Chacour Koop, The Modesto Bee

Chacour Koop

The Modesto Bee

Kansas City, MO, United States

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Past articles by Chacour:

Woman steals man’s truck and runs over his groin, but it got even worse, La. cops say

A woman in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, stole a man’s truck with his dog inside and ran him over, police say. The woman abandoned the truck in the heat, killing dog, cops say. Leslie Aguillard, 30, was charged. → Read More

Watch three male cottonmouths battle for female snake’s attention in Alabama swamp

Video shows three male cottonmouth snakes battling to mate with a female snake likely waiting nearby in a swamp. A graduate student captured the video June 4 while doing research in Huntsville, Alabama. → Read More

Watch three male cottonmouths battle for female snake’s attention in Alabama swamp

Video shows three male cottonmouth snakes battling to mate with a female snake likely waiting nearby in a swamp. A graduate student captured the video June 4 while doing research in Huntsville, Alabama. → Read More

Watch three male cottonmouths battle for female snake’s attention in Alabama swamp

Video shows three male cottonmouth snakes battling to mate with a female snake likely waiting nearby in a swamp. A graduate student captured the video June 4 while doing research in Huntsville, Alabama. → Read More

Watch three male cottonmouths battle for female snake’s attention in Alabama swamp

Video shows three male cottonmouth snakes battling to mate with a female snake likely waiting nearby in a swamp. A graduate student captured the video June 4 while doing research in Huntsville, Alabama. → Read More

Watch three male cottonmouths battle for female snake’s attention in Alabama swamp

Video shows three male cottonmouth snakes battling to mate with a female snake likely waiting nearby in a swamp. A graduate student captured the video June 4 while doing research in Huntsville, Alabama. → Read More

Your dog’s treats may give you salmonella, health officials warn. Cases in 13 states.

Pig ear dog treats have infected 45 people with salmonella in 13 states, including South Carolina, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and California, the CDC says. A dozen people have been hospitalized, officials say. → Read More

Branson band’s tour bus crashes, overturns on way to cruise show, Ohio police say

A tour bus for The Duttons, a family bluegrass band from Branson, Missouri, crashed and overturned Friday in Columbus, Ohio, police said. The family said on Facebook members had only scrapes and bruises. → Read More

Road rage shooting explodes fireworks in truck, burning toddlers, Texas cops say

Two toddlers were seriously burned and their parents hurt when a gunman fired into the family’s truck July 4 in Houston, police say. The gunshots ignited fireworks and the vehicle burst into flames, police say. → Read More

Burglar steals juice, then gets stuck on his back and screams for help, Kansas cops say

A Saline County, Kansas man woke to screams from a burglar stuck in his basement, cops said. Jamey Lynn Sanders, 39, who’s accused of stealing cranberry juice, faces a burglary charge, cops said. → Read More

‘Feral pig’ chases frightened Texas hikers up a tree. It wasn’t a pig, police say

Hikers in Government Canyon State Park in San Antonio, Texas, called 911 on June 21 because a feral pig forced them to climb a tree to safety. Police discovered they actually heard cars cross rumble strips. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Watch Colorado firefighters work to rescue owl dangling from fishing line

A great horned owl was dangling above a Colorado lake after it became caught in a fishing line, officials said. Video shows firefighters and parks and wildlife officers saving the bird. → Read More

Cop refuses sweet bribe, earns praise from Ohio police department and the internet

Kent Police Department in Ohio awarded Officer Ron Gardner its “Employee of the Week” prize on Tuesday. Why? He refused a bribe of Girl Scout cookies from a driver getting a parking ticket. → Read More