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By Esteban Reynoso

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    MANTECA, California (KCRA) — Manteca police arrested a 25-year-old man accused of “bank jugging,” a crime where suspects follow victims from banks, break into their cars, and steal money bags.

“Unfortunately, this is a common thing that has a name; they call it jugging,” said Sgt. Steven Beermann of the Manteca Police Department.

Beermann explained that the suspect, 25-year-old Malik Antwan Jamal Shackelford of Antioch, targeted victims leaving banks around the city, staking them out and striking when the opportunity arose.

“We’ve had at least 10 recent incidents amounting to over $78,000 worth of loss combined,” Beermann said.

According to police, the suspect followed victims walking out of banks, including a Wells Fargo on Main Street, and broke into their cars to steal money bags if they fit his criteria.

“Do not leave valuables in your car. Your car is to get you from A to B, but you do not want to leave things in your car because it’s easily accessible,” Beermann said.

Maria Corral, a Manteca resident, expressed her shock upon learning that the Wells Fargo she frequents was connected to the suspect’s arrest.

“I come here all the time because this is my bank,” Corral said.

“People should be more trusted on themselves and not people around them. There are a lot of people that will take your money. They’ll jump you for a dollar, or jewelry or whatever you know?” Corral added.

Beermann said the investigation is ongoing, and the suspect has been charged with several crimes, including grand theft and auto burglary.

“We don’t know if this is one person responsible for them all. I can tell you since we did a social media post, we’ve had two calls on unreported juggings,” Beermann said.

Manteca police are urging victims to come forward and are working to gather video evidence of the crimes from nearby businesses.

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By Tim Nazzaro

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    BOSTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — The 2026 FIFA World Cup brought people from all over the world together in Boston, Massachusetts, including one couple from Scotland.

Meet Alexander and Louise.

The couple decided to get married in honor of Scotland making its first World Cup appearance in nearly three decades.

On Thursday night, before Scotland’s big match against Morocco, family and friends gathered inside Boston City Hall as the couple recited vows.

The ceremony was capped off with a stirring rendition of “No Scotland, No Party.”

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By Joshua Davis

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    KERNERSVILLE, North Carolina (WXII) — A Triad grandfather has extra reason to celebrate this Father’s Day, after a broken ankle and two decades of pain severely impacted his ability to walk. He and his surgeon sat down with WXII about what it took to get him back on his feet.

For a long time, Chris Conner wasn’t happy. The 53-year-old Kernsville husband, father, and grandfather was gradually losing his ability to walk after he broke his ankle back in 1995 — and since then, missing out on important moments with his family.

“Unless I was walking on something that was a complete flat surface, I had to be extremely careful,” he said. “People have to wait on me to, because I would have to stop, or I couldn’t. I just couldn’t physically get where I was going as quickly as everybody else, because of the pain, the swelling.”

At one point, he had to consider a fusion of his foot and ankle:

“Which means the ankle foot and ankle wouldn’t move anymore, and I felt I was too young to go through something like that,” he said.

However, Novant Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Snow Daws gave him a different option: a total ankle replacement.

“(It’s) for ankles that are affected by severe arthritis,” she said. “Arthritis is damage to the cartilage that lines our joints. What the surgery entails is we cut the ends of the bone off of both the tibia bone, which is the shin bone, and the talus bone, which is that lower bone and the ankle joint, and we replace the ends of those bones with metal caps, and then a piece of plastic goes in between, and that reconstructs the joint.”

On Sept. 26, 2025 — Conner went under the knife — and for the next two months took on physical therapy.

“I didn’t like being confined,” he said. “(It’s) my right foot, so I can’t drive, can’t walk, can’t, can’t shower without help, can’t do anything, and so I was very motivated to be able to do things, and then once once the boot came off and I started being able to walk normally, it was just the fact that I could do things and it didn’t hurt.”

Despite the frustration and hard work that went into recovery, he said the reward at the end made it all worth it.

“I was able to go to Disney with my grandson,” he said. “Me walking on my foot and ankle was not something we had to worry about. Now, you know, keeping up with a 4-year-old, that was something we had to worry about.”

It’s a heartwarming ending, and life back on track.

“I can take him to the field, or we can go places, and you know, kick a soccer ball, or we can climb on the playground stuff, or do whatever,” Conner said. “It’s a big difference between being happy and just living.”

Chris says he’s grateful to the team at Novant Health for helping him learn to stand on his own again. For Father’s Day, he plans to take his boat out on Belews Lake, grill and enjoy every moment with his grandson and family.

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By Austin Boley

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    CARLISE, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — A Carlisle man was arrested June 17 after the Carlisle Police Department said he acted disorderly, appeared intoxicated, and twice attempted to spit on officers while claiming he had a highly contagious communicable disease.

Officers responded to a reported disturbance in the 200 block of Noble Boulevard, according to Carlisle police.

Police describe erratic behavior At the scene, officers encountered Paul Michaletz, who police said was behaving erratically, acting disorderly, and showing obvious signs of alcohol consumption.

Officers say he tried to spit on police Police said officers tried several times to communicate with Michaletz and de-escalate the situation, but he became increasingly aggressive and ignored repeated warnings to stop his behavior.

“During the incident, Michaletz spat at officers and later, while being taken into custody, intentionally tried again to spit in an officer’s face in an apparent attempt to spread his condition,” police said.

Michaletz was arrested and faces a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and two additional charges.

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By Steven Albritton

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    CINCINNATI (WLWT) — History has a funny way of repeating itself. This weekend, it’s happening with the return of the Clowns, a Negro Leagues team with their own tricks and hijinks brought back to life for the world to see.

On Friday, they’re returning back to Cincinnati.

“Not just great players, but great entertainers. This is a great example of history coming back again,” explained Rick Walls, the executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, of this weekend’s Savannah Bananas visit to Great American Ball Park.

Their opponent? The Indianapolis Clowns, a “new” team with deep ties to baseball barnstorming history.

In 1943, a Negro Leagues franchise out of Miami lands in Cincinnati. Home base? Historic Crosley Field.

Walls says this weekend’s represents more than just the return of a name.

“The Bananas have honored the Clowns by creating a team, when really, the Clowns probably were the precursor to Banana Ball.”

Shadow ball. Oversized gloves. Anything to bring the crowds and entertain.

“It’s been a long time since the 1940s, but to see them in some new form, it’s not the same, but in a new form here playing Banana Ball, I think it’s special,” said Wells. “They could travel around and barnstorm the entire country and make baseball, really, the entertainment that it is today.

“Yes, it’s baseball, but it’s also entertainment for all of us.”

At the Reds Hall of Fame, in the Pursuit of a Dream exhibit, is a tribute to the Negro Leagues. From the Cincinnati Tigers to the Cincinnati, now Indianapolis, Clowns, and the legends of the game.

“Negro Leagues baseball history is just part of that inspiration that we try to provide for everyone that comes through here,” said Wells. “It was the Clowns who led to an opening for Chuck Harmon.

“Chuck breaks the barrier, lives in Cincinnati forever, and becomes one of our great ambassadors to the team.”

Wells says the Reds wouldn’t be who they are if it weren’t for the fan base in Cincinnati: For the Reds, for the Negro Leagues teams and back to the first professional team in 1869.

The Clowns didn’t just break barriers in the game itself, but also on the roster. The Clowns had the first three women to play professional baseball.

If you’re headed to Great American Ball Park this weekend, be on the lookout for a name you probably remember from her run in the 2014 Little League World Series: Mo’Ne Davis.

Davis is suiting up and will pitch for the Clowns.

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By Brandon Hogan

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    LAKE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Lake County deputies arrested two people on Friday, one of whom was 85 years old, to face charges including street racing, according to their probable cause affidavits.

Around 11:30 p.m., a deputy traveling southbound on U.S. 27 and County Road 33 in Leesburg reported seeing two vehicles — a red Corvette and a gray two-door sports car — traveling at a high rate of speed. Using radar, the deputy determined that the Corvette was traveling 125 mph and the gray car was traveling at 110 mph, both of them in a 45-mph zone, according to the affidavits.

One deputy pulled over the Corvette south of State Road 48 as another deputy went after the gray car, conducting a traffic stop north of the state road, the affidavits state.

The driver of the gray car — identified as 85-year-old William Bosworth, of Leesburg — said the other driver had swerved at him and should not have done that, according to his affidavit. Bosworth continued, telling the deputy that he was out having a ride in his favorite car and not trying to do anything with anybody before he reacted to the alleged swerving, the affidavit states.

Bosworth faces charges of street racing and dangerous speeding in excess of 50 mph, the affidavit states.

The other driver — 57-year-old Phillip Signorino, of Titusville — faces the same charges, records show. While being arrested, Signorino denied having reached high speeds, claiming his Corvette was incapable of going that fast, according to his affidavit.

Both drivers denied racing and had posted bond by the time of this writing, records show.

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By Kilee Thomas

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    EL RENO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Oklahoma is now leading the way in a new effort to reduce repeat crimes with a first-in-the-nation program inside an El Reno prison.

The Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno is the first in the U.S. to offer a new rehabilitation program aimed at breaking the cycle of incarceration. Joshua Smith, the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, traveled to Oklahoma for the milestone.

On Thursday, leaders launched the program that is built on one simple principle: no one is beyond redemption.

“We are better than yesterday. Not done yet!” a group chanted outside the prison.

Outside the barbed wire and security checkpoints at FCI El Reno was a celebration of second chances. Supporters said the goal is to give the men inside the tools they need to build a different future, one that Smith knows personally.

“At 21, I was sentenced to federal prison for my role in drugs,” Smith said. “It was in prison that I had an experience with God that changed the trajectory of my life.”

Leaders said that kind of transformation is the goal of Prison Fellowship, a faith-based nonprofit that works with inmates to help them change the course of their lives before they reenter society.

“I’m thankful I work in an administration that’s tough on crime but at the same time understanding these people are coming back to our communities, and we better be restorative in nature,” Smith said.

Prison Fellowship’s academies have operated in state prisons for years, including prisons across Oklahoma.

Now, FCI El Reno is the first federal prison in the country to offer one.

“Most of these men in El Reno behind this barbed wire here, they’re going to be our neighbors, and not only can they come home and be good neighbors, they can come home and contribute so much to their families, to their churches, businesses,” Heather Rice-Minus, president and CEO of Prison Fellowship, said.

Ray James once stood where those men behind bars are. Thirteen years ago, he was released from the El Reno prison for drug use.

Now, he works with Prison Fellowship as the academy program manager, helping other incarcerated men believe change is possible.

“I wanted to give back, and I wanted to let them realize change is possible, and they’re not stuck where they’re at,” James said.

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    ANKENY, Iowa (KCCI) — The Lucas family from Ankeny is embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Seattle to watch Team USA play Australia in the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday, June 19.

Michelle Lucas has been planning the trip for months.

“For me, it’s definitely a trip of a lifetime,” Michelle said. “I don’t think the rest of my life, I probably will have a chance to see USA in USA play for the World Cup.”

Soccer is a family tradition for the Lucas’, with every member either having played or still playing the sport.

“I love the intensity. I love the physical-ness of it,” Michelle said.

When the family learned the World Cup was coming to the U.S., they knew they had to find a way to get into a game. The journey to securing tickets was challenging.

“There was a sign-up for a drawing to see if you get selected to get tickets before they got out for sale,” Michelle said. “We had talked as a family and we’re like, let’s everybody just put your email out there and see what happens,” she said.

When Michelle received the email confirming their selection, she recalled, “I went in, checked my email. I was like, I just got selected. And they’re like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I was like, ‘Nope, nope, mom’s in.'”

The family was able to secure four tickets but needed five. When public ticket sales opened, they faced high resale prices. Michelle described the moment she found one last ticket in their section, saying, “I’m like, do I pull the trigger? Do I pull the trigger?”

Though the final ticket cost three times the price of the earlier ones, Michelle said the experience will be worth it. “I don’t think you could put a dollar amount on being in that stadium at that game, at that time,” she said.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is being hosted across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with 48 teams competing in 104 matches across 16 cities. An estimated 6.5 million fans are expected to attend.

For the Lucas family, this trip is more than just a game — it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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By Sarah Buduson

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    PARMA, Ohio (WEWS) — A Parma police officer is on paid administrative leave after allegations he used excessive force against a 13-year-old boy during an incident outside the city’s police station last summer.

News 5 Investigators obtained body-camera videos and a security camera video, which show Officer Michael Frinzl pushing the boy’s head into the building’s brick wall and dragging his face along the surface.

The incident began when Parma police were called to Walters Grove Park & Pool for a report of kids fighting just after 6 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2025.

When the boy’s mother, Lisa Gonzalez, came to pick him up from the park, she said he threw a stick at her minivan and ran off.

Officers said pieces of the stick hit them. They ran after the boy, arrested him, and took him to the police station.

As Frinzl and another officer are walking the boy, who was handcuffed, into the building, the video shows Frinzl grab the boy’s head, push it into the wall, and scrape it along the wall’s surface before he was brought into the building.

The boy was later taken to the hospital for treatment.

Gonzalez said the hospital called to inform her that her son was being treated. When she arrived, she said she was surprised to see an injury to his face.

Pictures that Gonzalez shared with News 5 show bruising and scrape marks along the right side of her son’s face.

“To cause that much harm to a child says a lot about their character,” she said. “You don’t hurt children.”

Gonzalez’s attorney, Subodh Chandra, said the boy weighed only about 70 pounds at the time of the incident and was handcuffed.

“There’s simply no reason any officer should ever need to do that,” Chandra said. “That’s excessive force, period.”

“It’s very apparent from the video footage that there was no reason to slam that child’s face against a wall other than anger and retaliation and bitterness and inappropriate attitudes and conduct by a police officer,” Chandra added. “What really escapes me is how such an officer remains employed by the Parma police department. “

He plans to file a lawsuit to hold the officers accountable for their actions.

“This is just simply — from what we can tell from the video — a deliberate and intentional and malicious act of violence towards a child that is not justifiable under any circumstances.”

Gonzalez said her son “is not the same kid he was” before the incident, beyond the scars that remain on his face.

She said he was happy, outgoing, caring — and loved sports. Gonzalez said “nothing that makes him happy anymore” and that he is “petrified” of police officers.

Gonzalez also said her son was diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and PTSD by a psychiatrist.

Charges filed by the Parma police related to the incident were dismissed in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.

Parma Police Department response

News 5 Investigators requested an on-camera interview with Chief Kevin Riley. He declined our request.

Scott Traxler, public information officer, sent us the following statement:

“On May 28, 2026, allegations concerning an officer’s use of force during a prior juvenile detention were brought to the attention of Parma Police Chief Kevin Riley. The incident occurred at the Parma Police Department last year on August 13, 2025. The incident arose during the detention of a juvenile who had been arrested in connection with multiple alleged offenses. Because the matter involves a juvenile, the Department will not provide further details regarding the juvenile case.

Chief Riley ordered an internal investigation, which is still underway. The investigation includes a review of all available evidence, including video footage, reports, witness statements, applicable Department policies, and any other relevant information. The officer whose conduct is under review was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. Paid administrative leave is not a disciplinary finding, and no conclusion has been reached.

The Parma Police Department takes allegations involving the use of force seriously. Department personnel are expected to conduct themselves professionally and in accordance with law and Department policy. Because this matter involves an active investigation and a juvenile, the Department is limited in what additional information can be released at this time. The Department is committed to a thorough, objective, and fair review of the facts. Written investigative findings will be prepared and handled in accordance with applicable law, Department policy, and confidentiality requirements.”

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