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McDonough County Jail(MACOMB, Ill.) -- An Illinois pet store owner was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty this week after 41 dead rabbits, hamsters, snakes and mice were discovered in her store, authorities said.An additional 56 animals were found alive inside the store, as well, and taken to foster homes.Police in the western Illinois town of Macomb received multiple complaints about a strong odor coming from the Macomb Pet […]

Wildwood Police(WILDWOOD, N.J.) -- The attorney for a 20-year-old woman who was punched multiple times by police on a New Jersey beach insisted on Thursday that officers reacted excessively."What they did to her was just an overreaction," defense attorney Stephen Dicht told ABC affiliate WPVI-TV in a phone interview."They asked her to give a breathalyzer; she did it not once, but twice," Dicht said. "She was very cooperative, but for […]

WCAV-TV(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Three people are missing after heavy rain hit Virginia overnight, causing dangerous and overwhelming flash flooding near Charlottesville and nearby Madison County.By 2 a.m., 7 to 9 inches of rain fell just west of Charlottesville. Crews worked throughout the night to respond to several water rescue calls in Madison County and Albemarle County, which encompasses Charlottesville.Crews searched overnight on Wednesday for a woman in Madison County, but […]

Dickson County Sheriff's Office(DICKSON, Tenn.) -- As an intense manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer in Tennessee, a community is left mourning the Dickson County sergeant who was shot and killed after 10 years on the job.Sgt. Daniel Baker, who was also a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, was fatally shot after responding to a call Wednesday morning. He is survived by his wife and daughter.Here is what we know […]

KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) -- The man accused of killing a teenage girl in a car accident in Houston had previously been deported from the United States three times, federal records show.Edy Lopez-Hernandez, 27, was arrested after crashing into another vehicle and fleeing the scene Sunday.He was later determined to be under the influence of unspecified narcotics when he was driving "at a high rate of speed" and crashed into the rear of […]

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(DICKSON, Tenn.) -- A Tennessee sheriff made an emotional appeal for the public's help in finding a person of interest believed to be connected to the shooting death of a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop."Our hearts shattered with this," Dickson County Sheriff Joe Bledsoe said at a news conference this afternoon.The deputy who was killed has been identified as Sgt. Daniel Scott Baker, who started with […]

Boone Fire Department(BOONE, N.C.) -- The bodies of two people were found among the rubble of a home following a landslide in North Carolina.The names of the victims are being withheld until family can be notified, according to the Boone Fire Department, which responded to the incident call around 5 p.m. Wednesday.A landslide resulted in "catastrophic destruction of the structure," a single-family dwelling on Pine Ridge Drive in the Heavenly […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Both Chicago, at more than 8.2 inches, and Asheville, North Carolina, at more than 14.4 inches, already have posted their wettest Mays ever as storms drag on throughout much of the U.S. on Thursday.Parts of North Carolina and Virginia saw 8 additional inches overnight. Wet conditions in North Carolina caused a landslide that destroyed a home, killing two people.More rain throughout the eastern U.S. is expected […]