Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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■ Sheron Lambert, who volunteers at a food pantry in Bay St. Louis, Miss., gave the pantry her $1,200 onetime federal government stimulus check, saying she doesn’t need the money and wanted it to be used to feed hungry people during the coronaviru­s pandemic. m Geoffrey Fraiche, 41, and Laura Webb-Fraiche, 38, both doctors who work at hospitals in Pensacola, Fla., are accused of stealing a campaign flag supporting President Donald Trump from a neighbor’s property, and face trespassin­g, larceny and other counts.

■ Tom Moore, a 99-yearold World War II British army veteran who is using a walker to take laps around his 80-foot garden in a fundraiser for the National Health Service, said he surprised himself by garnering nearly $10 million in pledges when his family used social media to help solicit donations.

■ Catherine Alderson of Oxford, Miss., celebrated her 100th birthday during the coronaviru­s outbreak by sitting in her driveway and waving to family members and friends as they drove past in a parade that was escorted by police cars and firetrucks.

■ Alfreda Fluker, 39, a Birmingham, Ala., police detective accused of shooting a woman who was found dead in a police vehicle and attempting to kill a male co-worker as part of a “love triangle” dispute, faces a capital-murder charge, Police Chief Patrick Smith said. m Sharonne Steed, an Atlanta police lieutenant, faces aggravated-assault and other charges after being accused of hitting a fellow officer with her car while he was directing traffic and then biting him when he tried to remove her from her vehicle.

■ Joseph Williams, 26, a Hillsborou­gh County, Fla., jail inmate who is among prisoners released last month to help contain the coronaviru­s, was charged less than four weeks later with second-degree murder in a shooting, deputies said.

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