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A Utah man was arrested and charged in federal court with carrying a straight-edge razor blade on a JetBlue flight and using it to threaten another passenger. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City filed a complaint Tuesday against Merrill Darrell Fackrell charging him with carrying a weapon on an aircraft and assault with a dangerous weapon on an aircraft. They say he threatened a passenger with a straight-edge razor blade during a Monday flight from JFK to Salt Lake City. A federal judge issued an order Wednesday for his detention after prosecutors said he was a danger to himself and the public. His public defender did not respond to an email seeking comment.

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The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church. The documents offer the most detailed and comprehensive look yet at the church's so-called “help line” for dealing with child sex abuse accusations against officials and members. Families of survivors who filed the lawsuit said they show it’s part of a system that can easily be misused by church leaders to divert abuse accusations away from law enforcement and instead to church attorneys who may bury the problem, leaving victims in harm’s way. One victim was 5 when her father told his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. The abuse went on for seven more years, while the bishop failed to report it to authorities.

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Officials say a 13-year-old Canadian girl who was missing for more than a week has been found in Oregon and that a man accused of kidnapping her is detained. The FBI in Portland says its agents helped arrest 41-year-old Noah Madrano Saturday on accusations of luring the girl to the U.S. from the Canadian city of Edmonton. The girl was found in Oregon City, Oregon. Jail records say that Madrano is being held at the Clackamas County Jail on rape, sexual abuse and kidnapping allegations. Oregon City Police spokesman Matt Paschall said Madrano is being held on no bail and is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday.