Armed thug tries to rob victim pumping gas. But perp chooses the wrong victim to violate.



Police in Orland Park, Illinois, responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 15100 Harlem Avenue around 9 a.m. Tuesday, WFLD-TV reported. Orland Park is a village about an hour southwest of Chicago.

Police told the station a person was pumping gas at a Shell station when someone with a weapon tried to rob the victim.

'Well done.'

You see, police told WFLD the victim in this case was a concealed carry holder who pulled a gun and shot the suspect during the attempted armed robbery.

The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment, police told the station, adding that the CCL holder is cooperating with police.

Further details about the incident were not immediately clear, WFLD said, including what kind of weapon the suspect possessed.

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Police added to the station that a heavy law enforcement presence will remain in the area as the investigation continues, and there is no threat to the public.

More than 500 comments poured into WFLD's Facebook post about the incident, and users were most definitely behind the actions of the concealed carrier.

  • "Definition of FAFO," one commenter wrote.
  • "Charles Bronson is back in action!" another user quipped.
  • "Yes, keep them guessing who may be packing," another commenter reasoned.
  • "Well done," another user said. "Yet being in IL I'm sure there will be a rally for the suspect shot and some lawyer ready to defend them. 'They weren't really going to rob them.'"
  • "Exactly WHY you carry," another commenter declared. "Personal protection."
  • "It’s a story with a happy ending," another user noted.
  • "And I get asked why do I need to carry all the time," another commenter observed.
  • "Give him a medal," another user stated.

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Knife-wielding male stabs mother, daughter in random attack, cops say — but arriving deputy puts stop to threat with his gun



A knife-wielding male stabbed a mother and daughter in a random attack in Northern California, police said — but an arriving sheriff's deputy put a stop to the threat with his gun.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office released a summary video Friday detailing what took place on the morning of July 15.

'Kudos to the deputy that [saved] the innocent victims’ lives by eliminating the threat.'

The sheriff's office said its communications center received a call around 6:30 a.m. stating that a transient adult male was causing a disturbance at a Starbucks at Elkhorn Boulevard and Diablo Drive in Sacramento.

Employees said the suspect was behind the store counter and armed with a “kitchen knife," officials noted, adding that store employees hid in a back room while waiting for law enforcement to arrive.

But when deputies arrived on the scene, the suspect had already fled, officials said.

Minutes later, a deputy saw an individual matching the suspect's description walking on Diablo Drive, officials said.

The suspect ran into an open garage of a residence in the 5700 block of Diablo Drive, and the suspect stabbed and cut a 63-year-old mother numerous times as she was getting into her vehicle, officials said.

Her 26-year-old daughter heard screams and saw the suspect on top of her mother, officials said, adding that the daughter pushed the suspect off her mother, saving her from further attack.

But the suspect then focused his attack on the daughter, who also was cut and stabbed numerous times, officials said.

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Image source: Sacramento County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office

The deputy who initially saw the suspect witnessed the suspect's attacks in the garage, officials said, adding that the deputy fired his handgun toward the suspect, striking the suspect.

Additional deputies arrived and immediately began administering lifesaving measures to the suspect and both victims, officials said.

Fire personnel responded to the scene and pronounced the suspect dead, officials said.

Both victims were taken to a hospital, where they were listed in serious but stable condition, officials said.

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The suspect has been identified as Faryeshyi Allahdin, officials said, adding that no deputies were injured during the incident.

Officials said investigators believe the attack was random, and the victims had no known connection to the suspect.

Commenters below the sheriff's office video posted to Facebook had high praise for law enforcement:

  • "Kudos to the deputy that [saved] the innocent victims’ lives by eliminating the threat," one commenter wrote.
  • "Nice shot by the deputy & thank you for not hesitating so that the perpetrator could not do any fatal damage," another user wrote. "This is a happy ending — no trial & further trauma to the victims needed & no revolving door on prison/jail for this guy who’d probably go on to terrorize more victims after being let out too soon."
  • "Thank you for you courageous service, officer," another commenter said. "And dang that daughter — kudos for jumping in to [help] her mom."
  • "Police officers are heroes... no other way to say it," another user declared.

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Florida mom blamed baby's death on co-sleeping — then detectives noticed her jewelry



A Florida woman allegedly said her baby died when she fell asleep next to her son. However, police said the infant's autopsy — along with a piece of the mother's jewelry — tipped them off to something far more sinister.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement that deputies responded to a residence in Lakeland after receiving a report that a baby boy was unresponsive around 11:58 p.m. Sept. 6.

'I think I killed our son.'

Police said the 3-month-old was rushed to Orlando Health Medical where he was pronounced deceased shortly after.

According to the affidavit, the infant had an abrasion and bruising on his head.

The sheriff's office said:

An autopsy revealed that the baby had subdural hemorrhaging around the skull. Medical Examiner Dr. Stephen Nelson identified three separate impact injuries to the baby’s head. The impact injuries were located on the top of the forehead. Dr. Nelson also identified a 1.7 cm by 1 cm L-shaped injury to the baby’s forehead, which he stated appeared to be consistent with being caused by a square-like object.

Detectives interviewed the infant's mother, 42-year-old Jessica Vlasac.

"Vlasac told deputies that she had accidentally fallen asleep with the baby in the bed and that she did not remember anything else, and that when she woke up, she found the baby lying face down on the bed, not moving and cold to the touch," the police statement read.

According to the statement, "After the autopsy, detectives interviewed Vlasac again and observed her wearing a large, diamond-like stone ring on her ring finger that was consistent with the large, square-like shape mentioned in the autopsy."

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Detectives executed a search warrant and obtained Vlasac's devices and her ring.

Police said, "During the search, Vlasac spontaneously asked if the ring was what killed the victim."

The statement read, "In a follow-up examination, Dr. Nelson examined the ring that had been confiscated from Vlasac and advised that the victim’s injuries were consistent with being struck by the ring, as a part of the impact injuries."

The sheriff's office stated that "there was no evidence of co-sleeping causing the death."

The PCSO added that text messages retrieved from the night of the incident showed Vlasac bought alcoholic shots earlier that day, sent messages stating she killed the infant, and later asked the child's father to delete the text history, WTVT-TV reported.

According to detectives, the baby's father told them that Vlasac is someone who becomes "violent" when she consumes alcohol.

Police said the father told detectives that Vlasac sent him multiple messages saying that she had killed the infant, including one that read: "I think I killed our son."

The statement said, "The father stated that Vlasac called him a few days later and seemed unusually normal when discussing the death."

Police arrested Vlasac on Sept. 10 and booked her into the Polk County Jail, according to records from the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

Vlasac, of Lakeland, was charged with aggravated child abuse resulting in the death.

The first-degree felony charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 30 years if convicted, according to WTSP-TV.

Police said the investigation is ongoing.

Vlasac remains at the Polk County Jail without bond.

Law&Crime reported that Vlasac has a pretrial detention hearing Thursday and an arraignment hearing Oct. 13.

Records from the Polk County Sheriff's Office show Vlasac also was arrested on Aug. 2 in a separate incident. She was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, and resisting an officer without violence.

Jail records show Vlasac was released Aug. 19 in connection with that arrest.

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Florida teacher removed from elementary school after 'atrocious' allegations from 5 students, police say



A former Florida elementary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly showed pornography to students and touched them inappropriately.

Cesar Oriol Cardoso taught at the Sunset Park Elementary School until the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department arrested him.

'Talk to your little ones, your children to help them to discern what is right and what is wrong in person ― and to talk and speak up.'

Police said Cardoso would show girls "inappropriate images or videos" after pulling them from physical education or other classes.

Some of the child sex-abuse material included photos of nude women and one image of a young boy with a woman. Other students reported seeing images that appeared to be of Cardoso himself.

The 53-year-old also allegedly touched or slapped several girls on the thighs or buttocks while making inappropriate comments.

In one instance he held his hand over his crotch and asked a girl if she wanted to "squish it," according to the arrest report. Cardoso also allegedly tried to express his wish to kiss two of the girls.

Detectives on Friday interviewed Cardoso, but he invoked his right to remain silent.

Cardoso was charged with three felonies, including offenses against students by authority figures, showing obscene material to a minor, and lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under the age of 16 years.

"Behavior of this nature will not be tolerated under any circumstances," a statement from a spokesperson for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools read.

Cardoso was removed from the school the next business day after school officials heard about the charges, the spokesperson added.

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Cardoso was held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center without bond as of Monday, according to WPLG-TV.

"I think it’s atrocious. I think we need to do a better job and have people better vetted," said Adrian Marin, a parent of a child at the school. "Talk to your little ones, your children to help them to discern what is right and what is wrong in person ― and to talk and speak up."

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15-year-old girl accused of shoving man off moving Chicago train to his death after fight — but she's not the only suspect



A 15-year-old girl is accused of shoving a 29-year-old man off a moving Chicago train to his death after a fight — but she's not the only suspect.

The girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, WBBM-TV reported, adding that the victim's family demanded that the other attackers, or their parents, come forward.

'Fix the trains. Whatever's happening with the trains, it shouldn't have been that easy.'

Chicago police told the station that they arrested the teenage girl Friday — four days after authorities said she pushed the victim off the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.

The girl was charged with felony counts of first-degree murder, mob action, murder by other forcible felony, and aggravated battery to a transit employee, WBBM reported.

The girl appeared in court Saturday, the station said, and a judge ordered her to stay in custody after finding probable cause on all counts. On Monday the girl again was ordered detained until her next hearing in October, WBBM said.

Police said the girl was one of three people who used force to push Kyle Bickham from a moving CTA train along the Dan Ryan Expressway last Monday around 2:30 p.m., which caused his death near 69th Street, the station said.

Police had not made any other arrests, WBBM said.

"Y'all took a part of me that I can't get back. Like, just turn y'all selves in," said the victim's brother, Christopher Bickham Jr., according to the station. "Like, I forgive y'all already."

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Bickham was on his way home from work at the time of the attack, WBBM said, adding that police said some sort of fight preceded the shove off the train.

Police said three people pushed Bickham onto the third rail, and he was hit by another train, the station said.

"I wish this pain on no one. No one else. I wish that no one else has to go through this," said the victim's father, Christopher Bickham Sr., according to WBBM. "Fix the trains. Whatever's happening with the trains, it shouldn't have been that easy."

Violence aboard Chicago trains is not a new problem.

  • In April, police said seven females and two males physically attacked a lone passenger aboard a Chicago train.
  • In January, prosecutors said a male recorded cellphone video of himself fatally stabbing a sleeping man on a Chicago train in an unprovoked attack.
  • In July 2024, an 11-year-old girl was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and felony robbery after eight to 10 youths brutally beat up a 63-year-old man on a Chicago train.
  • In January 2023, an armed man tried to rob a passenger aboard a Chicago train — but it turns out the suspect picked the wrong victim: a concealed carrier who pulled out his own gun and shot the suspect.
  • In July 2022, six robbers with weapons attacked and tried to rob a Chicago train passenger, but the victim pulled a knife and fought back. In the end, three of the suspects were wounded and hospitalized, all six were arrested — but the victim also was wounded and hospitalized.
  • Just days after the July 2022 attack, another robbery victim stabbed to death a 15-year-old male who pulled a gun on him aboard a Chicago train.

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Armed thugs kick open apartment door, begin beating man — but victim fights back, turns the tables in lethal fashion



Two males kicked open an apartment door in Memphis last week and began beating a man in a bedroom — but the victim fought back and turned the tables in lethal fashion.

WREG-TV said the incident took place around 4:40 a.m. Tuesday.

'I bet he doesn't do that again.'

Citing an arrest affidavit, WMC-TV reported that Devonta Johnson and Zarian Sanders went to an apartment on Madewell Street to see the mother of Johnson’s child.

The pair allegedly kicked open the front door, which had been barricaded with a couch, WMC said.

Investigators told WMC the two men entered a bedroom and began beating a male victim.

During the attack, Johnson pulled out a handgun, WMC said, adding that a struggle over the weapon ensued, and the victim managed to shoot Johnson.

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Johnson died from his injuries, WMC reported, adding that police said Sanders after the shooting threatened and hit the victim with a rifle, took the handgun, and fled the scene.

Sanders later was arrested and booked on charges of especially aggravated burglary, convicted felon in possession of a handgun, aggravated assault, and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, WMC said.

Police told WREG that Sanders, 23, later was identified as a felon who was convicted last September after pleading guilty to theft of a firearm less than $2,500.

Commenters underneath WMC's Facebook post about the incident had little sympathy for Sanders and Johnson. To wit:

  • "If you don't want the time, don't do the crime," one commenter wrote.
  • "I bet he doesn't do that again," another user said.
  • "I love a happy ending," another commenter quipped.

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Ex-mayor convicted of child sex crimes walks free after 90 days — judge admits key mistake he made in sentencing



Misty Roberts, the former Louisiana mayor convicted of child sex crimes, has completed her jail sentence that some have described as a "slap on the wrist." The judge admitted to making a miscalculation at the bench when sentencing the former disgraced mayor.

Prosecutors said Roberts hosted a boozy pool party at her home that included juveniles in July 2024 while serving her second term as the mayor of DeRidder.

'A slap on the wrist for a child predator, because at the end of the day, that is exactly what it is.'

Prosecutors said Roberts provided alcohol and sexually abused her teen son's 16-year-old friend during the pool party.

Roberts — who was the first female mayor of DeRidder and was serving her second term — resigned on July 27, 2024.

As Blaze News previously reported, Roberts was arrested in August 2024 and charged with third-degree rape and contributing to the delinquency of juveniles.

In March 2026, Roberts was found guilty of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile — both felonies.

Roberts faced a maximum prison sentence of 17 years.

The victim's mother described Roberts before sentencing as: "This danger came from a predator with hair extensions, high heels, Botox, and other modifications."

Blaze News reported in June that Roberts was sentenced to 90 days in jail.

Roberts, 44, also received two concurrent five-year suspended sentences, which she will avoid serving provided she complies with the terms of her probation.

The terms of her probation require her to undergo regular drug screenings and psychological therapy.

Judge Kent Savoie ordered Roberts to register as a sex offender for 15 years and pay a $5,000 fine.

Neighbors were disappointed in Roberts' sentence.

"A slap on the wrist for a child predator, because at the end of the day, that is exactly what it is," DeRidder native Kari McGee told KALB-TV in June.

McGee continued, "When it comes to children, we should use the fullest extent of the law. There are no excuses when it comes to our children."

Neighbor Ryan Clark added, "That's an insult to the actual victim and the family."

Another DeRidder resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said, "She was an authority figure in a high position, and she got slapped on the hand. What if I did that? I’d be getting maxed out, no matter what, without a shadow of a doubt."

On Sept. 7, Roberts was released from jail after serving her 90-day sentence.

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Last month, prosecutors with the Beauregard Parish District Attorney’s Office filed a motion to request that the judge reconsider his 90-day jail sentence for a harsher punishment, but he refused.

When asked how he arrived at a 90-day sentence, Savoie informed KPLC-TV that he examined 34 past sex abuse cases in Beauregard Parish.

However, all of those cases ended in plea deals whereas Roberts had gone to trial and been convicted by a jury.

KPLC noted, "Every single case was resolved before trial, unlike Roberts’. Not one case on the list Savoie reviewed involved a defendant who was convicted by a jury."

Judge Savoie admitted that he had made an error when sentencing Roberts by comparing her case to the 34 plea-deal cases.

KPLC reported on Aug. 31 that Savoie "previously told the court in open session that the case list was a mix of plea deals and trial convictions. It was not."

Savoie stated, "I asked someone to get me a list of cases similar. I made an assumption, and that assumption was wrong.”

"I made an assumption, and when you do that, you make an ass out of you and me," Savoie said.

"I was wrong in that respect," the judge admitted.

Assistant District Attorney Charles Robinson said comparing Roberts' case to the plea deals felt like "comparing apples to oranges."

"I feel that this list reflects what the district attorney and judges believe is for people who take accountability,” Robinson continued. "If you go to trial, you are going to face a much harsher punishment. Miss Roberts did roll the dice, which she is entitled to."

Robinson pointed out, "We have a person in their 40s. That’s something I don’t see on this list."

Savoie said that he was disappointed with the state's request for a maximum sentence of 17 years.

"I was considerably turned off by your request for the maximum sentence,” Savoie explained. "I was disappointed. I thought it was overboard considering she was a first-time offender."

Judge Savoie added, "I've always tried to be fair and honest. I use the list as guidance for me as for what has happened in Beauregard Parish."

Beauregard District Attorney Jimmy Lestage told KPLC:

I appreciate Judge Savoie acknowledging that the list he put together was not an accurate representation of sentences for convictions of this nature. I also appreciate that he took the time to reconsider our position. I am disappointed that the sentence was not changed. I, like I have told you before, do not believe that the sentence reflects the values of Beauregard Parish.

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17-year-old Florida male is person of interest in murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend who was 7-months pregnant



A 17-year-old Florida male is a person of interest in the murder of his 16-year-old girlfriend, who reportedly was seven-months pregnant.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that police arrested the 17-year-old male and that his girlfriend was found dead in a friend’s apartment a day earlier, WJAX-TV reported.

'The pain of losing them is something I don't think words can ever truly explain.'

Dominique Santonio Hill of Lake City is charged with tampering with evidence related to an investigation of what police are calling the murder of Ashia La Shai Moore at the Palm Villa Apartments in Lake City, the station said.

Police said they responded to a well-being check and discovered Moore dead on the floor from an apparent gunshot wound, WJAX reported.

She was seven months pregnant, the station said, citing a news release.

As the investigation progressed, police said they identified Hill — who was Moore’s boyfriend — as a person of interest, WJAX said, adding that authorities arrested Hill on charges of tampering with evidence.

Officials said Hill is being held at the Columbia County Detention Facility without bond.

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Police are asking that anyone with information to contact the sheriff’s office at 386-719-2005, WJAX said, adding that those who want to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers of Columbia County at 386-754-7099 or go to www.columbiacrimestoppers.net.

"Ashia, who we lovingly called Shia, was only 7-months pregnant with her precious baby boy when that monster took both of their lives from us," close family friend Gigi Reighns told First Coast News. "We lost not only Shia, but an innocent baby who never even got the chance to see the world. The pain of losing them is something I don't think words can ever truly explain. Shia was such a beautiful soul."

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