A Florida high school football coach of "significant size" is accused of fighting several students at once and has been charged with child abuse.
Jamir Clarke, 29 — a now-former assistant football coach at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach — was arrested Monday on four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm, WTVJ-TV reported, citing Broward jail records.
'I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.'
The fight occurred in a weight room during football practice after an argument over social media posts, the station said, citing an arrest report.
The report said one of the victims made the "negative" posts, and Clarke became "verbally argumentative" before he started "swinging punches," WTVJ said.
According to WPLG-TV, which cites a partially redacted arrest report, Clarke called a student a “b***h” and punched the student in the face after the student admitted to posting something negative on social media about someone associated with Clarke.
Deputies said other students surrounded Clarke and “rushed” him, WPLG added, which prompted Clarke to start “swinging punches” at the students.
“He hit our football player first, and then everybody just retaliated,” one student told WPLG. “He just got surrounded by everybody, and he just started throwing punches at everybody.”
WPLG said the report indicates Clarke struck three students and a mirror on a wall was cracked. WTVJ, citing the report, said Clarke allegedly struck four students.
One victim told police that Clarke could have de-escalated the argument but incited the brawl after throwing the first punch at the student, WPLG reported.
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According to the report, responding deputies were searching the weightlifting room, where the fight occurred, when they found a locker room door that was locked.
Staff helped deputies open the door, and inside they found Clarke “sitting on the floor with his legs crossed and the lights off,” the report stated.
A WPLG video report says Clarke stands 6'7'' and weighs 400 pounds.
“While he is arguing he acted in self-defense, he is a significant size, your honor, so there is a valid reason for the teammates of this victim to be of concern as Mr. Clarke presented a risk to them,” prosecutor Eric Linder said in court Wednesday, according to WPLG.
Broward County Public Schools told WPLG, “The employee in question is being reassigned as we review the matter for further action, up to and including termination. We are deeply disturbed by this incident, as the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”
The school’s principal told parents in an email that Clarke “will also no longer serve as an assistant football coach at our school — this was his only position on our campus," WPLG added.
Clarke was being held at the Broward County Main Jail and appeared in court Wednesday morning where a judge ordered him held on a total bond of $30,000, WPLG noted, adding that if he posts bond, he'll be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor, he must surrender any weapons or firearms, and he's been banned from contact with the victims.
Clarke bonded out of the Broward County jail early Thursday evening, WPLG said in a follow-up report, which noted he said nothing as he departed the jail in Fort Lauderdale.
In addition, prosecutors said in court that Clarke earlier this year was accused of violence against a student at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, WPLG said, adding that a BCPS spokesperson confirmed that Clarke is a campus monitor at the school.
“Following Clarke’s arrest on Monday (9/22/25), Broward Schools Police was made aware of a video that showed him fighting with students in a bathroom at Monarch High School, where he was working as a campus monitor,” a BCPS spokesperson said in a statement, according to WPLG. “That incident, which took place in early September, was not reported at the time. Clarke, who has been employed with BCPS since December 2024, is being reassigned while these incidents are reviewed for further action, up to and including termination. At all times, the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”
Monarch parent Shaka Williams told WPLG that Clarke's behavior was "outrageous."
“The video I saw is him being the aggressor, and it was terrible," Williams noted to the station. "I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.” Williams also said, "You should have more self-control. I didn’t know it was over two schools. That’s crazy.”
Monarch student Isaiah Robinson told WPLG that the accusations against Clarke are “not surprising, really, now that he has a history of it.”
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A Texas elementary school teacher has been arrested and accused of grabbing two children by their throats at school, according to reports.
Gail Patterson, 61, was arrested Sept. 15 following a Benbrook Police Department investigation, according to KTVT-TV. Patterson has since been released from jail.
'This is a profound betrayal of trust.'
Patterson is charged with two counts of injury to a child.
Patterson had been a teacher at Westpark Elementary School in Benbrook.
The Fort Worth Independent School District confirmed to Blaze News that Patterson was placed on administrative leave in August and no longer employed by the district "following an incident involving a student."
The school district said it has cooperated fully with law enforcement and child protective services since August.
According to the Benbrook Police Department, the alleged incident against two fourth-grade students occurred Aug. 20 during the school day.
WFAA-TV reported that a mother identified only as Catie said her 9-year-old daughter called her from school "crying, inconsolable, saying a teacher choked her."
According to an arrest affidavit, Patterson removed Catie’s daughter and another student from class after the two fourth-graders were caught talking.
Catie told WFAA that school officials showed her surveillance video capturing the alleged incident in a school hallway.
"Within two seconds, she grabs the first student by the neck, then grabs my daughter, holds them both against the wall for 11 seconds while she's in their face," Catie said.
Authorities have not released the surveillance video.
Catie claimed that nobody from the school contacted her regarding the alleged assault, despite her daughter telling three teachers about it.
What's more, the mother is furious over the school's response, telling WFAA that "I was disgusted. It hurt. Knowing we trusted a school after coming from homeschool. We trusted them to take care of our child, and no teacher in that school took care of my child that day."
Catie's attorney, Ty Stimpson, added, "They don't want to see Ms. Patterson teaching or having any involvement with kids anymore."
Stimpson told KTVT, "This is a profound betrayal of trust. When you send a child to school, you expect them to be nurtured and protected, not victimized by their teacher."
"While it can be a challenge to take on legal action against a school district, Fort Worth ISD has established policies that must be followed," Stimpson continued. "We are guiding these families through this process, ensuring that the students' complaints and grievances are addressed. We have requested that the teacher be terminated and permanently barred from returning to any school in the district."
Attorneys representing the alleged victims are moving forward with a formal complaint through Fort Worth ISD and are "calling for accountability to include safeguards and staff training," according to WFAA. The district has until next week to submit a formal response to the complaint, Stimpson said.
When Patterson was asked for comment, she said, "Go away," according to WFAA.
Benbrook Police did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment about the arrest.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Patterson was listed on the Westpark PTA website as a special-education inclusion teacher in the school’s SPED/RISE program but that "her name has since been removed." An archived version of the website from last November shows Patterson listed as a special-education inclusion teacher in the school's SPED/RISE program.
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Nearly 25 masked, hooded individuals were caught on video descending upon a jewelry store in broad daylight this week in San Ramon, California, and stealing an estimated $1 million in merchandise, KGO-TV reported.
Police said the suspects — armed with crowbars and pickaxes and at least three guns — smashed display cases and grabbed whatever they could get their hands on during Monday afternoon's heist at Heller Jewelers, the station said.
'This is not their first time doing something like this.'
"When they went in, they basically took over the store," Lt. Mike Pistello of the San Ramon Police Department told KGO. "Basically taking whatever jewelry was available."
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Cellphone video captured the suspects locked inside the store at one point. Police say at least one suspect fired multiple rounds to break open the glass door and escape. The door was part of a security upgrade installed after a previous robbery in 2023, requiring a security guard to press a button to let people out.
"What ended up happening was, once the suspects went in, the door locked behind them," Pistello noted to KGO.
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The suspects arrived in six vehicles, parking in the valet area just 100 feet from the store entrance, the station said.
A drone funded by a 2023 grant to fight organized retail theft captured video of the suspects fleeing the store and entering their vehicles, KGO noted.
Police told the station that drone video along with video from surveillance cameras and bystanders as well as help from nearby agencies led to the arrest of seven suspects.
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Three adults and one juvenile were taken into custody in Oakland with assistance from Oakland police. Three other adults were arrested at the Dublin BART station by Alameda County sheriff's deputies.
The suspects range in age from 17 to 31 and are all from Oakland. Police believe they are connected to similar crimes across the Bay Area. ...
Two firearms and some jewelry were recovered, including items that may have been dropped or discarded during the escape. Police say several of the vehicles used in the robbery were reported stolen.
"This is not their first time doing something like this," Pistello noted to the station.
KGO said detectives are trying to identify and arrest the remaining suspects. Pistello added to the station that while the investigation could take months, he expressed confidence that the department would ultimately solve multiple cases tied to the group.
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A California man meticulously planned a lethal attack on a convicted sex offender whose address he found on a sex offender registry, according to police.
Varun Suresh, 29, of Fremont was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly chased down 71-year-old David Brimmer to his neighbor's house, where he stabbed Brimmer in the neck until the man died, said court documents reported by KTVU-TV.
Suresh told police he saw blood pouring from Brimmer's neck and he told him, 'It's over; you have to repent.'
Suresh allegedly told police that he wanted to attack a pedophile, and he found Brimmer's address on the California Megan's Law website.
Police said they obtained screenshots from the man's phone from the website of several registered sex offenders, including Brimmer, about 45 minutes before they received emergency calls about the stabbing at about 11:57 a.m.
Brimmer served about nine years in prison over a conviction in 1995 of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child.
Suresh pretended to be an accountant going door-to-door in Brimmer's neighborhood looking for new clients in order to ensure that Brimmer did not suspect him of wanting to do him harm. When Brimmer opened his door to Suresh, he pretended to be non-threatening until confirming he had identified the right man.
"That's when we both knew it was on," Suresh told police.
Suresh grabbed at Brimmer and tried to get inside his home, but the man pushed past Suresh and ran down the street. He tried to flag down a vehicle but was unsuccessful.
Brimmer then ran into an open garage two houses away and pounded on the door asking for help until the neighbor opened the door. Suresh pushed through the door as well and followed Brimmer into the kitchen where he stabbed the man in the neck.
Suresh told police he saw blood pouring from Brimmer's neck and he told him, "It's over; you have to repent."
Brimmer ran out of the home and collapsed in the yard, where Suresh pinned him down and stabbed him in the neck several more times and then slit his throat.
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Suresh told police he didn't intend to get away with the crime.
"I'm hoping that because [the victim is] a pedophile ... like, everyone hates pedophiles ... so, like, it should be cool. It should be cool," he said.
He also did not express any remorse about his actions and said that the killing was "honestly really fun."
Suresh was previously charged in 2021 for making a false bomb threat and told police he was hunting the CEO of Hyatt Hotels because he believed he was a pedophile, according to KTVU.
Police said they recovered a knife at the scene. Suresh was charged with murder.
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A viral video shows a male knocking down an elderly worker at a Kansas City concert venue and delivering well over a dozen blows to the worker's face and head.
The brutal attack took place Sunday during a rap concert featuring NBA YoungBoy at the T-Mobile Center. Police confirmed to Blaze News that the suspect is under the age of 16.
'He just completely lost it.'
Officer Alayna Gonzalez of the Kansas City Police Department added to Blaze News that the "juvenile male was detained and subsequently released to his guardian pending further investigation. This investigation is active and ongoing, and detectives are actively working with prosecutors for consideration of applicable charges."
WDAF-TV reported that the suspect also assaulted a security guard who ejected him from the venue.
Shani Tate Ross, a T-Mobile Center spokesperson, told Blaze News that the staff member "sustained serious injuries. After receiving prompt care from on-site first aid personnel, they were later treated at a local hospital for their injuries."
The victim of the attack caught on video — 66-year-old Thomas Schlange — is seen on the clip trying to push away the teenager who towers over him, but he has no chance. The teen begins delivering a flurry of lefts and rights as Schlange is flat on his back and trapped on the floor between two rows of seats. Finally another male pulls the teen off the victim, who appears dazed, and blood is seen around his mouth as others try to help him up.
Schlange told WDAF in a follow-up story that "I went down and had blows to my head" and that his priority in those moments was "just getting him off, getting him off of me … because he was so enraged, so we were just, in essence, trying to protect the fans."
So what allegedly set off the suspect?
Witness and local pastor Robert McDaniel told the station the attack commenced after the suspect was told his ticket didn’t match the seat he was in.
“He was asked to move to another place because his ticket wasn’t where he was sitting, and immediately he just completely lost it,” McDaniel recounted to WDAF.
McDaniel also remarked to the station that the disturbing video underscores the inability of some teens these days to control their emotions.
“But there is something going on in his heart that needs to be fixed, and what that is is his emotions,” McDaniel added to WDAF. “He needs to learn how to operate and work through and process those emotions.”
Schlange — who has worked his job for over 20 years — added to the station that "young adults or people growing into adulthood ... need to learn how to control ... anger."
The office of Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas noted to WDAF that the T-Mobile Center "will work with KCPD, our prosecutors, and our employees to ensure the assailants are identified and charged for the criminal conduct that occurred Sunday evening.”
The station added that Schlange is expected to meet Friday with Kansas City police.
What's more, the United Center in Chicago noted on its website that it canceled the NBA YoungBoy concert scheduled for Wednesday, WDAF noted.
Many observers are furious over the brutal attack. Here are just a few of their reactions.
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A Tennessee man who has fostered approximately 20 children was arrested in Florida after authorities discovered child pornography on his phone while he was returning from a cruise with his family, according to court documents.
Jason Alan Miller, 48, was arrested and charged with transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography, according to an arrest affidavit.
The affidavit states that a Homeland Security Investigations agent observed a screenshot of a folder titled '6yo_rare' containing multiple images of child sexual abuse material.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office told Blaze News that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Miller on Sept. 13 and booked him into the Broward County Main Jail.
Following an eight-day cruise in the Caribbean, the Carnival Horizon ship returned Saturday to the Port of Miami, according to Cruisemapper, a cruise information app and website.
According to the affidavit obtained by WJHL-TV, Miller disembarked from the ship along with his pregnant wife and eight children, all ages 5 through 12 — seven of whom he adopted after fostering them.
After arriving at the port, officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection selected Miller for secondary inspection, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
The affidavit said CBP officers inspected Miller’s personal property, including a Samsung Galaxy cell phone.
Miller provided the passcode to unlock the cell phone, according to the affidavit.
WJHL reported, "While searching the device 'pursuant to border search authority,' officers found several photos of suspected child sexual abuse material in the device's saved Google Photos application in a folder named 'telegram,' according to the affidavit."
The affidavit states that a Homeland Security Investigations agent observed a screenshot of a folder titled “6yo_rare” containing multiple images of child sexual abuse material.
Citing the affidavit, the Daily Mail reported that the folder contained 45 illicit images.
According to the affidavit, Miller admitted to knowing there was child porn on his cell phone.
Miller had fostered approximately 20 children at his home over the last seven years, according to the affidavit.
If Miller is convicted of both charges, he faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years.
The CBP has the authority to inspect personal belongings at U.S. ports of entry:
All persons, baggage, and merchandise arriving in the Customs territory of the United States from places outside thereof are liable to inspection and search by a Customs officer. Port directors and special agents in charge are authorized to cause inspection, examination, and search to be made under section 467, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1467), of persons, baggage, or merchandise, even though such persons, baggage, or merchandise were inspected, examined, searched, or taken on board the vessel at another port or place in the United States or the Virgin Islands, if such action is deemed necessary or appropriate.
USA Today reported, "Travelers' rights against warrantless searches are weakened within 100 miles of any port of entry, so any person is subject to being questioned and their electronic devices — including phones, tablets, and laptops — searched by border agents regardless of immigration status."
The outlet said U.S. citizens technically don't have to provide their cell phone's unlock passcode to CBP agents.
The ACLU noted that U.S. citizens cannot be denied entry into the United States for "refusing to produce passwords, provide device access, or submit electronic devices for a search."
However, the ACLU added that those who refuse could be detained, or their device "could be seized and not returned for weeks or months."
The ACLU also said, "Noncitizen visa holders and visitors: You run the risk of being denied entry if you refuse to provide a password, and you should consider that risk before deciding how to proceed."
Carnival Cruise Line, the U.S. Marshals, and the DHS did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.
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A stranger allegedly grabbed a propane tank and chucked it through a window of a Georgia home early Monday morning before going on a rampage inside the residence, WSB-TV reported.
A woman named Michelle — who didn't give her last name — told the station she's a member of the family that endured the frightening home invasion in Lawrenceville, noting that the suspect "grabbed a propane gas tank, the big ones from the back, threw it at the window, broke the window, and that’s how he came into the house."
'If every homeowner was armed, thugs would think twice about breaking in.'
WSB said video shows a male behind the family’s home just before 4:30 a.m. and that interior surveillance video shows a shirtless suspect destroying things inside the home while the family called 911 for help.
“He was in there getting naked, taking his clothes off, smashing stuff," Michelle told the station.
Gwinnett County Police said the residents in the home in the 2000 block of Redbark Court immediately confronted the suspect, and officers surrounded the home with the male still inside with the victims.
Police noted that as officers entered the residence to arrest the suspect, the homeowner shot him, and the suspect died.
Police said homicide detectives and crime scene investigators responded to the scene to speak with witnesses and collect evidence. The name of the victim is being withheld until next of kin is notified, police said.
“This is such a calm neighborhood," Michelle told WSB. "We’ve lived here for over 20 years, and nothing like this has ever occurred."
Neighbors told the station that the suspect may have hopped a fence at a nearby shopping center and walked through the woods to get to the house.
Michelle told WSB she's grateful her family members are all OK in the wake of the terrifying incident: “Yeah, my family is all safe. Thank God. God is good."
No charges have been announced, the station said.
Observers had no sympathy for the suspect:
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Two people have been arrested after police said they found six children locked inside a storage unit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, last Tuesday.
Milwaukee police were dispatched to the storage units near 27th and Silver Spring after receiving a report of a child crying from inside a locked unit, according to court documents.
'We're not supposed to be loud.'
When they investigated the report, police said they heard a child crying and another coughing, so they brought in the Milwaukee Fire Department to cut off the unit's padlock. Inside they found the children, ages 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years old, as well as a 2-month-old baby.
The unit had only a bucket for the children to relieve themselves, and police said there was just a small sliver of light coming through the crack of the door.
"We're not supposed to be loud," one child said to an officer.
The oldest child identified the parents as 33-year-old Charles Dupriest and 26-year-old Azyia Zielinski, and allegedly told police that they locked the children in the unit. He also said he was in charge of taking care of the baby and had no way to contact the parents in case of an emergency.
Dupriest and Zielinski would drink "tequila and vodka, become drunk, and slump over," according to the child.
Police said the unit was in disarray and the smell inside was so "putrid" that they could not remain inside, even with the door open. There was a couch and a twin mattress without bedsheets for the children to sleep on. They found a box of chips, milk, and a case of soda. The unit had no electricity, lights, or running water.
Dupriest and Zielinski were found sleeping in an SUV in the parking lot of the storage facility, and they told police that they were homeless and slept in the car with their dog. Later, they admitted that the children could have stayed with family members.
Zielinski told police that they had been living in the storage unit for about a month and a half but had been trying to secure housing for seven years. She said they received support from the Women, Infants, and Children federal program; food stamps; and $2,000 in Social Security benefits.
Police said they claimed to have been "kicked out" of a rescue mission after she gave birth, but a spokesperson for the organization told WDJT-TV that they had claimed to have found permanent housing before leaving.
Zielinski made her first appearance in court on Friday, where she was berated by the court commissioner.
"We have your children stating that they had no food, that the only food they found was from the garbage. They didn't have a bathroom. They used a bucket," the commissioner said. "And what's more disturbing than all of that are the statements that both you and father had made that you and the children could have stayed with family members."
Both were charged with six counts of child neglect, while Dupriest also faced a charge of criminal possession of a weapon.
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It’s always been weird the way Democrats and the dying news media refer to President Trump’s plans for “retribution,” both before and after he was elected. It’s like they never bothered to look up the word. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.” More fittingly, […]
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