Mark Price

3 weeks ago | kansas.com | Mark Price |Mark Price

A custody exchange involving four children took a dangerous turn when another member of the family unexpectedly showed up and started shooting, according to investigators in Florida. It happened just after 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 1, in the parking lot of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office administration building in Largo, which is listed as a “Safe Zone” for emotionally charged child custody exchanges. “Rogerio Nascimento and his estranged wife arrived ... for a child custody exchange.

3 weeks ago | idahostatesman.com | Mark Price |Mark Price

A lottery player got confused — in the best kind of way — when he realized his $2,000 win was actually $2,000,000, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Jose Analco Ramirez of Greensboro purchased the $20 scratch-off in the 100X The Cash game on Thursday, May 29, lottery officials said in a May 30 news release. The odds of winning $2 million, the game’s top prize, are 1 in 1,853,616. “I saw the two at first and thought it was $2,000,” Ramirez told lottery officials.

1 month ago | kansas.com | Mark Price |Mark Price

Truckers have a reputation for being tough, and a fleeing murder suspect learned it the hard way when he got shot while trying to carjack an 18-wheeler, according to investigators in coastal Alabama. It happened Sunday, May 18, in Baldwin County, and the suspect took a bullet to the leg, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said in a May 20 news release. Mike Thomas was captured the next morning on foot, with the help of tracking dogs, the sheriff’s office said.

1 month ago | idahostatesman.com | Mark Price |Mark Price

One of Florida’s popular natural springs has halted all boating activity due to a large alligator seeking out humans in the water, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Access at Juniper Springs Waterway was stopped “immediately” on Monday, May 19, “due to the presence of an adult ‘nuisance alligator,’” Forest Service officials said in a Facebook post. The Juniper Springs Natural Trail and Boardwalk Trail are also “temporarily closed for public safety,” according to a website for the site.

1 month ago | kansas.com | Mark Price |Mark Price

A barefooted man was seen wrestling an alligator on Interstate 95 in North Florida, and the resulting video has been watched more than 9 million times on social media. While the bout could easily have been mistaken for a stunt, it was 100% real, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office wrote in an April 28 Facebook post. The alligator had slipped through 70-mph traffic to end up in the median and someone had to get it out, officials said.