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22 Convictions? Not A Problem
When he applied for a part-time job as a truck driver for the city of Chicago, Jerome Felske admitted he had a criminal past.
He acknowledged having six criminal convictions -- one burglary and five thefts. He got the job anyway.
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Police shoot and kill man holding hairbrush
A young man carrying what turned out to be a hairbrush died Monday night in a hail of bullets fired by New York police. Authorities were responding to a 9-1-1 call his mother made about a "family dispute with a gun," police said. When authorities arrived at the Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment, the teenager had something stuffed under his shirt and several times showed a knife to police. "Shoot me, kill me," he shouted, according to Kelly. "Come get me. I have a gun. Let's do this."Twenty shots were fired; Coppin was struck eight times, Kelly said. Kelly said the teen's mother reported he had not taken his anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medication. » Full article here

Man takes laptop from praying preacher
When the Rev. Fidelis Obdike opened his eyes after a prayer, the setting wasn't the same. Gone were his laptop computer and the man with whom he was praying. Police arrested Carl Hagy, 41, on Wednesday on a theft charge after he allegedly pawned the computer. Police responded to a call at Destiny Global Ministries on Friday, where Obidike told officers he had bought a laptop computer from Hagy two weeks before. He said Hagy returned to the church on Friday and asked to pray. Obdike said he was praying with Hagy inside the church, but when he opened his eyes, Hagy and the computer were gone, police said. Hagy was booked into the Sebastian County Jail, where he was freed on $1,500 bond.