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Jerry Streich, fire chief in Andover, Minn., said firefighters “couldn’t have asked for anything more patriotic” when a bald eagle perched for about 45 seconds on the basket of the department’s aerial-ladder truck during a tribute honoring those who died during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Viktor Zolotov, 64, a former bodyguard for Russian President Vladimir Putin and chief of the country’s National Guard, challenged opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a duel, admitting “shortcomings in terms of corruption” in the agency but denying he profited personally from shady deals.
Douglas Barton, 18, of Leitchfield, Ky., faces attempted murder and tampering with evidence charges after being accused of slashing his grandmother’s throat and repeatedly stabbing her before calling 911 to report her injuries, sheriff’s deputies said.
Roger Hoeker, a hunting safety instructor from Jenison, Mich., pleaded no contest to carelessly discharging a firearm and was sentenced to 90 days in jail after authorities said he fatally shot a 13-year-old boy in 2017 while they were squirrel hunting.
Shad White, Mississippi’s state auditor, is demanding that Noxubee County Chancery Clerk Mary Washington repay the state nearly $39,000, including interest and investigative costs, after she made illegal donations to multiple churches using funds intended for office expenses from 2010-12.
Stacy Clark, who went to the Clarksdale, Miss., Police Department to pick up some property, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault for attacking a dispatcher when no patrol officers were available to help him, leaving her with a bleeding brain and broken arm, investigators said.
Clint Bond, a Fort Worth School District spokesman, said no one was hurt when three robbery suspects being chased by police, including one who was armed, darted into a high school where they were quickly arrested.
Ming Zhang of Alexandria, Va., a former baccarat dealer, pleaded guilty to helping players cheat a Maryland casino out of just over $1 million by exposing unshuffled cards to players who then would make large bets.
Majed Wazni, a tailor in Livonia, Mich., faces criminal sexual contact charges, and his uniform shop is being sued by a dozen male U.S. Postal Service workers who accused Wazni of groping their genitals as they were being fitted for their uniforms.