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BREAKING: 4 individuals sentenced to federal prison after carrying out a $12.7 MILLION "Minnesota-Somali-style" Medicaid fraud scheme in North Carolina. The scammers operated a company called "Life Touch," which lured patients into unnecessary treatments and then billed Medicaid with fake claims. This fraud needs to be rooted out EVERYWHERE Image from X post: 4 individuals involved in Medicaid fraud scheme.

A cannibal who hacked a homeless Connecticut man to death before devouring his brain and “oyster-tasting” eyeballs stunned a courtroom by saying sorry to his victim’s family. Tyree Lincoln Smith, 35, stood up Monday seconds after being sentenced for up to 60 years in a psychiatric hospital to plead forgiveness for slaying Angel “Tun Tun” Gonzalez.“I’m really sorry for what I did, that I couldn’t be myself,” Smith told a shocked gallery. “It really had nothing to do with the other person.” His surprisingly candid confession sparked Gonzalez’s relative Talitha Frazier to break down in tears. “We waited two years...

Philadelphia police say an 11-year-old boy fatally shot his mother's boyfriend during an altercation between the couple. The 911 call came in around 11:40 p.m. on Thursday, when police were called to the 1100 block of Peach Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Arriving officers and medics say they found the 30-year-old boyfriend lying on the bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead a short time later. Police have identified him as Jaimeer Jones-Walker of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Investigators say Jones-Walker showed up at the house where his girlfriend lives with her children and began assaulting her...

A brawl during the Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball tournament led to a referee being inadvertently knocked out by a player. South Alabama’s 80-70 win over Coastal Carolina in the second round on Wednesday afternoon descended into chaos in the fourth quarter when players from both sides began exchanging words — and then fists. South Alabama’s Cordasia Harris and Coastal Carolina’s Tracey Hueston briefly chirped at one another before the latter tried to shove and swing at the former. One teammate of Harris grabbed her to restrain her before she could retaliate. Another South Alabama player, along with a ref,...

Two employees who refused to serve a man and his wife because he was wearing a hoodie with President Trump’s name on it were fired after a video of the heated encounter went viral. Erika Lindemyer and her husband, Jake, were forced out of a Smoothie King franchise location in Ann Arbor, Michigan, following a fiery clash with two young female workers on Sunday. The employees claimed they didn’t “feel comfortable” serving the couple because of Jake’s pro-Trump hoodie, as captured by Erika in a viral video. Jake and Erika fired back at the pair and insisted that they were...

A mother was stabbed to death at a Virginia bus stop by an illegal immigrant with dozens of prior arrests, including for rape and assault, according to authorities. Stephanie Minter, 41, was allegedly fatally stabbed by Abdul Jalloh, a Sierra Leone national, at a bus stop on Richmond Highway in Fairfax County last Monday, according to Fairfax County Police and the Department of Homeland Security. Minter, of Fredericksburg, was found in the bus stop shelter with multiple stab wounds to her upper body. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Police identified Jalloh, 32, as the suspect in...

A Chicago man is accused of robbing a Red Line passenger last week while on electronic monitoring for robbing another CTA passenger last year. Incredibly, he was on electronic monitoring at the time of last year’s robbery, too. Shannon Stephens, 23, was arrested following the February 19 robbery of a 16-year-old boy on a Red Line train near Garfield, Chicago police said. He and 20-year-old Markell Harper, of Gary, Indiana, approached the boy while wearing ski masks and hoodies and demanded the victim’s scooter and its key, according to a CPD report. When the victim said he did not have...

On Feb. 13, property theft detectives with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office received a report regarding a theft involving a package that was never delivered two days prior, authorities said in a Facebook post. An investigation into the alleged theft resulted in authorities identifying 27-year-old Tyran Jackson, a FedEx delivery driver, as a suspect in the case. Authorities also learned the missing package was located inside a storage unit at the 10500 block of Perkins Road in Baton Rouge, according to police. While executing a search warrant for the storage unit, investigators discovered approximately $62,000 worth of stolen...

A grief-stricken mother has said she is proud of her 16-year-old son, who was shot and killed by a Florida deputy while he was allegedly armed and shoplifting. Jairus Jones was gunned down by an off-duty Osceola County officer during a Walmart shoplifting incident on Thursday, Sheriff Chris Blackman said in a press release. 'My son Jairus, who everyone knew and loved as JJ, was a bright beautiful light in this world,' Naporsha Jones Spruill told WESH. 'As his mother, I am beyond proud of the young man he was becoming. He was full of life, full of love, and...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Tragic and shocking is what Lt. Paul Bloom of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office called the abuse that claimed the life of a 3-year-old girl in Marion County this week. He was briefing reporters on what he described as cruel and deadly abuse of Paisley Brown inside the home where she lived in Citra, north east of Ocala. “What we learned was, this child was punished,” Bloom said. Jeroen Jarrel Coombs, 32, who was described in arrest records as the “primary caretaker” of children in the home, is now charged with aggravated child abuse, but is...

shooting a couple’s 3-year-old girl. 21-year-old Alexander Lamar Banks Jr. ran down 3 adults and a child as they were walking on a sidewalk last Friday and then got out of his car and began shooting at them. Banks fatally shot the couple’s 3-year-old girl, Harlow. A Good Samaritan who tried to intervene was also seriously injured.

A Florida man has been arrested after officials say he intentionally cut a teenager's neck. Sullivan Clarke, 13, survived the attack on Feb. 14 and is recovering from the injury, while the suspect remains behind bars. The backstory: The Clarke family was walking along Daytona Beach Boardwalk back to their hotel around 10 p.m. on Valentine's Day. They had spent the day at the Daytona International Speedway. Sullivan was on his phone, just feet away from his parents, when his mother, Lori, noticed a man walking toward him. In a split second, the man reached out and slashed the teenager's...

A man walked up to a 13-year-old boy and slashed his throat in an unprovoked attack near Daytona Beach Pier on Valentine’s Day.

One person was arrested after a drive-by shooting in South Portland, Monday morning. Portland Police officers first responded to a report of shots fired in the 3700 block of SE Van Water Street, near SE 36th Avenue and SE Johnson Creek Boulevard, around 11:20 a.m. According to investigators, the victim called 911, reporting that their car was hit by gunfire. The victim was not injured and was able to give police a description of the suspect's vehicle. Officers later found the suspect's vehicle in the parking lot of the 24 Hour Fitness located in the 4500 block of SE McLoughlin...

A beloved former Team USA skater was gunned down in a Missouri Starbucks drive-thru allegedly during an armed robbery by a maniac with a long rap sheet who was wanted for two similar shootings days earlier. Gabrielle “Sam” Linehan, 28, was inside her car at the coffee hotspot in St. Louis’ Tower Grove East neighborhood when Keith Lamon Brown allegedly held her at gunpoint before opening fire just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a probable cause statement viewed by The Post. Brown, 58, was caught on surveillance video wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet when he walked up to...

A man who was jailed for trying to gouge a Seattle shop owner's eyes after brutally beating his girlfriend with a liquor bottle has been freed from jail just eight months after he carried out the horrific attacks. Jibri Kambui, 28, attacked Jennafah Dawn Singer outside her art and jewelry shop on June 15 last year during a pop-up event. He approached her after he was seen screaming at event attendees and trying to break into people's cars, KIRO reported. Singer turned away from him and tried to go inside to call 911, but Kambui quickly grabbed her from behind...

A maniac pushed a woman onto the subway tracks and punched another lady in the face in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Saturday — and was later arrested at a nearby shelter, police and sources said. A 51-year-old was shoved and a 43-year-old was socked on the R subway line at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue around 8:45 a.m., according to cops. A 25-year-old person of interest was taken into custody at the shelter, police sources said, noting both victims suffered facial injuries as well as pain to the legs and back.

Video Transcript SummaryNearly five years after a horrific sulfuric acid attack on March 17, 2021, in Elmont, Nassau County, New York, police have arrested and charged 29-year-old Terrell Campbell of Brooklyn.The victim, then-21-year-old Hofstra University student Nafiah Ikram (also referred to as Nafia Ekram), was ambushed in her driveway by a hooded assailant who threw acid in her face, causing severe burns to her face and arms, permanent scarring, vision loss in one eye, and ongoing emotional trauma.Campbell, a flower delivery worker and aspiring rapper (known as "Yung Based Prince"), was arraigned on Tuesday (February 10 or 11, 2026, based...

The post-Super Bowl 60 glow faded fast early Monday in San Francisco when 49ers defensive lineman Keion White was shot while hosting an afterparty at a nightclub. A police report said he was shot in the ankle after he got into a spat with rapper Lil' Baby at about 4 a.m. Monday.The heated exchange reportedly started after the rapper unsuccessfully tried to gain entry to the player's private section that featured a party full of scantily clad women, according to the report. (Snip) On Saturday, Atlanta Falcons defensive end James Pearce Jr. was arrested in Florida after he was accused...

A kerfuffle ensued during the Detroit Pistons - Charlotte Hornets game after a foul was committed.