A reported fight inside a north Phoenix home ended with smoke and flames Thursday night after police say a father called 911 about his adult son. Officers were called around 6:30 p.m. to a home near 12th Street and Cave Creek Road, according to Arizona’s Family. Police said the father reported that his adult son …
A 79-year-old retired nurse in Willoughby, Ohio, said she feared going to jail after she was summoned to court over yard-maintenance violations. Beverly Thomas spent 33 years working as a nurse, according to News 5 Cleveland. Now, she said arthritis and tremors make it impossible for her to keep up with the trimming, yard work, …
A Central Oregon homeowner says an $8,500 roofing deposit turned into a credit card dispute after the contractor stopped responding. Martin Stadtmueller told KTVZ he gathered several roofing estimates before choosing 541 Roofing. He said the company appeared legitimate, offered what seemed like a solid warranty, and told him it would handle permitting through Sunriver. …
A north St. Louis resident says city trash trucks have been leaving foul-smelling liquid and stains on neighborhood streets for six weeks. The problem is happening in the North Pointe neighborhood, where Judy Parker has lived for more than 50 years. She told First Alert 4 that the smell has made it harder to sit …
A Parkland, Florida, resident reported a luxury watch missing after a moving company completed work inside the home, according to a local crime blotter. The Broward Sheriff’s Office in Parkland responded to multiple incidents between June 9 and June 15, Parkland Talk reported. One of the most expensive property reports involved a watch valued at …
A Chatham, Ontario, homeowner found an unexpected person inside the house after police say a woman entered through an unlocked back door and went into the kitchen. The incident happened on Birmingham Avenue at about 8:26 a.m. on June 16, according to a Chatham-Kent Police media release. Police said the woman took food from the …
A Missouri property owner left a commercial riding mower stuck in a ditch near a property line and walked away to get help. When the owner returned, the mower was gone. The case is now a felony stealing charge in Caldwell County. KTTN reported that Gary Dean Burst, 69, of Kidder, Missouri, has been charged …
A Connecticut homebuyer won a foreclosed house at auction, then made a discovery no buyer expects: skeletal remains of three people inside the property. State troopers were called to 7 Stanwich Lane in Burlington at 4:46 p.m. on June 14 after the buyer reported human remains in the structure. The buyer had purchased the house …
Two 11-year-old boys in Luskville, Quebec, are being credited with helping stop a patio fire before it spread deeper into a home. Daxton Crête and Philippe Décary had just stepped off the school bus on June 3 when they noticed black smoke rising from behind a row of trees, according to the Pontiac Journal. The …
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after police linked him to a string of vehicle thefts and burglaries around Coral Gables and Miami. Ivis Aceituno was arrested Tuesday on charges including burglary, attempted burglary, grand theft of a vehicle, and petit theft, according to NBC Miami. Police reports cited by the station described at least …