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Wrong number: Phone scammer calls police station: Dunedin police are reminding the public to remain vigilant after receiving a scam call to their office landline ...
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Wrong number: Phone scammer calls police station
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Eagle-eyed residents help snare Dunedin burglar: An alleged burglar in Dunedin's student area has been nabbed by police after residents reported his ...
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Eagle-eyed residents help snare Dunedin burglar
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Ex-cop suspected of killing ex-wife, girlfriend found with gunshot wound; abducted child 'safely' in custody, police say
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Quick Glance: Alert issued for baby possibly with former police officer linked to 2 murders
  • Authorities in Washington state have issued an alert for a 1-year-old boy after a former police officer reportedly killed two women − his wife and ex-girlfriend − and allegedly kidnapped the baby.

  • West Richland is located in Benton County, approximately 35 miles north of the Oregon state line.

  • The child's father, Elias Huizar, is wanted on two homicide charges, as announced by the police on Monday.

  • Police cautioned that Huizar is armed and dangerous, likely to commit further violent crimes.
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Man accused of killing St Ann cop fatally shot by police: ST ANN, Jamaica — The main suspect in the killing of a police constable in St Ann's Bay ...
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Man accused of killing St Ann cop fatally shot by police
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Dunedin man found dead had made global headlines: The "reclusive" Dunedin man whose body was found last week was Peter Alexandra Robb ...
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Dunedin man found dead had made global headlines
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Owner has ‘no idea’ why truck crashed: Pioneer Energy says it has no idea what led to one of its trucks crashing in the Octagon on Saturday ...
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Owner has ‘no idea’ why truck crashed
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Police relaxed ahead of Hyde St party: In years gone by, the annual Hyde St student party has been a beacon for bedlam and mayhem. But Dunedin police are feeling ...
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Police relaxed ahead of Hyde St party
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Octagon becoming 'more dangerous': business owner: In the wake of a serious assault a business owner says the Octagon is becoming more dangerous - but ...
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Octagon becoming 'more dangerous': business owner
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'Bad drunk' jailed for kicking officer in head: A Dunedin man who says he is a “professional competitive fighter” has been jailed for kicking a police ...
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'Bad drunk' jailed for kicking officer in head
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Arresting officer choked at Dunedin property: A man being arrested at a Wakari property made matters worse for himself when he put an officer in a choke hold ...
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Arresting officer choked at Dunedin property
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Dunedin Octagon crash: Truck's brakes may have failed, police say: The vehicle narrowly missed the historic Robbie Burns statue, and spilled wood chips across ...
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Dunedin Octagon crash: Truck's brakes may have failed, police say
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Sri Lanka: Race car veers off track 'killing 7 people' and injuring more: Officials say one of the race cars veered off the track and crashed into spectators and ...
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Sri Lanka: Race car veers off track 'killing 7 people' and injuring more
Quick Glance: 7 Dead, 20 Injured in Sri Lanka Race Car Accident
  • A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka, crashing into a crowd and resulting in seven fatalities and 20 injuries.

  • The incident occurred in Diyatalawa, in the central tea-growing region, with thousands of spectators present.

  • While the cause of the accident remains unclear, the police have initiated an investigation as one of the cars crashed into spectators and event officials.

  • The race was halted after the 17th out of 24 scheduled events, where approximately 45,000 spectators had gathered at a Sri Lankan military academy circuit organized by the Sri Lankan army and Sri Lanka Automobile Sports.
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Mom who threw her 2 kids onto L.A. freeway, killing baby, seemed agitated by impending eclipse
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Quick Glance: Mother Throws 2 Kids on L.A. Freeway: One Child Killed
  • A woman who fatally stabbed her partner in their Los Angeles apartment and then threw her two children from a moving SUV onto the freeway, resulting in the death of her infant daughter, had a background in astrology. In a prior online post, she referred to the upcoming solar eclipse as 'the epitome of spiritual warfare'.

  • Los Angeles police suspect that Danielle Cherakiyah Johnson, 34, utilized the persona 'Ayoka' as an astrology influencer and musician on X in the days leading up to the incidents.

  • The altercation between Johnson and her partner, 29-year-old Jaelen Allen Chaney, occurred around 3:40 a.m. in their Woodland Hills apartment. Following the stabbing of Chaney, Johnson fled with her children, an 8-month-old girl, and her 9-year-old sister, in a Porsche Cayenne.

  • Subsequently, Johnson drove on Interstate 405 in Culver City and discarded her daughters from the moving SUV around 4:30 a.m. The infant was declared deceased on the road, while the older daughter, who witnessed the attack, sustained moderate injuries.
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Unexplained death: Body found on Dunedin property: Initial indications suggest the body had been there for some time, police say.
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Unexplained death: Body found on Dunedin property
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Luke Fleurs: Six arrested over killing of South African Kaizer Chiefs footballer: Police believe the suspects are part of a gang "syndicate" responsible for ...
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Luke Fleurs: Six arrested over killing of South African Kaizer Chiefs ...
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Australia: Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women: A man went on a rampage with a knife in a Sydney shopping mall, killing six people as he did so ...
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Australia: Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women
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Cop headbutted in Dunedin attack: A Dunedin police officer received medical attention after being heatbutted in the face by a wanted man in an abandoned building ...
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Cop headbutted in Dunedin attack
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Drugs, thousands in cash seized from alleged dealers: The smell of cannabis led police to the seizure of 12 ounces of cannabis and more than $7000 from a young ...
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Drugs, thousands in cash seized from alleged dealers
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Man assaulted near Octagon now stable: The victim of a violent attack in central Dunedin is now in a stable condition. The 20-year-old man remains in hospital ...
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Man assaulted near Octagon now stable
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Man 'critical' after serious assault in Octagon: A 20-year-old man is in Dunedin Hospital with critical head injuries, following a serious assault in ...
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Man 'critical' after serious assault in Octagon
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Passenger arrested for allegedly threatening officers: A routine police stop in Dunedin ended in a passenger being arrested after threats were allegedly made to ...
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Passenger arrested for allegedly threatening officers
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Police mystified by Dunedin crash: A crash in a Dunedin suburb in which a car ended up on top of another vehicle has police stumped ...
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Police mystified by Dunedin crash
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Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges
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Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will ...
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Jamalco supervisor killing a hit, cops theorise: The police believe the killing of a Jamalco contractor/supervisor in Clarendon on Friday night might have been a ...
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Jamalco supervisor killing a hit, cops theorise