On Friday evening in Hamblen County, Tennessee, an accident involving multiple vehicles nearly claimed at least one life and put several others immediately in harm's way.

As Morristown Emergency and Rescue Squad, Inc. was headed toward the multi-vehicle collision, a good Samaritan was taking a risk trying to save a person trapped inside one of the damaged cars.

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The car had caught on fire and could explode at any moment. Flames leaped from the vehicle and started to make their way into the woods along the road.

The nameless hero was able to remove the person, and when first responders arrived, they moved down the hill a bit to continue treating the patient.

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But then the flames on the burning car made it to the fuel tank, and the explosion rocked the immediate area, catching more of the hillside on fire and trapping the first responders and the patient.

"The patient was down the hillside where emergency personnel were working on the patient when the fuel tank ruptured sending fire all around and endangering the emergency personnel as well as cutting off their main route back up an embankment through thick woods and where other emergency personnel were arriving," Morristown Emergency posted.

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"Fire extinguishers were used to push the fire back momentarily until Fire arrived on scene."

Thankfully, multiple crews responded to the incident and were able to put out the flames.

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"This was a massive team effort along with Hamblen County SO and THP assisting along with all the other agencies," the post continued.

"The patient was successfully taken out of the woods and loaded into a medic unit where Lifestar personnel went with EMS transporting emergency traffic to UT Med Center.

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"We want to thank our fellow agencies for working hard to overcome some extreme circumstances as well as the bystanders that risked their own life to pull a stranger from a burning vehicle."

While the names of those involved in rescuing the imperiled patient have not been shared, hopefully they know just how much of a difference they made in the victim's life.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Multiple people in Farmington, Utah, are now unsung heroes after placing themselves in harm's way, ultimately saving the lives of two different women who were attacked by a weapon-wielding teen set on destruction.

The 18-year-old attacker, later identified as Kane Thomas Fairbank, met his first victim through a dating app, according to a news release from the Davis County Sheriff's Office. The two talked online and made plans to meet up at Mueller Park on Thursday evening.

After hanging out for several hours, Fairbank attacked the unnamed 18-year-old woman, stabbing her.

The victim ran and caught the attention of bystanders, who stepped in to keep Fairbank from her. Some of those bystanders ended up being two nurses and an EMT, who attended to the young woman while another called 911.

(1/2) 6:42 pm this evening, a call came into Bountiful Dispatch on reports of an incident at Mueller Park. Davis County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded and located a victim with what appeared to be stab wounds. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in critical

— Davis County Sheriff's Office (@DavisSheriffUT) May 13, 2022

"6:42 pm this evening, a call came into Bountiful Dispatch on reports of an incident at Mueller Park," the Davis County Sheriff's Office tweeted. "Davis County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded and located a victim with what appeared to be stab wounds.

"The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition."

Fairbank fled the scene, driving to a nearby gas station before abandoning his car and fleeing on foot into a local neighborhood -- but he wasn't done choosing violence yet.

Coming across a 64-year-old woman, he began stabbing her, too. She fought back, and thankfully there were bystanders who, again, jumped into action.

Some of the good Samaritans scared off Fairbank and attended to the second victim while another one took after Fairbank and detained him until the police could arrive.

"A short time later an assault at a Bountiful business was reported," the sheriff's office tweet continued. "The victim in that incident was transported in stable condition.

"At this time it appears both incidents are related. We do not believe there is a current public safety threat."

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— Davis County Sheriff's Office (@DavisSheriffUT) May 13, 2022

After being arrested, Fairbank admitted the attacks he'd carried out were planned ahead of time and only part of a string of attacks he intended to carry out.

According to a news release from the sheriff's office, Fairbank faces pending charges that include two counts of attempted murder, two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of aggravated kidnapping.

The office also recognized the good Samaritans who stepped in to prevent tragedy.

"The Davis County Sheriff’s Office appreciates the assistance of the witnesses who aided the victims, and our sister agencies who provided support," they wrote. "We’re asking the public to come forward with any surveillance video of Fairbank. We’re asking the public to come forward with any surveillance video of Fairbank. See attached surveillance photo of Fairbank the night of the incident. If you have information, video or photos please call Davis County non-emergency dispatch at 801-451-4150."

Both victims were reported to be in stable condition and are expected to recover.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Two military mothers currently in Utah for training took some time off to help local families facing the ongoing baby formula shortage.

The mothers from Alabama and North Carolina have their own infant children aged 6 and 10 months.

They delivered around 800 ounces of milk to the Mountain West Mother’s Milk Bank, a non-profit based in South Salt Lake, Utah, according to local outlet KSL-TV.

The milk donations will go to families struggling to get the baby formula they need for their infants, KSL reported.

The MWMMB seeks to improve little children's health and nutrition by screening, processing and providing donated milk to infants in need of it. The organization also advocates for breastfeeding.

The MWMMB has set up donation sites in Utah and southern Idaho where donors can deliver their milk. The milk will then be sent to Salt Lake City for processing and distribution.

Baby formula, a key source of nutrition for millions of children nationwide, has started to disappear from shelves throughout the country.

Producers expect the delay in restocking shelves with the much-needed product to last for months, according to Axios.

For families who don't exclusively breastfeed their children, baby formula is the only source of nutrition approved by the Food and Drug Administration, The Associated Press reported.

While mothers are encouraged to exclusively breastfeed for six months, not all women can do so because of physiological issues, lack of time as women go back to work and lack of equipment, according to Axios.

A combination of factors caused the shortages, including coronavirus-related disruptions to labor, transportation and procurement of raw materials. There have also been recent recalls of baby formula products.

“It’s really critical for their growth and development that they are able to access the nutrition that they need,” Danielle Dooley, a pediatrician working for the Child Health Advocacy Institute, told The Washington Post.

“You can see people are thinking through every possible option and scenario in order to try to feed their infants."

“I really do think this is an emergency. It’s a national emergency,” Dooley said. “Infants need to eat.”

On Friday, President Joe Biden was asked if his administration could have responded sooner to the formula shortage.

"If we'd been better mind readers, I guess we could have," he told reporters, according to CNN.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

A prison bus traveling from a prison in Gatesville to Huntsville in Leon County, Texas, crashed Thursday after an inmate managed to free himself from his shackles, attack the driver and flee from the vehicle.

Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was convicted of capital murder and attempted murder in 2006 and has been serving a life sentence ever since.

On Thursday, while being transported to a medical appointment, he somehow freed himself and got into the driver's compartment, stabbing the driver -- an officer -- in the hand and chest with an unknown object, according to Today.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is searching for an escaped inmate in Leon County. 46 year old Gonzalo Lopez assaulted a correctional officer on a transport bus & then fled from the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/FTa2Dl8fQv

— TDCJ (@TDCJ) May 12, 2022

As the two struggled, the driver pulled the bus to the side of the road. Lopez also managed to wrest away the driver's gun, but wasn't able to get it out of the holster, according to KBTX-TV.

The officer in the rear of the bus also shot out the bus' back tires. Lopez attempted to drive the bus anyway but only made it a mile or so before losing control, crashing the bus on the side of the road and making a run for it.

The officers fired at Lopez as he ran, but he disappeared. None of the 15 other inmates aboard escaped.

The incident has triggered an intense manhunt for Lopez, and the public has been put on high alert.

"The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is searching for an escaped inmate in Leon County," TDCJ shared on Facebook.

"Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching for the inmate near Highway 7 westbound in Leon County approximately 1.5 miles from Interstate 45.

"Lopez is serving a life sentence for capital murder out of Hidalgo County and attempted capital murder out of Webb County. If you spot Lopez, immediately contact 911 and do not approach him."

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The driver sustained minor injuries during the scuffle, and the officer at the rear of the bus was fine.

As time ticks on and Lopez has not been found, TDCJ has announced a large reward for the convict, who they believe is in or around Centerville.

"A $15,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of escapee Gonzalo Lopez," TDCJ posted on Friday.

"Please contact TDCJ OIG CRIME STOPPERS at 1-800-832-8477 or 936-437-5171 or your local law enforcement agency at 911."

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Ashley Judd was choking back emotion in a new interview as she made her first public comments about the death of her mother, Naomi Judd.

Naomi, 76, took her own life on April 30, one day before she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame with her other daughter, Wynonna, as part of the legendary country music group The Judds.

Ashley Judd, an actress, spoke about her mother’s death and the mental illness that slowly conquered her during an interview that aired on “Good Morning America.”

“I'm tasked with an exceedingly difficult task in disclosing the manner of the way my mother chose not to continue to live. And I've thought about this so much because once I say it, it cannot be unsaid and so -- because we don't want it to be a part of the gossip economy -- I will share with you that she used a weapon,” Ashley Judd said.

“Mother used a firearm, so that's the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing, but understand, we're in a position that, if we don't say it, someone else is going to.”

I really appreciate the way Ashley Judd is speaking about her mother’s mental illness and suicide. Wish more people would discuss the ways in which a person’s brain lies to them no matter what is going on outside of it.

— Ali (@wordninja_ali) May 12, 2022

Ashley Judd said her mother “knew that she was seen and she was heard in her anguish and that she was walked home. She was walked home.”

“When we're talking about mental illness, it's very important to be clear and to make the distinction between our loved one and the disease.

"It's very real, and it is enough to -- it lies. It's savage and, my mother -- our mother -- couldn't hang on until she was inducted into the Hall of Fame by her peers,” Ashley said.

She said the disease of mental illness warped how her mother viewed the world and how she viewed herself.

"That is the level of catastrophe of what was going on inside of her, because the barrier between the regard in which they held her couldn't penetrate into her heart, and the lie that the disease told her was so convincing," Ashley said.

She said the lie was “that you're not enough, that you're not loved. That you're not worthy, and I mean her brain hurt. It physically hurt.”

Ashley recalled the day her mother died.

"It was a mixed day," she said. "I visit with my mom and Pop every day when I'm home in Tennessee. So I was at the house visiting, as I am every day, and mom said to me: 'Will you stay with me?'

“I said, 'Of course I will,” Ashley Judd said.

She then went outside to greet visitors.

“I went upstairs to let her know that the friend was there, and I discovered her. I have both grief and trauma from discovering her,” Ashley said, drawing a curtain on the rest of her emotions.

“My mother is entitled to her dignity and her privacy, and so there are some things that we would just like to retain as a family,” she said.

We know that reaching out for help can be scary, but it's one of the bravest things you can do. Learn what to expect when you call the Lifeline below & know that we're here for you, 24/7/365 at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). #MentalHealthMonth https://t.co/dAVJODTJNa

— The Lifeline (@800273TALK) May 12, 2022

Ashley Judd urged anyone who has thought about suicide to reach out for help.

“I want to be very careful when we talk about this today that for anyone who is having those ideas or those impulses, to talk to someone, to share, to be open, to be vulnerable. There is a national suicide hotline,” she said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

A customer made a horrible discovery after entering the bathroom at an Arizona McDonald's on March 27. There, in the single-occupancy restroom, was a dead infant.

The newborn boy was alone, discarded as worse than trash.

Police arrived on the scene at the McDonald's near Indian School Road and 35th Avenue in Phoenix around 2 p.m., and first responders pronounced the infant dead at the scene.

A woman was caught on the restaurant's video surveillance camera walking to the bathroom area, tugging at a locked door and returning to the front of the McDonald's. Once the person using that restroom exited, the woman walked back, re-entered and exited sometime later.

She was wearing a black Calvin Klein T-shirt, black pants and sandals.

Police released the footage, hoping that someone would be able to identify her so they can find out more about the situation.

"Do You Know Her?" the Phoenix Police Department posted.

Do You Know Her?

On March 27 around 2p.m. a newborn was left in the bathroom of a restaurant near 32nd Ave/Indian School Rd. #PHXPDHomicide detectives need help identifying the woman in the video. Contact @SilentwitnessAZ at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO with information. pic.twitter.com/WgDxnNvX9U

— Phoenix Police (@PhoenixPolice) March 29, 2022

"On March 27 around 2 p.m. a newborn was left in the bathroom of a restaurant near 32nd Ave/Indian School Rd. #PHXPDHomicide detectives need help identifying the woman in the video. Contact Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO with information," the department said.

According to KTVK/KPHO-TV, police also believe several witnesses were present at the time the woman was there. Officials asked them to come forward, too.

Many have been upset over the incident, and some have used the sad story as an opportunity to remind people that Arizona has a Safe Haven law: The woman could have dropped off her newborn with any one of several approved recipient organizations and would have faced no backlash.

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"If your baby is unharmed, is under 30 days old and you don’t intend to reclaim your baby, you have options!" a page on the Arizona Safe Haven Law website said. "Simply bring your baby to the Safe Haven locations."

All hospitals, ambulances and on-duty fire stations will take surrendered infants, no questions asked. Certain adoption agencies and churches also will accept a surrendered baby.

"You must hand your baby to a person at the above locations or may place the baby in the Safe Haven drawer at designated hospitals," the page continued.

"Tell them this is a safe haven baby and you may leave. Your baby will be cared for and a good home will be found for the baby."

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Some have suggested that the baby already might have been deceased and the woman was looking for a place to leave the body. Others said it's unlikely the suspect -- if the woman in the video truly is the culprit -- could have given birth and left the child in that amount of time.

Whatever the sad reality and pressing circumstances behind this story, police hope to be able to get to the bottom of it with the help of witnesses and anyone who might recognize the suspect.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Have you ever hoped to make a major find at a garage sale or a thrift store? Well, one Texas woman, who is always on the lookout for such things, found the deal of a lifetime, and now her story can finally be told.

In 2018, Laura Young went into a Goodwill in Austin, Texas, "hoping to find something cool." She bought a marble bust for $35 -- a price that may have seemed rather high for a thrift store item. But it turned out that her $35 went toward recovering a lost treasure that would send her on a three-year adventure.

A marble bust was sold for $34.99 at a Goodwill store in Austin, Texas, in 2018. Turns out, it was an actual Roman bust from the late 1st century BC or early 1st century AD.

How it got to Texas remains a mystery.https://t.co/qo1UYzQ9wx

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 6, 2022

Young, an antiques dealer and collector, said she was very taken with the bust and thought it was extremely well-made.

But when she walked out of the store and saw the bust in the bright Texas sun, she suddenly began to think she had something far more than a nicely turned replica.

According to the BBC, Young went home and began googling images of Roman-era busts. And what she had sitting next to her looked so much like a real, 2,000-year-old masterpiece that she just couldn't get over it.

Young quickly began making inquiries among historians, museums and high-end antiques dealers -- and what she discovered floored her.

Her $35 thrift store buy turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman sculpture made between the first and second centuries A.D.

One expert determined that the bust likely depicts Sextus Pompey, a Roman general who opposed Julius Caesar.

"I'm not even sure how it's possible to put a meaningful monetary value on something that has such an important history, but on the other hand could never, ever be sold," said Lynley McAlpine, a spokeswoman for the San Antonio Museum of Art, the BBC added.

Young and her compatriots have spent several years tracing the history of the bust to try and learn how it got from first-century Rome to a thrift store in Austin, Texas. And it appears that the bust may have come from a museum in Bavaria, Germany.

According to art sleuths, the bust likely came from the Pompejanum art and cultural museum in Aschaffenburg, a town near Frankfurt, Germany.

The Pompejanum is a replica Roman villa built in the 1840s by King Ludwig I and filled with both real and replica Roman art. It was meant to serve as a public museum for Germans to study ancient Roman culture.

One expert feels that the bust of Sextus Pompey sat in the Pompejanum for decades until looters descended on the museum in World War II. It is likely that a U.S. soldier came upon the item during the liberation of Germany and somehow sent it home to the States. But that is only conjecture, as there is no clear evidence revealing how the bust came to America.

With all this history mounting, Young ultimately decided that she did not want to profit from wartime looting. And since it is a priceless piece of history, she has loaned it to the San Antonio Museum of Art, which will finish the negotiations for returning it to the rebuilt Pompejanum.

The reason we are all just learning about this amazing story is logical. The provenance tracking and museum negotiations took several years and while they were ongoing, Young just had the bust adorning her living room.

"He looked very nice. And he was just there staring at us for three-plus years," Young said.

But it was smart not to let the world know that a priceless Roman artifact was casually sitting in the living room of a woman in Austin, Texas!

In the end, Young said that this will probably rank as her most amazing find ever. "Even if I found something more valuable and was able to actually sell it and make that profit, he would still probably be the best thing."

The bust will sit in the San Antonio Museum of Art until next year when it will then be returned to the Pompejanum.

This amazing story shows once again that God works in mysterious ways.

This gift from God gave a woman in Texas the opportunity to show that integrity trumps greed and that she could rise above a wish for riches. Instead, she found it in her heart to return a priceless piece of art to its rightful owners without compensation. She just did so because it's the right thing to do.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

A family in Harris County, Texas, was extra thankful for their mom this Mother's Day after she went missing for three days in George Bush Park.

Sherry Noppe lives in a neighborhood that backs up to the 2,700-acre park, and though she has been diagnosed with dementia, the park was a deeply familiar place to her.

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The last time she was seen before going missing was on surveillance video from Tuesday night, as she walked to the park with the family dog, Max, a black Labrador retriever.

When she didn't come home, the search was on. For three days and through horrible weather, strangers, family, friends and authorities searched for the woman.

They used drones, helicopters, ATVs and a K-9. The tracking dog picked up the woman's scent and the search teams turned off their vehicles to hear better.

That's when they heard Max barking. With no leash on, the loyal dog had stayed by Noppe's side until help arrived.

Constable Ted Heap is relieved to report Sherry Noppe, missing since Tuesday, has been found in George Bush Park. She was located at approx. 3am Friday by a group of tireless volunteers and deputies who were alerted by the sound of her dog, Max, barking in the woods. #hounews pic.twitter.com/ZKOOjldJ94

— Harris County Pct 5 (@HCpct5) May 6, 2022

“And we knew when that dog barked -- there should be no dogs out there – that was her," Michael England, a family friend, told KBMT. "She wasn’t severely disoriented or severely out of it, but definitely lost, and didn’t know what to do."

Around 3 a.m. on Friday, search teams located Noppe 50 to 100 yards off the trail with Max at her side. She was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Katy, where she was treated for minor injuries -- cuts, bruises and dehydration.

Here’s a pic taken of Max shortly after the rescue!!
Family just shared this photo of the sweet & loyal hero w/ my colleague @KHOUStephanie whose taking over the story for me for noon — be sure to tune into #KHOU11 @ 12p for latest & follow @JMilesKHOU for more @ 4,5,6pm! @KHOU pic.twitter.com/LCqIQPcUsw

— Michelle Choi (@MichelleKHOU) May 6, 2022

"The person out there I know that was searching for her informed me they had found her and I didn't believe it," Noppe's daughter Courtney said. "I said I want a picture and I got that picture and I started calling everyone, and it's the greatest news I could have ever gotten.

"She's doing surprisingly well for how long she's been out there and the conditions that we were expecting. The heat. The rain. So we're very grateful for that."

Noppe's family has expressed their thankfulness to the community that rallied around them and didn't call off the search even when the going got tough.

"I'm grateful for them not giving up, for pushing on," Courtney said. "They really were committed."

"It's been a blessing to us to bring our mother home on Mother's Day -- this weekend's going to be very special for us," son Justin Noppe added.

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They're also incredibly thankful for their four-legged hero Max, who they say saved their mother's life.

"With Max, that dog had no leash, no collar, and stayed by her side for three days," Justin said. "And that just shows you the loyalty the dog has."

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"Max was our brother's dog, he passed away two years ago ... He's the last thing that we really have of him ... To get them both back is a silver lining."

Max has since been checked over by a vet and is scheduled to get a nice bath and a steak dinner for his lifesaving efforts.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

It was a close call for countless people on Friday when a small plane malfunctioned and went down in a residential area of Houston, Texas.

A Cessna 421C Golden Eagle carrying four people had taken off from Hobby Airport at 2:19 p.m., headed for San Antonio Airport, according to information that KPRC-TV obtained from the FAA.

According to KHOU, shortly after takeoff, the pilot radioed a concerning message: "We are having problems with our engine."

The tower advised him to turn around and land back at the airport, but it was too late.

The last message the tower received was, "We are not going to make it."

The plane then crashed near Pasadena ISD's Dobie 9th Grade Center.

Though the plane plowed through several backyards, it didn't damage any homes. A hot tub and pergola caught fire and were destroyed, but the family who owned the property had not been home at the time, and the fire stopped just short of the home.

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The plane ended up coming to rest in another backyard. According to KTRK-TV, an elderly woman had been sitting in a chair on her back porch, ostensibly enjoying the view, when the plane crashed into her backyard -- but she was unharmed.

The four in the plane were also able to exit of their own power after the plane went down, sustaining only scratches from the ordeal.

All around this was a miraculous end to what could have been a tragedy -- a fact that one woman who works at the nearby school pointed out in a Facebook post.

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"As the adrenaline is coming down…and I am able to process what actually happened and what could have been," Kristi Donaho wrote. "So bear with me as I pick out the God things.

"The pilot amazingly missed our building and homes behind us. Our head Coach was about to cut the grass so our football players and trainers were not on the field. Our officer was on campus..and secured the area before other emergency personnel were on the scene.

"Mind you we were 15 minutes from dismissal. I was already in the hallway waiting on a student when the call came in and had a head start. So very thankful I did not have to utilize my mass causality skills had it hit the building. So very thankful. Thankful for the pilot for controlling the plane as best he could. Thankful they walked out with just scratches. Thankful the transformer did not explode and cause more damage to the homes. Thankful our staff worked seamlessly to get our students off campus safely.

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"And one last note….My admin team…can beat your admin team in the 100 yard dash….all day every day! God is good my friends…even when things go a little wrong."

Since the incident, the plane has been removed and taken to another location to continue the investigation into what caused the crash.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Most thieves have a clear M.O.: Get in, take stuff and get out as quickly and quietly as possible. Every once in a while, you'll have a criminal with a flair for the destructive, or one who steals weird tokens for the thrill of it, but you won't often find someone like this man.

That's because this man, who is loosely being called a "thief" by many, was not behaving like a thief at all. His timing was unusual and his motivation is terribly unclear, and the results have left people scratching their heads.

On April 1 (a curious date to choose, certainly), homeowners in Port Arthur, Texas, were startled when they realized a man had come onto their property, taken their lawnmower, and ... mowed their lawn.

The entire spectacle was caught on home security video, and it certainly is curious to see the care with which the supposed thief makes his moves. He carefully sets a bike to the side of the driveway, then he rolls out the lawnmower, fills up the tank with gas and dutifully starts mowing the lawn.

When he reaches a broken picket in the fence along the front yard, he gently picks it up, places it on the other side of the fence and continues mowing.

According to local authorities, though, the man (identified as Marcus Hubbard) was not welcome and is being charged with "Burglary of a Building" -- which is not the same as stealing from a home or structure where someone lives. The charge does not carry the same penalty, but can still be treated as a felony, according to Fulgham Law Firm.

"On 4/1/2022 Marcus Hubbard was seen on Security video burglarizing a residential building, he removed property from within the building without owners’ consent," the Port Arthur Police Department posted on Facebook on May 5.

"He then is seen on Security video mowing the homeowners front and back yard. Upon Officers arrival Hubbard is seen running from the area while dragging the lawnmower with him. He abandons the lawnmower in an alley and evades apprehension. Hubbard currently has an outstanding warrant for Burglary of a Building.

"If you know this suspect’s whereabouts or have any other information on this or any other crime, call Port Arthur Police at 409-983-8600 or Crime Stoppers of SETX at 409-833-TIPS (8477).

"You won't be asked your name and you may be eligible for a CASH reward. You can also make an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers by downloading the P3 Tips app on your smartphone."

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The odd circumstances of this case, the fact that nothing really nefarious was done and the lawnmower being recovered from the alley has people wondering why Hubbard is being charged as he is.

"Seriously, the homeowner should be rewarding him," one person commented on the police department's post. "Hopefully Port Arthur police have better things to do with their time because going after this guy is ridiculous."

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"Guess he wanted to make sure it worked before he brought it home lol," joked another.

"There has to be more to this story," a third posited. "Was he trying to surprise them? Were they away? Is he OCD and could not stand the sight of the lawn? He's so careful- tidy even. Puts the bike aside carefully, the broken fence. Is he some sort of guardian yard angel? I wish I would wake up and find he has done my hedges."

Some people suggested he was on drugs. One person claimed to know Hubbard was autistic and that he'd made an agreement with the homeowners to use their lawnmower to mow their lawn first before mowing other lawns to earn money, but that the homeowners dealt poorly with him.

While we may not get to find out what exactly led up to this event or what Hubbard's true intentions were, it certainly is a curious case.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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