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Alwin Chen, 18, a high school honor student in Clarksburg, Md., arrested for bringing a loaded handgun to school, told investigators he regularly kept the weapon hidden in a backpack or in a holster under his shirt to protect himself and classmates from a possible mass shooter.
Will Akin, a sheriff’s captain in Clay County, Mo., agreed it “might be comical” but still was “very dangerous” for a naked man, who was later arrested, to flee on an all-terrain vehicle and drive the wrong way on an interstate in Kansas City.
Doris Wasden of West Valley City, Utah, who’ll celebrate her 100th birthday in a week, told an armed intruder, “I just had this house cleaned for my party and you’re messing it up. You better knock it off,” just before he fled her home and was arrested, a family friend said.
Yazid Al Fayyad Finn, indicted after authorities said he tried to steal nearly 200 pounds of counterfeit Xanax pills being smuggled on a sled from Canada into Vermont, told federal agents that stealing the pills would be “like hitting the lottery.”
Abraham Steinfeld of Lakewood, N.J., ticketed for driving 78 mph in a 50 mph zone while rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense and will pay $92 in fines and court fees, his attorney said.
Alan Chow, 36, of Oakland, Calif., described as a “well prepared” hiker who stayed in one place until help arrived, was found in good health after spending six days lost in the icy backcountry of Yosemite National Park on what was supposed to be an overnight hike, officials said.
Mohammed Kamal Hussain, 28, of London was found guilty of encouraging terrorism and sentenced to seven years in prison in an investigation that began with a complaint about a Facebook message he sent urging another man to join the Islamic State group.
Tyler DeAngelo, a police officer in Groton, Conn., hung on for about a mile as he struggled with a driver who sped away from a traffic stop with DeAngelo hanging partially out of the car before he suffered minor injuries when he fell from the car onto the roadway.
Joe DiPonio, a Michigan school superintendent, said he officially granted Ruth Frezza, 98, a high school diploma from the Lake Shore High School class of 1938 after learning she left school to help raise five younger siblings, saying “she kind of took one for the team” to help her parents.