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Train on the Lam
I woke up to thunder and lightning. I could hear noises in the background. I felt so sleepy and groggy. My cabin is ocean blue. It was a deluxe suite. I had never seen a cabin on a train this large. I picked up a gold note card that had a note on it. It was so gold and fancy that I almost thought it was made out of real gold. The note read:
By Stacy Dortch2 years ago in Criminal
The Mysterious Murder of Mary Gunn.
On a wet and cold Saturday night in October 1913, Mary Gunn, 51, was relaxing in the living room with her brother-in-law, Alexander McLaren, 61, and her sister Jessie McLaren, 61, when 6 bullet shots came raining through the window. Mary was killed when one struck her through the heart.
By Shauna Mullen2 years ago in Criminal
What Is Environmental Racism, and How Can We Fight It?
What’s it like where you live? Does the air smell fresh? Do you have a green space somewhat nearby that you can enjoy? Is your water clear and clean? These seem like basic requirements for any living situation—and they should be. But they’re not the reality for certain communities in America that are affected by environmental racism.
By Buehler Bowen2 years ago in Criminal
The largest Bank Robbery Lead to the murder of innocent children
Back in December of 1998, there had been a bank robbery by Timothy Blackburn. This bank robbery remains the largest amount taken in the state of Nevada. 1 million dollars. On the night of the bank robbery. The cleaning crew had been held up by two masked men. They drove to the bank and parked where they would normally park their van every time they clean the bank. They ordered the cleaning crew to clean just as they normally do and waited until an armored truck arrived with the night’s cash pick-up. After a standard security protocol, they call the alarm company makes sure there had been no weird alarms that had gone off. Only reported the cleaning crew inside. Once the vault had been opened up the masked men disarmed the guards and take the shrink-wrapped 1 million dollars. As the masked men removed one of the guns from the armored guards, the gun went off bounced off the floor, and hit the guard in the leg.
By Kerrie G.Diaz2 years ago in Criminal
I Guess I'm the Bad Guy
Nothing gets a person's attention better than a slap in the face. For me it was a wake-up call. Literally. “Wake up!”, said some strange female looking at me. I don't know what concerned me more if it was my blurred vision from not being able to focus on the woman standing over me or all of rocking back and forth. “Who are you?”, I asked still trying to focus on her face. At the point of focus I could see a young 20-year-old or so scoffing at me with disgust. “Oh my God. It's him again”, she said in a mean tone. Another voice overhead, this time of a male catches my attention. “Show him the phone.” said this strange man. The young girl helps me up off the floor. My balance is that of a newborn fawn. She sits me in the seat of what looks to be a train car. “Hurry up”, said the man, “we don't have much time”. They both were wearing black, like cat burglars. She hands me a cell phone and proceeds to baby talk me, “I'm Sam, short for Samantha, and the guy over there with the bags is Robert short for Robert.” I could tell she was a sarcastic kind of person, so I matched tone, “Well Sam, short for Samantha, what do you want me to do with this phone, order a pizza? And where am I? What am I doing here?”
By Fleming Brooks2 years ago in Criminal
Intellectual property
A metallic clinking noise somewhere close by, keeping time with the side-to-side motion of the train, is the first thing Heide Ferrone notices when regaining consciousness. Opening her eyes, she finds her face pressed against worn leather that smells of body odor and is wet from her drool. Attempting to sit up, she winces in pain from the stiffness in her lower back, and once upright, a wave of nausea washes over her, and she closes her eyes, willing it to pass.
By Joe Nester2 years ago in Criminal
Who Killed Vic's Wife?
Jenko’s trip back down to his seat ended with a brutal thud. A blinding glimpse of darkness forced his two knees to bang onto the seat in front of him. As his eyes began to adjust to the light, the whole of his vision locked on a sign denoting train car number 7. The five seconds after his brutal awakening were flooded with supersonic shrieks of women, children, and a baby. There is always at least one crying baby on any sort of mass transit, whether train, plane or spacecraft.
By Brian Rosen2 years ago in Criminal
How to Keep Your Internet Connection Safe and Secure
Keeping their internet connection safe and secure is necessary for modern-day life. It is crucial to stay protected from hackers and other threats that steal their personal information and keep themselves from getting into trouble with the law. The internet is notorious for having a lot of shady characters with bad intentions, and it can be hard to know how to avoid being hacked.
By Ron Navarreta2 years ago in Criminal