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Georgia Authorities ID and Arrest Sexual Predator Posing as Uber Driver

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Georgia authorities said that sexual predator managed to accost two women and rape one by posing as Uber driver.

The Georgia authorities recently managed to arrest a dangerous sexual predator who raped a 25-year-old University student. According to the victims, the individual posed as an Uber driver. Police were able to ID and track down suspects using victims’ snapshots of the car’s interior.

Sexual Predator Recognize by Police Officer Who Told Him to Move Car

During a recent press conference, Captain Jerry Sault, the CO of Athens-Clarke County’s Criminal Investigation Division, announced that 56-year-old Emerson Redd was taken into custody and charged with several counts of rape and attempted rape.

Sault stated that Redd’s arrest took 30 hours of hard work and involved state troopers, county deputies, and members of the sexual predator division.

According to Sault’s statements, the first incident involved Redd occurred on Friday night, at around 1:15 a.m. While cruising down the East Washington Street, Redd stopped in front of the Uptown Lounge after seeing a 21-year-old woman with her smartphone in hand.

Pretending to be the Uber ride she ordered, Redd invited the young woman in his car and drove away. Several minutes into the ride, Redd’s victim realized that something is amiss, as the sexual predator had no GPS nor any car markings to suggest that he’s an Uber driver.

After confronting Redd, the man allegedly touched her between the legs. The woman asked Redd to stop and open the passenger’s door. Redd complied and drove off.

An hour later, the individual found another victim, a 25-year-old University student roughly in the same area as his first victim.

After picking up the woman, Redd took off, still pretending to be an Uber Driver. When the woman confronted Redd about the missing GPS, the man allegedly secured the doors and raped her. He later released the woman.

Conclusion

Based on the victims’ testimonies, snapshots depicting the vehicle’s interior, and a police officer claiming to have warned the individual about illegal parking, the authorities were able to track down and arrest the individual.

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Texas Teen Gets Car Stolen, Trashed by Accident Victim

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Texas Teen Gets Car Stolen and Thrashed

Texas teen left without car after responding to a road accident.

A Texas teen had his car stolen and trashed after responding to a roadside accident. According to the authorities, the victim of the road accident witnessed by the Texas teen bolted off from his vehicle and stole the teen’s car. The suspect was later found dead, and the car totaled.

Texas Teen Said There Were Three People Inside the Vehicle

Jerry Ramirez, a high school senior and Royse City resident, will think twice before leaving the keys inside his car. Last week, Ramirez and his friends were involved in a rather peculiar incident.

According to the Texas teen, he and his buddies were cruising along a Royse City road when they’ve discovered a crashed pickup truck. Ramirez told the authorities that he and his friends got out of the car to provide assistance to the driver and the vehicle’s occupants.

The Texas teen learned that, at one point, the car’s driver, which appeared to be intoxicated, lost control of the car which hit a guardrail. While Ramirez waited for the deputies to arrive, the pickup truck’s driver bolted from the seat, ran to Ramirez’s Chrysler 300 car and drove off.

According to a Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, the pickup truck’s driver, later identified as 29-year-old Delyn Stampf, led the authorities on a high-speed chase before disappearing.

Stampf was discovered several miles away after he crashed Ramirez’s car. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

All the pickup truck’s occupants were rushed to the hospital where they’ve received treatment for life-threatening injuries.

Conclusion

As for the Texas Teen, he’s now looking for a way to buy a new car, as his insurance doesn’t cover theft. The man even set up a GoFundMe account in an attempt to raise at least part of the sum needed to buy another car.

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Incestuous Couple and Baby Found Slain on Connecticut Road

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Incestuous couple found slain in Connecticut, authorities revealed.

The Connecticut authorities announced a new development in the case of Steven and Katie Pladl, the incestuous couple who had a 7-month-old baby. Following a 911 call, the authorities discovered that Pladl gunned down Katie, her adoptive father, and his biological child with Katie before turning the gun on himself. No motive has been made available.

Incestuous Couple Was Scheduled to Appear in Court

Lawrence Capps, the Knightdale Chief of Police, declared that the Pladl case had taken a dramatic turn. Following a welfare check initiated by Katie Pladl’s biological mother, the authorities discovered that Steven violated a court order by meeting with the woman with whom he had a 7-month-old baby.

Everything started with a 911 call from a New Milford resident who told the 911 operator that he heard several gunshots in the area. When the police arrived at the location, they’ve discovered a pickup truck with two bodies inside.

The coroner’s report reveals that the bodies retrieved from the truck belonged to Katie Pladl, Steven’s biological daughter and the mother of his infant, and 56-year-old Anthony Fusco, Katie’s adoptive parent.

After combing the area, the authorities discovered Pladl’s Honda minivan a couple of miles off Dover. The man had committed suicide.

At around the same time, the authorities were notified about a dead infant. After arrived at the address, the officers discovered that the dead infant belonged to the incestuous couple, more than likely executed by Pladl before gunning down her daughter and adoptive father.

Although the investigation is in full swing, the law enforcement officials have yet to uncover Pladl’s reason for killing his son, daughter, and adoptive father. More than that, Rick Friedman, Steven’s attorney declared that this turn of events was totally unexpected, as Pladl gave no indication of being capable of murder.

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North Carolina Jesus Christ Breaks into Pizza Hut and Empties Mountain Dew Machines

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Jesus Christ Caught Emptying Mountain Dew Machines in North Carolina

Man posing as Jesus Christ breaks into Pizza Hut restaurant.

On Wednesday, the North Carolina authorities had a rather a bizarre case to tackle. Claiming he was Jesus Christ returning to Earth, a 46-year-old man from North Carolina broke into a Pizza Hut restaurant and nearly emptied the Mountain Dew dispensers.

NC Jesus Christ Said People Were Mean to Him and He’s Surrounded by Judases

However unlikely it might sound, on Wednesday, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the North Carolina deputies were summoned to the High Point Pizza Hut to witness a strange miracle – Jesus Christ was standing, right there, in the middle of the restaurant, munching on pizza and chugging rivers of Mountain Dew.

The authorities who arrived at the location discovered a 46-year-old individual, later identified as Richard Lee Quintero. According to the restaurant’s employee, Quintero simply broke into the restaurant, and informed everyone, in the most conceivably casual way that he’s Jesus Christ and that he broke the window.

More than that, the half-crazed man said that there’s nothing wrong with the idea of Jesus Christ entering the restaurant and breaking a window. When he was confronted by one of the employees about what he was doing there, the man simply replied that he just sat down to eat a slice or two of pizza and drink some Mountain Dew.

The North Carolina version of Messiah didn’t seem too bothered by the sheriff’s deputies coming in and heading towards him. Reportedly, the man told the authorities that he was fed up with all the Judases in the world and that he hates everyone being mean to him on account of his schizophrenia.

After spending some time talking to the suspect, the authorities arrested the 46-year-old man and charged him with petty larceny and breaking and entering. The suspect was booked into county jail with no bail.

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A Curved Penis Might Indicate a Higher Cancer Risk Among Men

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A curved penis might indicate a higher cancer risk

Sexual organs come in all shapes and sizes, and some men might have observed they have a slightly curved penis. While many regard it as a mere anatomical difference, it seems it might work as a sign for some serious health risks. Men who have a hard time shooting straight in the toilet might be more likely to develop a series of cancers.

A curved penis is not just an anatomical disorder

Peyronie’s disease, or penile fibrosis, is the condition which causes men to have a curved penis, and affects quite a large number of people. It was believed this was only an anatomical defect, but researchers decided to investigate. Therefore, they started a study with a sample of over 1.5 million men.

The results weren’t too encouraging, as it turns out a curved penis might lead to other health problems. Those men who suffer from the condition have a 40 percent higher risk of stomach cancer and of testicular cancer, and a 29 percent higher risk of melanoma. As a result, researchers are now urging men who live with the condition go and get proper cancer screenings. Also, doctors should be more careful with such patients, and advise them to get more thorough investigations.

The cancer risk is real, and physicians should thoroughly consider it

Many men take a curved penis for granted, and fail to associate it with other possible conditions that might arise. However, a genetic analysis of a father and son who both suffered from Peyronie’s disease showed they both had genes which increased their likelihood of developing testicular cancer.

It’s not clear yet what causes the link between cancer and a curved penis, but it’s clear that it exists. Therefore, it’s essential that everybody should be aware of it. However, cancer screening might be dangerous in some situations, so doctors should be careful when assessing one’s risk and necessity to undergo the procedure.

The research has been presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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Delete for Everyone Is Now Rolling Out for All WhatsApp Users

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Delete for everyone on WhatsApp will soon get to everyone

The long-awaited WhatsApp feature meant to fix your last night’s mistake is here. Delete for everyone will allow any user to unsend messages, solving problems like subsequent regret, and avoiding unpleasant situations in case you sent a text to the wrong person. The feature is already rolling out for both iOS and Android users.

Delete for everyone will soon get to all WhatsApp users

WaBetaInfo is a Twitter account which shares all kinds of news regarding WhatsApp, and informs users about all the changes as soon as the company decides to take them. Therefore, the Delete for everyone feature is now officially rolling out. If you don’t have it yet, there’s no need to worry, as it will soon get to everyone.

In case the feature still doesn’t show up, make sure your WhatsApp is updated to the latest version. However, be careful before getting rid of an already sent message. The recipient must also have the newest version installed so that the feature might work perfectly. Also, be quick about it, as you only have seven minutes after sending to get rid of it. Delete for everyone works perfectly well in group chats, too.

There are a few limitations to this feature

However, text messages are not the only ones which can disappear. You can delete everything, ranging from images, sent contacts and locations, voice messages, videos, or statuses. Once you perform the operation until the end, the chat will display a notification informing the recipient or the other people in the group that the specific message has been deleted.

There are certain messages which still remain immune to the Delete for everyone feature. Apart from the timeframe when the deleting is possible, those messages added in quotes cannot be removed. Also, whatever is sent within a Broadcast List remains there, so be careful every time when you send a message.
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Seven of Saturn’s Moons Keep Its A Ring in Place

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Saturn’s A ring is kept from shattering by seven moons

NASA has recently released another set of data coming from Cassini’s observations. The information is more than interesting, as it reveals a new purpose of the moons which surround Saturn. It seems that these natural satellites don’t just orbit around the planet, but also work together to hold the outermost visible ring, called the A ring.

Saturn’s A ring is kept in place by an unusual cooperation

The A ring is the largest of the visible rings, and stands the furthest from Saturn. However, it accumulates to much material that, without an external support to keep it in place, the ring would start shattering and, gradually, disappear.

Researchers were aware the A ring needed a support. However, for about thirty years, they thought this role only belonged to Janus. However, Cassini kept a close observation on the other moons, and revealed new information about them.

Researchers were impressed by the beauty of this discovery

Apart from studying each moon’s surface and physical properties, researchers analyzed their collective action, and their interaction with Saturn’s rings. After some mathematical approximations, the final result was that Janus couldn’t have enough force to hold the entire A ring. Therefore, several other moons joined it in this attempt, namely Pandora, Pan, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Mimas.

The gravitational force of the moon is the one which keeps the A ring in place. They act on its rotation speed and slow it down, and also pull down momentum from it. This way, it cannot ‘split’ all over the solar system.

Researchers are extremely happy they have found out such valuable information, and said this was exactly what they were hoping to get from the Cassini mission. They still cannot tell what process formed the rings, but at least they know what keeps them into place. This process is still new and unique, but also beautiful, as all moons work together to maintain the well-functioning of the Saturn rings.
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New Wolfenstein II Ad Campaign Sparks Intense Political Controversies

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Bethesda re-appropriated Trump’s slogan for the latest Wolfenstein campaign

Bethesda has recently released a new ad campaign to promote the upcoming Nazi-killing game, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. This campaign uses a variation of the already popular slogan of President Trump, Make America Great Again. However, the word “great” is replaced with “Nazi-free”, which sparked a lot of unexpected and unwanted controversies.

The campaign re-appropriates President Trump’s slogan

The Wolfenstein series has always been well-known for depicting the killing of Nazis. The latest game presents an alternate universe where Nazi Germany has won World War II, and is currently in control of Europe and the United States. Therefore, the central campaign behind Wolfenstein II is to get the US rid of Nazis.

This is why Bethesda took the already popular slogan, changed it to suit their campaign, and overlaid the text over a video game sequence showing Nazis marching on the American streets. However, this came in a strange time for the US , when alt-right supporters are marching through the streets.

There are no hidden political messages in Wolfenstein II

Although that wasn’t Bethesda’s intention, the Wolfenstein campaign fell right in the middle of a controversy. Many people interpreted the anti-Nazi message and the Trump correlation to a campaign against the president’s supporters. Therefore, the ad sparked a lot of unwanted reactions, so Bethesda felt the need to clarify the situation.

The video game company insisted that there were no political motives behind the release of this ad campaign, and it didn’t want to promote violence or the massacre of any supporters. Wolfenstein has always been about killing Nazis, but this is just a video game. Also, the general conception was that no one should get offended about the slaughtering of Nazis since, for about 70 years, they have been regarded as bad guys.

The fact that the release of the game coincided with alt-right supporters marching in the streets is purely coincidental. Wolfenstein II is merely a game, so it shouldn’t be taken seriously. It has been released only for entertainment purposes, so there are no secret messages or connections hidden in it.


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Messenger Lite Keeps You Connected to Your Friends While Saving Your Internet Data

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Messenger Lite consumes less data, but still allows you to keep in touch with your friends

Staying up-to-date with whatever’s new and constantly keeping in touch with your friends comes at a price. You might find that Facebook Messenger consumes quite a lot of data, which is not really affordable at the end of the month. However, Facebook thought of a solution, and will now offer people a way to use the messaging service without consuming much data.

Save some data while staying connected

Facebook developed a ‘light’ version of Messenger, which keeps you connected while using significantly less data than the full service. This version is called Messenger Lite, and offers less data-consuming features, while still offering many options for you to communicate with your friends.

Messenger Lite was already available in Australia, India, and 100 other countries. Now, Facebook rolled it out in US as well, together with UK, Ireland, and Canada. The app can already be downloaded from the Google Play Store, but it’s strictly for Android users. Unfortunately, it might take quite a while until it features an iOS version as well.

Messenger Lite removes the features which consume data

Messenger Lite works just like a regular Messenger app. Once you download it, you sign up with your already existent Messenger account. Your contact list immediately gets on display, together with the chats you have already started. However, some features are missing, but this is only meant to make the app run faster and consume less data.

For instance, video chats are no longer available on Messenger Lite, as they consume a lot of data. Also, the chat heads are gone, so you can message someone only after opening the app. However, the lighter version will let you sends emojis or photos, together with regular messages which contain text. This is a clever strategy to keep you connected to your friends, while consuming as few data as possible.
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Internet Explorer Lets Websites Leak Whatever You’re Typing in the Address Bar

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Internet Explorer is struggling with a huge security issue

A security researcher has recently revealed a dangerous vulnerability present in the latest version of Internet Explorer. It seems the browser has a serious bug which allows websites to leak whatever the user is typing in the address bar. This includes both URLs and search terms, which automatically become visible to the website the user is currently on.

Internet Explorer has a huge security flaw

Manuel Caballero is the researchers which discovered this serious vulnerability. The flaw leaves Internet Explorer’s address bar ‘open’ for the website the user is currently on. For instance, if someone is viewing a page, and wants to go on and visit another one, the former page can peak on what the user will write in the address bar.

As soon as the user hits enter, the page he is on will be able to see what page he will be visiting next, or what search terms he is interested in. This is extremely problematic, as it might leak some private information about the user. In fact, the entire browsing history of a person becomes available, which raises huge security concerns.

Microsoft is trying to replace Internet Explorer with Edge

The researcher suspects this could be a Microsoft strategy. The company has learnt Internet Explorer is outdated a long time ago, and now it’s silently trying to get rid of it, and convince people to replace it with its new browser, Edge. Therefore, they might be avoiding the providing of updates for Internet Explorer on purpose.

Many users have already given up on the classic Internet Explorer in favor of other browsers. However, there are still some people who either have to use Internet Explorers, or are not aware there are better alternatives. When informed about the issue, Microsoft declared they should provide a bug fix soon. However, the safest way to avoid such issues would be to switch to a more modern browser.


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