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Two men from Deventer are accused of scamming at least 24 people out of a total of 82 thousand euros by posing as a friend in an emergency who needs urgent cash. The Public Prosecution Service demanded a prison sentence Read more
The municipalities of Amersfoort and Utrecht implemented emergency decrees due to unrest in the cities overnight. The decrees gave police officers more powers to intervene – to send people away or arrest them. One person was arrested in Amersfoort, RTL Read more
The police found the body of a baby in a home on Hagenau in Amsterdam Noord early on Monday morning. A woman, who appeared to be in a disturbed state, was arrested, the police said. During the early hours of Read more
The authorities at the port of Rotterdam discovered and seized 600 kilograms of cocaine in a chemicals shipment from Brazil on Monday. The drugs had a street value of 45 million euros. That brings the total amount of cocaine seized Read more
A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering for his cash dealings in high-end luxury watches. Financial crimes inspectorate FIOD said the man has spent over a million euros in cash just on timepieces bought since 2018. He Read more
The Newport Police Department shared a family’s act of kindness on Monday. Police said Longview Police Officer Kevin Sawyer and his family were visiting Newport on vacation, when they noticed one of the memorial benches had been vandalized with graffiti. Read more
A kindergarten teacher in Texas went above and beyond to make her classroom a fun and safe environment for her students amidst social distance guidelines. When Jennifer Birch Pierson learned the desks would have plastic shields she transformed each one Read more