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GULF SHORES, Ala. — Transportation Security Administration officers screening a checked bag at Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama uncovered five small cannonballs stolen from a nearby historic fort. The discovery happened July 18, when Lead TSA Officer Justin Dupree spotted a large, opaque item on his X-ray screen.

He initially thought it might be a medicine ball, according to a TSA "Employee Story" shared online. But when he opened the bag, he found the cannonballs wrapped in paper towels — and immediately worried he might be dealing with something far more dangerous.

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"My first thought was, 'I couldn't see a fuse and need to get some help quick,'" Dupree said. "I couldn't see the entire item but was scared I might have been holding a live explosive." The cannonballs varied in size, with the largest roughly the size of a grapefruit and weighing about as much as a small shotput, Dupree said.

In his four years as a TSA officer, he said he had screened inert grenades and training munitions before, but "never an Indiana Jones-esque stolen artifact-type situation,” he said.

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A supervisor responded after Dupree flagged the possible explosive, reviewed the X-ray image and agreed the item posed a potential danger, then instructed Dupree to secure the bag while he alerted TSA's regional explosives specialist and assistant federal security director for law enforcement. Local police were called in to determine whether a bomb squad was needed, and the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office responded to the airport.

"I had never seen anything like this," Supervisory TSA Officer Richard Cash said. The cannonballs turned out to be inert, with no explosive material or active components. But they still couldn't fly. TSA classified them as prohibited artillery munitions, and officers could not immediately confirm they were inert.

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A subsequent police investigation traced the cannonballs to Fort Morgan, a historic Alabama fort that played a role in several military conflicts, including the Civil War.

Investigators determined the passenger carrying them was unaware the cannonballs had been stolen from the site. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office ultimately returned the cannonballs to Fort Morgan.

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LAFAYETTE — A Hammond woman was indicted by a grand jury for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Monday.

Kimberly Deshay Hill, 52, was stopped by a Calcasieu Parish deputy on March 31 for a traffic violation. Deputies say Hill had no driver's license, an unrestrained child in the car and gave conflicting statements about her travel plans.

A K-9 reportedly alerted deputies to narcotics and a search of Hill's car uncovered 12 kilogram-sized packages of cocaine, weighing around 29.8 pounds.

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According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, the shooting took place around 4:04 p.m. when 63-year-old Lelia Habib, who is a suspect in an apparent carjacking in New Orleans, crashed her vehicle along the roadway, partially blocking the right lane.

Officers said following the crash, Habib exited the vehicle and attempted to stop traffic before allegedly producing a handgun and shooting at passing vehicles on the interstate.

Arrest records showed that Habib was running from lane to lane to prevent vehicles from passing, with a victim later telling officers that Habib blocked his vehicle before firing a shot in the air. According to the victim, while trying to flee, his truck hit Habib, causing her to shoot in his direction, with the bullet passing through the windshield and grazing his head. While fleeing, the victim crashed his vehicle into Habib's, with it coming to rest in the center lane.

Habib later attacked another person's vehicle when she allegedly began banging on the driver's side door before climbing into the bed of the truck and firing a shot in the air. The victim told officers that while driving away, Habib struck the rear glass with the gun, exiting the vehicle at the New Life Baptist Church and firing another shot.

Officers later arrived and arrested Habib on various charges, including attempted second-degree murder, aggravated criminal damage to property, simple criminal damage to property and illegal use of weapons.

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According to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office, fishermen discovered the body of an unidentified African American girl in the Mississippi River on April 11, 1975. Investigators estimated she was between 12 and 23 years old, and an autopsy determined she had been shot in the head.

She was also approximately 10 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. Her death was ruled a homicide, but despite years of investigation, her identity remained unknown.

After decades of investigative work and the use of forensic genetic genealogy, authorities identified the victim as Cheryl Lynn Edwards, who was born in San Diego in 1959 and was living in Waukegan, Illinois, when she disappeared in 1975. Edwards was 15 years old at the time of her disappearance.

The identification was made through a partnership between the Iowa Department of Public Safety, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the DNA Doe Project.

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