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On Jan. 27, police in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, pulled over a Chevy Trax because its license plate light was burned out, TribLIVE reported. The driver, Ise Lamont Woods, 31, had an outstanding warrant from Jan. 5 for criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, among other charges. One of the passengers, Raphael Angel Geiger, 30, was wanted for a parole violation. And Don Lamont Carter, 26, allegedly tossed a bag with 29 grams of crack cocaine in it to a female passenger, asking her to “tuck it”; he was already wanted on a previous warrant.
No Sale
As she waited to check out at Walmart in Crockett, Tex- as, on Jan. 13, an unnamed woman was approached by Rebecca Lanette Taylor, 49, who “began commenting on her son’s blond hair and blue eyes. She asked how much she could purchase him for,” police reported.
The mom thought Taylor was making a weird joke, but Taylor said she had $250,000 cash in her car, according to Messenger News. When the mom said no amount of mon- ey would be enough, Taylor increased her voice volume and her bid to $500,000 and told her she’ d been wanting to buy a baby for a long time.
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Not So Bright
where students are coming out of class to go to the bath- room to cry.”
it “either way because I like the avatar.”
Fire Away
Need something to do during a snowstorm in Queens, New York? One person had an idea: Around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 7, someone rode up on an electric bike to a speed camera in Howard Beach. The camera caught the action, Pix11-TV reported, as the person calmly stopped the bike, aimed a handgun and shot multiple rounds at the camera (which did not appear to be damaged), then put the gun away and rode off into the snowy night.
When police searched the vehicle, the bag of co- caine fell out of the woman’s sweatshirt; she also had a crack pipe hidden in her bra. Geiger and Woods were tak- en into custody; Carter was released on his own recog- nizance.
Criminally Incompetent
Student Fragility
In an elementary school classroom in Berlin, one student is a little ... different from the others. Joshua Mar- tinangeli, 7, is too ill to attend school in person, so a robot avatar sits at his desk and re- lays lessons to him at home.
Georgetown University’s William Treanor, dean of the law school, met with a Black student group on Feb. 1 to hear their complaints about an incoming lecturer, Ilya Shapiro, after he made com- ments about President Joe Biden’s plans to replace Su- preme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. National Review re- ported that the students want- ed to discuss a “reparations” package with Treanor, which included a designated place on campus to cry.
But when he came back on Jan. 21, officer Maurice John- son was lying in wait for him.
“Is there an office they can go to?” one student asked. “I don’t know what it would look like, but if they want to cry, if they need to break down, where can they go? Because we’ re at the point
Travis Nealy, 34, was arrested and charged with several crimes.
Taylor was arrested on Jan. 18 and charged with sale or purchase of a child, a third-degree felony.
Augie’s Grocery Deli in Jersey City, New Jersey, was the target of three robberies in January by the same crook over six days, Oddee.com reported. Not only did the masked perp take cash and merchandise, but he assault- ed Augie Lopez, 77, and his wife, Nilda Moldonado, even though Lopez is disabled.
Awesome Avatar
“The children talk to him, laugh with him and some- times even chitchat with him during the lesson,” the school’s headmistress, Ute Winterberg, told Reuters.
“He (Johnson) was going to stand outside the store, but I told him to come inside and sit down, but don’t let your- self be seen,” Lopez said.
The avatar displays a blink- ing signal when Joshua wants to say something. The school district bought four of the av- atars for use in the classrooms during COVID-19, but offi- cials believe they’ ll be used beyond the pandemic.
When the robber saw Johnson, he ran out the front door and into the arms of Lopez’s son, officer Agustin Lopez Jr.
When asked whether he’ll be happy for Joshua to re- turn to school, his classmate Noah Kuessner said he likes
“I feel much, much safer now,” Lopez said.
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