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Man, possibly high on fake pot choked, cut his mom's throat, deputies say

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Maybe they ought to call it KO, as in knockout. When Robert Michael Payne went inside his Safety Harbor home yesterday afternoon his 65-year-old mom was in the kitchen doing the dishes. Suddenly, for some unknown reason, Payne, 22, placed his hands around...

Prosecutor defends SBPD over death of man in custody

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SOUTH BEND – A 31-year-old South Bend man died in police custody July 21 and prompted an outcry from concerned community members and his family.  But Thursday, the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s office laid out its case for reporters with...

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Man convicted of torture sentenced to prison

PETOSKEY — A man accused of and convicted of, among other crimes, torturing a woman in Bear Creek Township earlier this year was sentenced in Emmet County's 57th Circuit Court Monday morning to prison, said Emmet County prosecutor Jim Linderman....

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Drowning victim's friend now charged with reckless homicide

The friend of a slain Anderson man has now been charged with reckless homicide. Matt Hosier died on his 29th birthday after he and his friend, Dillon Barrett, got into an altercation at Lake Monroe. The probable cause affidavit said "Barrett was...

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Georgia megachurch pastor arrested for allegedly assaulting daughter

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Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar was arrested in suburban Atlanta for an alleged assault on his 15-year-old daughter, police said Friday. Deputies in Georgia's Fayette County responded to a call about a domestic disturbance about 1 a.m. Friday. Dollar's...

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Man accused of torture: Guilty on all counts

PETOSKEY — On Wednesday, today, a jury found a man accused of torturing a woman in Bear Creek Township in January guilty of all charges against him, including torture and unlawful imprisonment. The trial of Joshua Bennett Unrein, 33, of Petoskey,...

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Facebook friend suspected in rape

South Bend Tribune Staff Writer

They met on Facebook, and even hung out together once at her house. When the 19-year-old Crumstown Highway woman met up with her new friend a second time at his house on South Brookfield Street Tuesday night, he choked her, raped her, then put a knife...

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Seattle high school teacher arrested for allegedly slapping, choking student

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A teacher at Seattle’s South Lake High school was arrested Wednesday for allegedly slapping and choking a 17-year-old student in class, police said. The school placed the 44-year-old teacher, a man, on administrative leave pending an investigation....

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Serious Stuff

If you are a parent, grandparent or just a kind, loving soul, this next fact will tug at your heart: “More than 10,000 children under 14 go to the emergency room each year and about 77 die from choking on hot dogs.” As a former hospital CEO,...

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UPDATE: Man charged after allegedly beating, burning woman in Bear Creek Township

A 32-year-old man is facing criminal charges, including multiple felony counts, after, police say, he imprisoned a woman he knows, forced her to drink alcohol and take pills, and beat and burned her, court records show. Joshua Bennett Unrein faces one...

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