Liberian officials fear a widespread outbreak of Ebola could be on the horizon after a group of armed men raided a quarantine center, freeing patients and stealing items including blood-stained sheets and mattresses. 29 Ebola-infected patients fled according to one news agency. The incident occurred late Saturday and was led by residents who were angry infected people were being held in their area according to Tolbert Nyenswah, assistant healthy minister. [CBS News]
A 3-year-old is dead after being caught in the middle of a police shootout in Maryland Saturday, said Price George’s County police. Lt. Bill Alexander, a spokesman for the police department, said authorities began chasing a man driving a Nissan Maxima early Saturday afternoon after his car was seen leaving the scene of a shooting. Police exchanged gunfire with the man twice before shooting and killing him. Upon further examination of the vehicle police discovered a wounded toddler sitting in the backseat; She later died from her injuries. [Gawker]
It was business as usual when the Atlanta Braves took on the Oakland A’s Saturday – that is, until a nude man hit the field. The streaker made it all the way across the outfield before being restrained by security. It wasn’t long before all the Internets were buzzing about the incident and #Streaker became a trending topic on Twitter. [GossipCop]
Four adults were arrested in Phoenix, Arizona and charged with stealing $200,000 worth of Legos from local Toys “R” Us stores. Garry Fairbee, Tarah Dailey, Melissa Dailey and Troy Koehler have been accused of removing anti-theft devices from Lego sets, leaving the store with the sets in large bags on their person and attempting to resell the toys for profit. Police followed the case closely for many months before catching Fairbee and Dailey meeting up to sell the stolen toys to Koehler. [Gawker]
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