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Police Badge Stops Bullet, Saves Officer

Dec 29th 2009 – 3:58PM

(Dec. 29) -- Officer Joshua Smith isn't complaining about the heavy new police badges in Oakland, Tenn., anymore. Not after his patrolman's badge stopped a bullet at point-blank range -- and likely saved his life. According to WMC-TV, Smith spotted a car weaving across a highway the morning of Christmas Eve. Smith...

Missing Maryland Girl's Body Found on Christmas

Dec 24th 2009 – 5:12PM
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SALISBURY, Md. (Dec. 26) - Sheriff Mike Lewis enlisted the help of just about everyone along Maryland's Eastern shore, from hunters to homeowners, to find a missing 11-year-old girl, and thousands took time from their Christmas Day plans to search, with the hope she was alive. On Friday afternoon, three days after Sarah...

Melvin Alaeze is Troubled

By Brian GrummellJan 31st 2007 – 11:32AM

You already knew this if you follow recruiting and/or are a fan of Maryland or Illinois football. But if not, here's a sad, sad tale.Melvin Alaeze was an all-world defensive end recruit out of Randallstown, Maryland a few years ago. He had offers from literally every major school and put on an amazing performance in the US...

ChristmasEve News From the Web

  • 05/21/12 Woman arrested for setting fire to home on Christmas... Source: News 10 Now - Syracuse NY Five months after a Christmas Eve fire destroyed a home in Hammondsport, State Police say they now know what caused it.
  • 05/21/12 Murder in Mentor on Christmas Eve 1959: Whatever... Source: The Plain Dealer - Cleveland OH "Whatever happened to . . .?" is a weekly series updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting local stories covered in The Plain Dealer.
  • 05/21/12 Firefighters battle mobile home fire Source: NBC - WAVY TV 10 - Portsmouth VA NEWPORT NEWS, Va. For the third time in less than six months, fire crews worked to contain a fire in the Pathco Mobile Home Park on Jefferson Avenue.
  • 05/11/12 OC man sentenced for sex assault on 8-year-old Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA An Orange County man has been given a possible life sentence for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl on Christmas Eve. The district attorney's office says 38-year-old Jorge Miguel Gallegos of Santa Ana was sentenced Friday to 40 years and eight months to life.
  • 05/11/12 Driver Charged with Reckless Homicide in Christmas Eve... Source: CBS - 23 WIFR - Rockford IL ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- A Winnebago man who allegedly caused a fatal accident on Christmas Eve is behind bars tonight.

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