Lashawn Howard blocks in ex-boyfriend: “I didn’t forget the bullets at home this time”

Police 19-year-old Lashawn Howard located her ex-boyfriend, Thomas Smith, on New Year’s Eve in the parking lot of his apartment complex and used her vehicle to block him in to prevent him from driving away. She then approached his vehicle and told him she “wasn’t playing around,” threatened to slash his tires, and waved a knife toward him. She then opened her other hand to display several rounds of ammunition and told him she didn’t forget the bullets at home this time. He then backed into her car in an effort to escape the situation

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Kam Elder smashes boss’s car with shopping cart after he’s fired from Walmart

Police say 19-year-old Kameron Elder picked up a shopping cart and threw it onto the windshield, fender, and hood of his Walmart manager’s vehicle after she terminated his employment. Christina Korous says after she fired Elder for performance-related issues, he was observed on security cameras approaching her Honda Civic in the parking lot. He pushed a shopping cart toward the car, picked up the cart, and used it to smash the vehicle. Damage was estimated at $5,000.

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Emanuel Pedreira Valdes charged in brutal beating — “I should have stopped. I didn’t mean to hurt her”.

32-year-old Emanuel Pedreira Valdes is charged with the brutal beating of his girlfriend, Cassandra Neal, inside their Antioch apartment. He beat her until she vomited, and strangled her until she couldn’t breathe. The assault began when he accused her of cheating and spread from an upstairs bathroom to every room in the home. He pushed her hit her, slapped her bit her, strangled her twice, punched her in the face, and threatened to kill her as he strangled her again. Police documented redness to her face, cuts, bruising, red marks, and swelling. In a statement to police, Pedreira Valdes said “I should have stopped. I didn’t mean to hurt her”.

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