ABC News(NEW YORK) — Arctic air is moving over the Great Lakes and the Northeast Thursday morning, bringing bitter cold wind chills and heavy lake effect snow from Michigan to New York. In Western New York, more than 9 inches of snow fell in Erie County Wednesday due to the lake effect. Roads were slick Wednesday and lingering slick spots continue Thursday morning. Wind chills are in the teens and single digits in the Great Lakes and the Northeast Thursday morning, and it feels like it’s below freezing all the…
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Marine veteran was among US citizens detained by ICE, ACLU says
Nick J./iStock(NEW YORK) — In 2014, after serving in the Marine Corps for nearly three years, Jilmar Ramos-Gomez returned home to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was born and raised, and found himself struggling with post-traumatic stress, not able to adjust to his new life as a civilian. He says he reached a breaking point when he suffered a psychotic episode on Nov. 21, 2018, and was arrested by the Grand Rapids Police for trespassing on the roof of a local hospital. Ramos-Gomez was not a patient but went there…
Kamille McKinney was given meth, sedative before she was killed: Prosecutor
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — An autopsy found that the body of Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the 3-year-old Alabama girl who was found dead in a dumpster after she was kidnapped from a birthday party, was given methamphetamine and a sedative before she was murdered, according to reports. Prosecutors stated Tuesday during a preliminary hearing for Patrick Stallworth, 39, that he and his girlfriend, Derick Brown, 29, used candy to lure Kamille away from the birthday party on Oct. 12 and kidnap her, ABC Birmingham affiliate WBMA-TV reported. Birmingham Police…
Police department surprised families by paying off their layaway accounts
iStock(DADE CITY, Fla.) — The holidays just got a bit brighter for 26 families in Florida who learned that their local police department had paid off the items on their layaway accounts in full. With the help of anonymous donations, the Dade City Police Department paid off over $4,300 on 26 layaway accounts at the Walmart in Dade City. The accounts included items from toys to necessities like towels and sheets and more. On Dec. 9, Dade City Police Chief James Walters personally called the families to surprise them with…