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🌱 Patch AM: How Citrus Heights police cracked two big Kay Jewelers thefts
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- How Citrus Heights police cracked two big Kay Jewelers thefts
Also on today's calendar: Circus Vargas Presents "Masquerade!" in Folsom!.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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📰 News we're reading
• Citrus Heights police arrest 19-year-old in jewelry thefts totaling $109,000 (nbcpalmsprings.com) — Citrus Heights police arrested a 19-year-old man minutes after a robbery at a Kay Jewelers, recovering more than $79,000 in jewelry and later tying him to a prior July burglary at the same store. Investigators say the two incidents together involved about $109,000 in stolen jewelry, and the suspect now faces robbery and burglary charges. 
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Thursday August 20
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- BIG UPDATE: we found the owner and Bandit is back with him!!
Thanks to everyone who helped! UPDATE: no response to flyers or posts. We cant keep her. We have to find a place for her. I'm calling GS rescues… (Nextdoor Woodside Oaks) - *** UPDATE *** We've found the owner and Bandit is back home with her human.
Thanks for everyone who helped or offered support. Female German shepherd found on the road, no identification. Corner of Oak Ave and Olivine (near… (Nextdoor Woodside Oaks)
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Folsom
- 7 candidates will officially vie for 3 Folsom City Council seats this November (folsomtimes.com)
- Folsom Preparatory School names Tina Robertson new Head of School (folsomtimes.com)
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