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DWI Suspect Leads Cops Into Drive-Thru Where She Buys Burger Before Arrest

ST. PAUL, Minn. – It was a Big N’ Tasty burger and one trip to jail to go for a woman suspected of DWI in St. Paul. Police say 26-year-old Erica Toy Marie Ballard pulled into a McDonald’s drive-thru with squad car lights flashing and sirens blaring behind her. Ballard …

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Iowa Man Convicted of Human Trafficking, Sold Teens In Prostitution

DES MOINES, Iowa – The first person to be convicted under Iowa’s human trafficking law was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison. Leonard Russell was found guilty of two counts of human trafficking, two counts of pandering and a count of ongoing criminal conduct during a September trial in …

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Off-Duty Chicago Police Officer Shoots Children, Commits Suicide

CHICAGO – Authorities say an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and critically injured his two children before taking his own life. Chicago police didn’t identify the officer involved in Monday’s shootings, saying only that he was 31 years old and had been on the force for four years. Police spokeswoman …

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