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Tom Brennan, James Brennan and Michael Potter, all farmers from Nebraska, pleaded guilty to involvement in a scheme in which prosecutors say they each received $2.5 million over a period of seven years from sales of corn and soybeans falsely marketed as certified organic.

Micah Wilbanks, a former coach at Kossuth Middle School in Mississippi, has filed notice through his attorney that he plans to plead guilty to a federal charge that he tried to produce child pornography, after officials said a student found his cellphone secretly recording video in a girls locker room.

Douglas Ferguson, 76, had to have his leg amputated after he was run over by a lawn mower in Sullivan County, Tenn., as he tried to attack his son with a running chain saw while his son mowed the yard, resulting in Ferguson being charged with attempted second-degree murder.

Benjamin Beasley, 42, was charged with theft after police say he was removed from a stolen Honda CR-V that was teetering on the edge of a large target hole on a golf range in Georgia with only the target's netting preventing the vehicle from falling 6 feet.

Victor Manuel Palomo, 30, a south Texas man who was placed on the U.S. Marshals Services most wanted list after he fled in the middle of his murder trial seven years ago, has been arrested in Mexico and turned over to U.S. authorities.

Keturah Greene, a spokesman for police in Savannah, Ga., said authorities are searching for a vandal who placed googly eyes on the historic monument for Nathanael Greene, a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, with the city saying the incident is "no laughing matter."

Louis Irish, 60, described as highly intoxicated, used a sword to hold off police for several hours at Pray's Motel in Newport, Maine, after he threatened a housekeeper and the motel owner with a knife, authorities said.

Frederick James faces child endangerment and drug selling charges after Florida police said they found heroin and fentanyl hidden inside his 5-year-old son's shirt during a search of James' apartment.

Charline Brandon, a former Mississippi hospice owner, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to submitting nearly $12 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and nearly $3 million to Medicaid while running four hospice facilities.

A Section on 10/14/2018

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