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The Great Egg Heist

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By Jenn Abelson Verified, Jessica Contrera Verified, Maria Brooks, María Alconada Brooks
| South Florida Reporter
"I'd like to report a crime," said the man who called a Maryland sheriff's office on April 16. There was a theft, he explained, involving a freight truck. "So they stole the whole freight?" a dispatcher asked. "Only took the cargo," the man answered. It was valued, he said, at about $100,000. The dispatcher asked what was stolen. The caller hesitated. "They took ... basically ... they took a whole trailer full of eggs." The hens were unaware of the heist.
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The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note.

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By Jenn Abelson Verified, Jessica Contrera Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note. (washingtonpost.com) The Great Egg Heist: 280,000 eggs disappeared from America’s top producer. Then came a ransom note. By Jenn Abelson; Jessica Contrera 2025061910002500 "I'd like to report a crime," said the man who called a Maryland sheriff's office on April 16. There was a theft, he explained, involving a freight truck. "So they stole the whole freight?" a dispatcher asked.
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How will the Trump administration handle police who sexually abuse kids?

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By Jessica Contrera Verified, Jenn Abelson Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
How will the Trump administration handle police who sexually abuse kids? (washingtonpost.com) How will the Trump administration handle police who sexually abuse kids? By Jessica Contrera; Jenn Abelson 2025051211000000 In the summer of 2021, a former police officer stood before a Virginia judge. Cleshaun Cox, 29, was charged with raping and abducting a teenager while he was on duty. State prosecutors offered him a deal.
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