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• Two Hospitalized After Unwittingly Consuming ‘Edibles’

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  Embed from Getty ImagesTwo hotel housekeepers in Vermont were hospitalized Wednesday after they unknowingly ate marijuana edibles, according to a report by Fox News.“Two employees at the Inn at Shelburne Farms fell ill this morning after ingesting something that came from outside of Shelburne Farms. They have been taken to the hospital and we hope they will make a full recovery soon. We are doing our best to be careful about protecting the privacy of our employees,” the hotel said in
  
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• Photo of Kid in Cuffs Posted on Social Media Sparks Debate

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  A picture of a Pennsylvania boy in handcuffs went viral, causing people to question police tactics with regard to school children, according to a report by Philly.com.Lancaster Chief of Police Jarrad Berkihiser said that the officer was called to the school because the boy was in some manner of crisis, and that the handcuffs were needed to protect the student from harming himself or others and were removed once he was safely in the ambulance.The school district was quick to issue a brief stateme
  
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• ICE Arrests 91 in New Jersey Operation Targeting Criminal Aliens

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  A five-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) New Jersey Field Office culminated in the arrest of 91 foreign nationals in the country illegally, according to an ICE press release.Of those arrested during the operation—which was spearheaded by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)—77 percent were convicted criminals and 70 percent of them had prior f
  
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• Ohio Drug Smuggling Task Force Announces Major Fentanyl Seizure

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  Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Steve Francis announced on Wednesday the seizure of approximately 20 pounds of fentanyl.The officials said that the volume of drugs had “the capability of killing more than four million people,” according to the joint press release posted to the AG’s website.In addition to the fentanyl a “large amount of marijuana and m
  
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• NYPD Defends Database of Suspected Gang Members

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  The New York Police Department sent detectives to a City Council meeting on Wednesday to deliver a message to the governing body that the database they use to keep track of gang members is essential in keeping gang violence tamped down.According to a report by the New York Post, the detectives used three videos to demonstrate “the mayhem gangs can inflict on this city.”“We show these three to really illustrate a picture is worth a thousand words,” Chief of Detectives Derm
  
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• Massachusetts Officer Gives Panhandler Ride to Employment Agency

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  Officer Tim Broman of the Chelsea (MA) Police Department saw an opportunity to solve a problem on the streets in his jurisdiction. A panhandler named Corey had been begging motorists for money from in the median of a street in Broman’s beat.Instead of issuing the man a citation, Officer Broman decided there was another solution to the situation. Broman drove the man to an employment agency.“Officer Broman decided to take it upon himself to not only engage the individual have a conver
  
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• Florida Man Calls Police to Test Illegal Drugs

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  Douglas Kelly suspected that the drugs he illegally bought and subsequently consumed were not what he had bargained for. So he did what seemed logical (to him). He called the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, asking them to test the drugs so he could press charges against the person who sold them to him, according to CNN.Kelly contacted the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and said he purchased methamphetamine about a week earlier and had a “bad reaction” after smoking the narcotic
  
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• Police Could Access Drug Database Under Proposed North Carolina Law

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  A proposed law now under consideration by the North Carolina General Assembly would allow police agencies to have access to a statewide database containing information from any doctor who has recorded prescribing controlled substances to their patients, according to a report in the Charlotte News & Observer.Embed from Getty ImagesState Representative Greg Murphy said in a news conference, “Under very strict and very stringent guidelines, our law enforcement community will have access t
  
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• Video: Virginia Beach Officers Foil High School Dance Shooting Plot

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  VIDEO: Virginia Beach Officers Foil High School Dance Shooting PlotTwo people have been arrested and charged with conspiring to commit a terroristic act at Bayside High School's prom over the weekend at a Virginia Beach hotel. According to Police Chief Jim Cervera, extra security was in place for the event after the department got word that two people not associated with the school tried buying tickets to prom. Police and school district officials investigated the matter and say t
  
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• Orlando Officer in Coma After Standoff Shooting

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  An Orlando police officer is in a coma and has a long road to recovery after being shot by a felon who eventually killed four children during a standoff.A trauma surgeon said Wednesday at a news conference that Orlando Police Officer Kevin Valencia is in critical condition but has shown signs of responsiveness, the Associated Press reports.Valencia's wife, Meghan, said that her husband is a fighter and she asked for prayers. 
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• Video: Texas Troopers Dance with Daughters to Raise Awareness of Cancer

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  VIDEO: Texas Troopers Dance with Daughters to Raise Awareness of CancerA group of Texas Department of Public Safety troopers recently danced with their daughters in a viral video to raise awareness of a cancer that killed a fellow trooper’s daughter.Jade Bridier died of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare form of brain cancer, KCBD reports.Jade passed away on Aug. 29, 2016. She was 4 years old.After Jade’s death, her mother, Vicky, resigned from her position as Chief Oper
  
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