On a warm summer evening in Aurora, Colorado, an excited audience sits down for the opening midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. But little do they know, this will be a night to remember, and not because of the film. For sitting among them is James Holmes, and he’s taken a little too much inspiration from one of Batman’s most recognizable supervillains, The Joker. Intent on causing chaos and destruction, this Joker-like villain is using the latest Batman release as his location for murder, and his deadly rampage won’t stop at the theater…. for back at his modest apartment, a clock is ticking, and hundreds more are in danger. Before the night is over, a killer with a disgusting joke will commit one of the most infamous copycat crimes in American history.

For Regan Jolley, life seems too good to be true when she meets a charming young war veteran, Jason Hart, in rehab and starts a whirlwind romance. But when the relationship turns sour, Reagan doesn’t know that Hart’s desire to copy his Breaking Bad hero Jesse Pinkman includes more than drugs and violence. This story will include the show’s most devious plot point, a tub full of acid and a dead body.

K-9 Deputy Hamon responds to assist other Deputies on a report of domestic violence where the male has hit the female over the head and when the first Deputy responded to the 911 call, the assailant foot bailed and is at large. With great expertise Deputy Hamon and his K-9 partner capture the runaway and he was arrested. Deputy Harris responds to assist fellow Deputies on a burglary in progress call. They capture the alleged perpetrator who is highly agitated, combative. He was caught siphoning gas from rental vehicles. He blames the world for his situation but takes no responsibility for his own contribution. Deputy Stockeland responds to a report of a man who is obviously impaired, stumbling along a main road in town. Upon investigation the individual is on probation and when searched, has open needles with heroin in his pocket, which almost stick the Deputy.

Deputy Roberts responds to a 911 call about a lady stealing from a convenience store. She ends up putting up quite a battle. Deputy Sosa responds to a 911 call where a woman claimed a prostitute was soliciting her husband in a restaurant.

Chris and Shanann Watts were by all accounts the perfect couple, with two perfect children Celeste and Bella. In 2018 this family was shattered by the disappearance and murder of Shanann and the kids – at the hands of Chris himself. How is it possible for something this horrific to happen in the sleepy mountain town of Frederick Colorado? Did Chris simply snap the morning of the murders, or was it something much more calculated and sinister? Friends of the Watts family come together to unravel the secrets behind this tragedy.

Indian River County, FL officers respond to a man reportedly brandishing a weapon while a suspect is rescued from a ravine after fleeing from officers in Everett, WA. Officers in Beech Grove, IN pursue a fleeing vehicle and Richland County, SC officers find bags of drugs during a traffic stop.

Hazen, AR officers capture a truck driver who ran after being stopped while officers in Richland County, SC assist a woman who drove into a pond during a storm. Indian River County, FL officers search for evidence after a suspect flees and officers in Frederick County, MD investigate a disturbance at a motel.

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