DEVELOPING: Alison Chao’s Dad Arrested for Conspiring Daughter’s Weeklong Disappearance
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A 12-year-old Georgia girl who was found alive in Ohio on Thursday — nearly two months after her disappearance — was reportedly with a man she met online. According to WSB-TV, Hall County, Georgia, Sheriff Gerald Couch said Maria Gomez-Perez …
A Florida woman was arrested Thursday on child abuse charges after she rolled her Jeep into a ditch, trapping her baby in the back seat, and told a witness not to call 911. Josefina Lopez, 21, was charged with DUI …
A northern California man has been arrested and charged with pushing a flaming vehicle over an embankment and starting the Park Fire in Butte County, which by Friday evening had torched nearly 180,000 acres. Ronnie Stout, 42, has so far …
An Ohio man was arrested in Utah this week after he allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in California. An affidavit says Ryan Gray Patch, 27, was booked into the Iron County Jail for investigation into aggravated kidnapping, endangerment of a …
Three Ohio teenagers were charged this week with the murder of 29-year-old mom who died trying to stop them from stealing her SUV with her 6-year-old child sleeping inside. Gerald Dowling, 19, and two 16-year-olds were arrested Wednesday for the …
Investigators in Georgia announced late Thursday night that 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez, missing since May, had been found in another state. “Maria is safe and OK,” the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook. The department did not …
The boyfriend of a Texas woman found hanging from a dock in May has been arrested in connection with the death. James Hart was charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, KRIV …
A 21-year-old North Carolina man was arrested for murder after his missing father was found dead in Charlotte. Fred Dunlap, 79, was reported missing last Friday, and a Missing and Endangered Alert issued on Tuesday. Family members said he rquired …
A Pennsylvania district attorney announced Thursday he plans to seek the death penalty for a couple charged with the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Malinda Hoagland’s father, 52-year-old Rendell Hoagland, and his girlfriend, 45-year-old Cindy Warren, have been charged with …
Three people have been charged with conspiracy to murder a Louisiana college student who was found shot to death in western Mississippi earlier this month. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Derek Terrell Hollins Jr, 21; Calajia Jack, 20; …
A Michigan woman charged earlier this week with child abuse for severe injuries inflicted on her girlfriend’s 4-month-old daughter has now been charged with murder. Doctors at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids turned off life support for little …
The Alabama nursing student who drew national attention when she faked her own kidnapping a year ago spoke out this week on her now private Instagram account, for the first time since she was sentenced to a year’s probation, community …
A New York man who appeared on “Jeopardy!” turned himself in on Thursday for soliciting sexually-explicit photos from children. According to the New York Times, math teacher Winston Nguyen, 37, was first arrested last month at Saint Ann’s School in …
North Carolina police are searching for a 14-year-old girl who vanished on Tuesday. WJZY reported that Akira Richard was last seen at a friend’s home in Concord. Details regarding Richard’s disappearance are scarce, but her family said she does not …
A 41-year-old Washington state woman was taken into custody this week on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of her newborn in February 2023. The womanbut was ordered held Wednesday on a $150,000 bail, KOMO reported. An arrest report says …
A 17-year-old Georgia girl was found dead over the weekend, and the man suspected of killing her is in critical condition with a gunshot wound. Savannah Police said they were called to the home of Maria Pollock Saturday night on …
An Alabama man awaiting trial in the death of his son, whose decomposing body was found in a non-function freezer, has died. Court records say Michael Halstead, 44, was out of jail on bond when he died on July 7, …
A woman scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for her husband’s murder was found dead in her Connecticut home. Connecticut State Police went to Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi’s home in Burlington shortly after 10:30 a.m. after someone reported they were unable to contact …
A Kentucky woman was arrested on Sunday afer her 20-month-old child overdosed on drugs. Jasmine Bartolo was charged with four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, first degree criminal child abuse 12 or under, possession of marijuana, and trafficking in carfentanil …
Georgia sheriff’s deputies are investigating after a fetus was found in a dumpster at a Grovetown Walmart on Tuesday. Columbia County Sheriff’s Major Steve Morris told the Augusta Chronicle the department was called shortly before 6 p.m. The fetus is …
An 18-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts, including driving while intoxicated and driving without a license, in a fatal crash that killed two Louisiana 18-year-olds and injured two others early Sunday morning. The Louisiana State Patrol said that …
The man arrested last year in connection with Tupac’s murder implicated embattled producer Diddy in the rapper’s 1996 slaying, Nevada prosecutors wrote in a recent court filing. Citing a 179-page court document, Radar Online reported that Clark County prosecutors said …
A 5-year-old Colorado boy who vanished earlier this month — weeks after his mother was found fatally shot — remains unaccounted for. Helliono Martinez was last seen with his father, Charles Martinez, 43, on July 16. Two weeks earlier, on …
A Kentucky woman was arrested last month for keeping her 10-year-old daughter in a dog kennel for days. Sheila Mann, 31, allegedly abused her daughter from January through March of this year. Mann’s daughter not only claimed her mother tried …
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