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HIV positive prostitute had sex with 211 men after learning she’d been infected, cops say

Linda Inez Leccese has been charged with soliciting after she tested positive for HIV

The Independent UK

Police never searched ‘catfish’ cop Austin Lee Edwards’ second home

CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Police never searched a Richmond-area apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three relatives of a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl whom police say he “catfished” online.

Los Angeles Times

Why Virginia police hired ‘catfish’ cop Austin Lee Edwards

LOS ANGELES — In a previously unreported letter obtained by The Times, the head of the Virginia State Police detailed errors in his agency’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased “catfish” cop who killed three people in Riverside in late November.

Los Angeles Times

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'Catfish' cop used his father as a reference to get job as deputy

WASHINGTON — Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl and killed her grandparents and mother before taking his own life, used his own father as one of three character references on his application for a job as a sheriff’s deputy.

Los Angeles Times

‘Catfishing’ cop told Virginia police he was treated at mental health facility, records show

LOS ANGELES — Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside girl and killed her grandparents and mother last month, disclosed during his application to become a Virginia state trooper that he had voluntarily checked himself into a mental health facility several years earlier, according to records…

Los Angeles Times

Virginia sheriff defends removal of items from deputy’s home after California triple homicide

WASHINGTON — A Virginia sheriff says that he ordered two of his deputies to search the home of a colleague who killed three people in California, and insists they acted to protect the public.

Los Angeles Times

Co-workers of cop who killed 3 in California removed items from his home before official search

ABINGDON, Va. — Co-workers of Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl he “catfished” online, removed a sheriff’s truck and a black trash bag from Edwards’ property the night before it was officially searched, according to an eyewitness and…

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‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed her mother and grandparents was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by the…

Los Angeles Times

‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed three of her family members was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his then-girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by…

Los Angeles Times

Arrest made after cold case breakthrough in 1974 murder of two high school students

New ballistics evidence linked killings to separate murder two years later

The Independent UK

Maryland mass shooting - live: Suspect charged with murder in Smithsburg manufacturing facility shooting

The suspect has been taken into custody

The Independent UK

Maryland mass shooting - live: Three dead as video appears to show police exchange fire with suspect

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The Independent UK

Three people shot dead after gunman opens fire at manufacturing plant

The shooter targeted the Columbia Machine Inc facility in Maryland, Washington, this afternoon at around 2:30pm in America's 250th reported mass shooting in 2022

Daily Mirror

Maryland mass shooting - live: Three dead and four wounded at manufacturing facility

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VIDEO: Pond Life: Car Thief Abandons Pregnant Girlfriend After Crashing Into Freezing River

Police rescued the woman after the pickup went off a steep embankment and dove into an Oregon river.

Zenger

VIDEO: Arsonist Sets Self On Fire While Torching Car In Portland, Oregon

The huge explosion destroyed the car. No one was inside at the time of the blaze.

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