A parolee in Utah who was released from a halfway house early due to the coronavirus pandemic allegedly broke into a random home and held a woman at knifepoint. KSL reported that the incident involving Joshua Haskell, 42, occurred in American Fork on March 19. Haskell allegedly forced entry into a home and, while brandishing …
A Virginia man was arrested last week for allegedly driving under the influence before spitting on officers and claiming he had coronavirus. WWBT reported that Henrico police arrested Clarence Jones on March 17 after spotting him drive away from the scene of an accident. Officers who pulled over Jones reportedly smelled alcohol, prompting them to …
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A Georgia man was arrested Monday after he pulled a gun on two women wearing medical masks and gloves at a suburban Atlanta post office, WSB reported. Harvey Taratoot, 75, admitted to police he pulled his gun on the women — a grandmother and her adult granddaughter — because he feared they would give him …
The recovered masks were donated to various hospitals.
A woman in Spain was arrested after police caught her walking home from a meetup with a romantic interest she met online. Citing the Spanish newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya, Newsweek reports that a woman in Catalonia was arrested Sunday night after police officers stopped her as she was walking down the street. The woman …
Federal officials reportedly issued an alert to law enforcement warning that white supremacist groups were encouraging members who’ve contracted the novel coronavirus to spread the disease to police, racial minorities, and Jewish people. The Federal Protective Service, which is a division of Homeland Security, wrote in an intelligence brief for the week of February 17-24 …
College students in Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from spring break. As CrimeOnline previously reported, young people were seen in Miami and elsewhere in Florida defiantly celebrating Spring Break and St. Patrick’s Day despite increasingly alarming reports about the domestic spread of coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. WFLA now reports that five …
Doctors at Fort Worth’s Cook Children’s Medical Center warn that stress resulting from worries over the novel coronavirus pandemic may lead to an increase in child abuse. The national recognized pediatric hospital has seen six child abuse cases this week — one fatal — when it normally sees about eight a month, Dr. Jayme Coffman, …
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, CNHI newspapers reported Sunday, citing two anonymous officials connected to the New York state prison system. Weinstein was taken to Wende Correctional Facility in western New YOrk on Wednesday to begin his journey through the prison system and is one of two prisoners …
A Florida woman claiming to have a “black belt in martial arts” kicked her boyfriend in the nose when he wouldn’t have sex with her and then coughed “copious amounts of saliva” onto a paramedic’s face while shouting “I have the coronavirus!” the Villages News reported. La-Donald Holmes, 38, was charged with domestic battery and …
A Louisiana woman awaiting her coronavirus test results died on her kitchen floor while waiting for her results, according to reports. Nola.com reports that 39-year-old Natasha Ott began feeling “cold symptoms” on March 10, but initially declined to take the Covid-19 test since she was considered low-risk. She wanted to ensure elderly people had a …
