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Student impostor from Florida wanted to play basketball

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A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Yuma high schools told authorities that he wanted to play basketball and hoped to get a college scholarship.

Teen arrested for allegedly bringing weapons on school campus

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A citizen's tip led deputies to a car on the Dixie Hollins campus. Inside, they found two Chinese throwing stars, a three bladed circular knife, and a ski mask.

Deputies: Bank robber abducts driver for getaway

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The robber made the driver take him away from the search area, then bolted in Philippe Park.

Sheriff: Mother, babysitter conspired in missing baby case

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A healthy 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick, missing for five days until searchers found her stowed in a small cedar box under her baby sitter's bed, was safe in state custody Thursday while her mother and baby sitter sat in jail.

"Stinky Rapist" found guilty again

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Another guilty verdict for the so called "Stinky Rapist," Jerrod Pass. A jury in Tampa today convicted Pass of raping a mother of four as she slept in her home near USF in 2007.

Pinellas runaway found with Sex offender