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A national RV dealer is in hot water again for flying a mammoth American flag at one of its lots — and company CEO Marcus Lemonis of TV’s “The Profit’’ says this one isn’t coming down, either. Camping World — which runs more than 250 RV dealerships across the country — raised the new gigantic flag at its Greenville, NC, location in October, according to WLBT. Local zoning officials say the Stars and Stripes fluttering over the RVs is 15 times bigger than allowed. Even the 120-foot flagpole is too big, coming in at nearly twice the height permitted by...

A suspect search in San Joaquin County nearly ended in tragedy early Thursday morning when a vigilante allegedly shot at deputies. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office says, just before 1:30 a.m., deputies showed up at the Pick-N-Pull along Clark Drive in Stockton to investigate an alarm. Three suspects were seen running from the property, deputies say. Two deputies chased after the suspects, following them along the nearby canal. The deputies eventually took cover behind a cement fence separating a Buddhist temple from a home in the area. At the same time, the sheriff's office says a homeowner got an...

A Democrat California state senator working to prolong the time pedophiles spend behind bars is fed up with members of her party for not being fully on board. On May 23, lawmakers were considering legislation that would make it a felony to buy or solicit a minor for commercial sex, the New York Post reported Thursday. While speaking on the State Senate floor during the meeting, State Sen. Susan Eggman (D) said, “I’d like to say, as a progressive, proud member of this body for the last twelve years, I’m done. I’m done with us protecting people who would buy...

California Democrat State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) has called out her own party for their stance against tackling child sex trafficking and protecting child predators. Eggman’s explosive speech agaisnt her own party comes after Senate Bill 1414 (SB 1414), which was debated in the California Senate last Thursday, May 23rd. SB 1414, introduced by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), aims to make soliciting sex from a minor a felony, aiming to address the issue of child sex trafficking by imposing harsher penalties for pedophiles.

(FOX40.COM) — Days after over 80 vehicles were towed during a sideshow in Stockton, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said that no one will be getting their cars back anytime soon. “We’re getting a tremendous amount of calls from people wanting their vehicles back,” said San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow. “To those people whose vehicle we have in our possession, they can stop calling.” [snip] He added that vehicles deemed to be a public nuisance face the possibility of being destroyed.

Two Sikh 7-Eleven workers who attacked a thief after he repeatedly targeted their store are under investigation for assault, police in California have said. In a now-viral video, the workers are seen smacking the suspect with a stick after he entered the store in Stockton with a garbage can and began filling it with tobacco products from behind the counter. The attempted theft on July 29 was allegedly the third time in two days the man had targeted the store. On a previous occasion, he tried to intimidate staff by claiming he had a handgun. Despite widespread praise for the...

Taking matters into their own hands. (Credit: Joel Fischer/Twitter) As RedState reported, a Sikh convenience store owner turned the tables on a shoplifter as he attempted to get away with thousands of dollars of stolen merchandise.The viral scene unfolded in California, showing a man shoveling entire shelves worth of tobacco and other products into a trash can while taunting the owner with proclamations that “there’s nothing you can do.” The shoplifter quickly learned that wasn’t true, though, as he was tackled to the ground and beaten with a rod.Sikh grocery store owner was told that "there ain't nothing you...

Store clerks have legal options when someone shoplifts. Teaming up to brutally beat the thief isn’t one of them. No wonder two 7-11 clerks in Stockton who battered a would-be shoplifter with a wooden rod are being investigated by police, as reported on TV news. Although brazen stealing is frustrating, costly and dangerous to store employees, confronting it with violence that far exceeds self-defense is not the answer.

California 7-Eleven workers beat robber with stick until suspect starts crying

They confronted the suspect about why he was stealing so much, but the thief threatened to shoot them and continued to scoop armfuls of goods into the trash can. The workers eventually had enough and came together to restrain him and hit the suspect with a large wooden stick.

Taking matters into their own hands. (Credit: Joel Fischer/Twitter) It appears some people aren’t going to put up with brazen looters any more.The 1976 film Network had one iconic moment, where Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, started a social phenomenon by declaring during a live broadcast that his viewers should all shout, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take this anymore!”Looting of retail establishments has become a far worse pandemic than COVID was. Thieves boldly walk in, stuff bags and boxes full of merchandise and stroll out, knowing nothing will be done. Stores are resorting...

A business owner finally said enough is enough. Video posted on social media shows a shoplifter loading up a large garbage can with a massive amount of merchandise. The owner stormed into the aisle with a large stick and commended to beating the living daylights out of the bad guy.

It was a satisfying video for those who see America sinking into a criminal abyss: a brazen robber was systematically working his way through a Stockton, California convenience store's cigarette shelves, pouring hundreds of packs into a huge garbage can on wheels. Eventually, one clerk grappled with him, and another began whacking his legs with a long stick. The clerks are now being investigated for assault under the theory that you cannot use deadly force to protect commercial property. That's just wrong. ... police are investigating the clerks for criminal assault. These are the same police who never showed up...

Police officers in Northern California believe they prevented another murder after arresting a ‘potential serial killer’ Saturday suspected of murdering six men and wounding a woman over the last 18 months in a string of late-night shootings. Wesley Brownlee, 43, of Stockton, was arrested on homicide allegations, according to Stockton Police Department officials. During a news conference, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said officers arrested Brownlee in two parts: community tips and “good old-fashioned police work.” “Based on tips coming to the department’s Stockton Crimestoppers, were we able to zero in on a possible suspect,” McFadden said. “Our surveillance team...

Police in California say they have caught a suspected serial killer responsible for a handful of murders that have haunted the Stockton and Oakland areas. Authorities say they apprehended the suspect, identified as Wesley Brownlee, 43, just as he was about to claim another life. Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said on Saturday, 'Early this morning he was on a mission to kill, he was out hunting.' 'He was wearing dark clothing and had a mask around his neck. He was also armed with a firearm when he was taken into custody. We are sure we stopped another killing,' he...

Arrested was Wesley Brownlee, 43, for homicide. SPD News: Message from Chief Stanley McFadden regarding Homicide Series I have a major announcement in our homicide series investigation. An arrest has been made!!!! Before I go into details of the arrest, I want to thank the men and women of the Stockton Police Department and our law enforcement partners who have been working on this investigation: …

Police in Stockton, California, are asking for the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in a “series of killings” that investigators believe are connected. Five men have been shot and killed in the city south of Sacramento since July 8. The latest killing occurred on Tuesday, Sept. 27. All the shootings happened when the victims were alone during the night or early morning, while they were walking or in their cars, police said. Police are describing the deaths as a “series of killings,” but stopped short of saying a serial killer was on the loose.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Family and friends gathered at Stagg High School in Stockton Friday night, for an emotional vigil honoring the teenager who was killed this week in what is being called a "random act."

A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the drive-by shooting that injured a 9-year-old girl in Stockton earlier this month, authorities said. The shooting happened on April 2 in the 2200 block of Van Gogh Lane in the Weston Ranch neighborhood in south Stockton, the Stockton Police Department told KCRA 3.

A 15-year-old female student who was stabbed to death by a male intruder at a high school in California has been pictured. Alicia Reynaga was allegedly attacked by 52-year-old Anthony Gray at Stagg High School in Stockton yesterday. She was knifed multiple times before being rushed to hospital where she later passed away.