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The first suspect, 36-year-old Bradley Rice, is accused of offering to pay a man for a ride and then robbing him at knifepoint on Jan. 20, police said.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
Investigators later learned of a similar case in 2000, when a man raped a 19-year-old Penn State student at knifepoint at a Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, golf course, according to the Michigan sheriff and Centre Daily Times reporting.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The woman held at knifepoint was uninjured, and the woman who was shot was reported to be in stable condition.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Following Bagley’s capture, cops also connected him to an earlier mugging in White Plains, where Bagley stole a man’s phone, wallet and headphones at knifepoint.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025
Investigators later learned of a similar case in 2000, when a man raped a 19-year-old Penn State student at knifepoint at a Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, golf course, according to the Michigan sheriff and Centre Daily Times reporting.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The woman held at knifepoint was uninjured, and the woman who was shot was reported to be in stable condition.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Following Bagley’s capture, cops also connected him to an earlier mugging in White Plains, where Bagley stole a man’s phone, wallet and headphones at knifepoint.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Knifepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knifepoint. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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