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Southwest agent charged with stealing $79,000 worth of travel vouchers


Southwest agent charged with stealing ,000 worth of travel vouchers

A St. Louis-based Southwest agent was charged with theft after an internal investigation found evidence that he printed fake travel vouchers for personal use and for profit Southwest eliminates open seat selection and now assigns seats After more than 50 years, Southwest Airlines is abandoning its unique open seating model and will begin assigning seats. […]

Cheektowaga man sentenced to prison after failed pawn shop robbery


Cheektowaga man sentenced to prison after failed pawn shop robbery

A robber who provoked a shootout with employees at a Cheektowaga pawn shop during a botched robbery attempt last year has been sentenced to five years in prison, Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael J. Keane announced. Erie County Court Judge Sheila A. DiTullio also ordered five years of probation for Jaquail A. Yamani, 30, […]

No injuries reported after shots fired at Laura Lane home


No injuries reported after shots fired at Laura Lane home

BATTLE CREEK – A 24-year-old man was arrested after shots were fired at a home on Laura Lane early Friday morning, according to a Battle Creek police news release. Police were dispatched to the first block of Laura Lane at 2:58 a.m. At the scene, officers found multiple bullet holes in the windows of a […]

Dead woman found in baggage machine at Chicago airport


Dead woman found in baggage machine at Chicago airport

Firefighters found a dead woman trapped in machinery in a private baggage handling area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Thursday. Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said firefighters were called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. because a person was trapped in a machine transporting luggage. He said they found the […]

Corpus Christi man convicted of robbery at Stripes supermarket


Corpus Christi man convicted of robbery at Stripes supermarket

A Corpus Christi man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for robbing a Stripes supermarket at gunpoint and shooting a customer last summer. Jose Valdez, 22, pleaded guilty on April 29 to obstruction of public commerce by threat or force and carrying and discharging a firearm in connection with a violent crime, […]