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ADA, Okla. – A burglar called 911 to report himself after he was unable to find an exit from the building he was burglarizing, reports CBS affiliate KXII. Michael Garvin, 22, was found at Ada Family Eye Care just after 6 a.m. on Saturday, according to authorities.   When police arrived, Garvin reportedly threw a mirror at the officers and ran into the attic to hide before being taken into custody. Officers said he was not able to recall many details and seemed to be in unstable condition. Police believe the suspect simply could not find his way out of the store. “Our initial thought was that he called 911 and maybe he broke in and couldn’t find a way out and maybe he got scared,” said Officer Jeremy Farmer. Garvin was arrested for second-degree burglary as well as auto burglary because officers allegedly found a pair of keys in his possession that belonged to a vehicle from a nearby body shop. source: cbs

By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI Associated Press  A family grieving over the loss of their matriarch was dealt an unthinkable blow when opening the casket just before the funeral revealed the wrong body. Lisa Kondvar, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was horrified when she opened Margaret Pokka’s casket and found the body of another dead woman last month. She is still looking for her mother’s remains. Ms Porkka, 82, passed away during a family vacation to St. Maarten. Another woman passed away around the same time, officials believe the two bodies were accidentally switched before being sent home. Scroll down for video Vanished: The body of Margaret Porkka, 82, disappeared after she passed away during a family vacation to St Maarten over the Thanksgiving holiday ‘I looked up and I was like, 'Good God, are you kidding me?' I was stunned,’ said Ms Kondvar. 'We were devastated because we thought it was going to be mom and then it wasn't,' sister ...

By Karen Anderson, WBZ-TV William Gross being sworn in as Mayor Marty Walsh and Commissioner William Evans looks on BOSTON (CBS) – Chief William Gross remembers when he moved to 32 Esmond Street in Dorchester from a farm in Maryland with his mother and two sisters when he was 12 years old. It was 1975, and the city was in the middle of busing, and race relations were at an all-time low. “Boston was in turmoil,” Gross remembers. “My mother would say, ‘Don’t go to Southie because there are people that don’t like you.’ I’m sure the kids from South Boston were told the same thing.” On Thursday, a man from South Boston, William Evans, was named Commissioner of the Boston Police, and Evans named Gross to be the first African American Superintendent in Chief of the department, the #2 person on the force. Evans said naming Gross to the Chief position is his first, and likely will be the best decision he will make as Commissioner. “He is well respected by the community w...

  Introducing A Bill Ideas for bills come from many sources: constituents, the President, lobbyists, or congressional staff. Any Senator or Representative may introduce a bill. After a bill has been written or "drafted," the member introduces it by formally presenting it to the House or Senate clerk when Congress is in session. In the House, the bill is placed in the "hopper" at the desk of the Clerk; the sponsor of the bill may or may not make a special statement about the bill when it is introduced. In the Senate, the bill may be presented to the Clerk, or the Senator may make a formal statement from the Senate floor to introduce it. Once a bill is introduced, it is given a number: H.R. _________ (for the House of Representatives) if introduced in the House and S. _________ (for the Senate) if introduced in the Senate. Bill numbers start with H.R. 1 and S. 1 at the beginning of each new Congress and continue in numerical order until the Congr...

  Boston Police (Photo credit ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) — Police say a woman had her toe bitten off at a New Year’s Eve party in Boston. Officers responded to a city hospital at about 5 a.m. Wednesday for a report of an apparent assault in which the victim’s little toe on her left foot was bitten off. The victim told police she made a sexual advance to another woman at the party in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood at about 3 a.m., which upset the other woman’s boyfriend and led to a fight. Police tell The Boston Globe the party’s host then asked the victim to leave, which led to another fight outside in which the host allegedly bit off the guest’s toe. At about 5 a.m. Wednesday, officers received a call from Boston Medical Center reporting an assault and battery. The victim, whose name was not released, was attending a friend’s party when a fight broke out around 3 a.m., said Nicole Grant, Boston police spokeswoman. The fight ...

You already know the skills MC Sha-Rock possesses. She is Hip-Hop Culture's First Lady, and Hip-Hop's first female emcee. Her style of rapping with the Funky Four Plus 1 has earned her the "First Lady" status, and she's showing and proving again. The new single "This Is My Philosophy" borrows from KRS-One's "My Philosophy" title-wise, and the lyrics are raw truth spoken about this flimsy industry called Music. Sha-Rock joins her Zulu brother, Quadeer "M.C. Spice" Shakur (Zulu nation's Minister of Information) on the track produced by his 30Rock Drop Squad production crew. "We're already talking about shooting half the video in Boston and half in the Bronx", says Quadeer Shakur, about the visual aspect of the song. "And of course, we will be hitting the stage at the 2014 Zulu Nation Anniversary together. This is going to be great." The song details the ills of the shady music industry where recor...

A legendary artist in a legendary group has passed away at far too early of an age.  It has been confirmed that Lord Infamous from the Grammy Winning group Three 6 Mafia has died.  The rapper passed away on December 20 th at his mother’s house in Memphis.  The death has been confirmed by Three 6 Mafia publicist, Dove Clark. “He did pass away at his mothers house last night in Memphis,” Clark said during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “The cause of death is unknown. We’re actually trying to figure out how he died and that is all the information we currently have.” Another member of the group, Gangsta Boo, tweeted about the death, stating that it was a “tragedy.” “Rest in Peace Lord Infamous,” she said. “Please respect the family and dear friends during this tragedy.” Lord Infamous’ real name is Ricky Dunigan.  The cause of death is unknown, but he was respected as one of the key members of the group that crossed a multitude of ...