Wild story out of Southern Dallas overnight! Police say a determined mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV from a gas station -- her two young children were sitting in the back seat. Click on the link...