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The man had recently been released from prison after being convicted of sexual exploitation of children, and when he showed up at the woman's home to gather his belongings which were left there, she became angry.

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Neighborhood residents told authorities that they had seen the woman around before, asking for a ride or trying to sell something, even attempting to break into at least one other home.

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In what could be the final acts of a sensational case that brought debate on Stand Your Ground and warning shots in Florida, Marissa Alexander has entered into an agreement that effectively ends her legal fight.

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A couple came home from church one evening. Nine men followed and harassed them. The woman called 911 and the man fired a gun into the air. The man was arrested for wanton endangerment. Let’s take a closer look.

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"I woke up and I saw a yellow shirt on a person,” Shirley Adams recalled. “I thought it was my niece and I raised up and said what are you doing in here?" But then the 72-year-old woman realized that it wasn't her niece.

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As the officers were rolling up, the suspects were taking off, but instead of chasing them down, the officer arrested the victim for wanton endangerment.

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“I just wanted to let them know I wasn't going to be a victim," says a Missouri man facing misdemeanor charges after his arrest for discharging a firearm within city limits to warn off what he feels were burglars.

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The coach, who retrieved a handgun after being brutally attacked by about half a dozen people, one armed with brass knuckles and another flashing a gun, was relieved of his coaching duties due to the team's zero tolerance weapons policy.

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Jeffrey Barton was originally charged with illegal aiming or discharging a firearm because he fired the shots from a county-designated no-shooting zone. But Barton made headlines after placing the blame on Vice President Joe Biden.

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A U.S. federal agent fired a warning shot to stop a fleeing vehicle during a pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles Sunday. Demonstrators gathered outside the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard over Israel’s recent conflict with Gaza. The pro-Israel rally spurred pro-Israel protestors, and as tensions rose, so did the violence, the L.A. Times reports. One […]

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A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was arrested Friday for firing a warning shot into the air in response to neighborhood kids pulling a prank on him. Deputy Sung Jin Pak, 47, was at home on Oct. 12, 2013, when around 8 p.m. a group of 15 to 20 kids ding-dong-ditched his residence. Pak answered the […]

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A husband and wife who were snowmobiling in Maine used a .380-caliiber pistol to scare off an attacking moose Friday. Janis and Bob Powell were snowmobiling through the woods in an area just outside Jackman when a rabid moose approached and charged the husband. The wife, armed with a .380-pistol, fired a warning shot into […]

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