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A black man in Ohio who tried cashing a check from his employer earlier this month said he was met with skepticism regarding the document’s validity, and discriminately placed under arrest by officials. According to Cleveland 19 News, Paul McCowns walked into Huntington Bank in Brooklyn, Ohio, on December 1 to cash a check …
A U.S. Army special forces officer faces a military trial for murder after he admitted that he killed a Taliban bomb-maker in Afghanistan after he concluded the man had made a bomb that killed two marines who served with him. Nancy Grace discusses the case against Major Matt Golsteyn with California lawyer & former US …
A man who reportedly fell down a flight of stairs at a New York City bar during SantaCon was recently told by the judge that the coma he found himself in was his own fault. Per the New York Post, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe dismissed a personal injury suit brought forth by Christopher Visone, …
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge declined to dismiss sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, rejecting the latest push from the disgraced film producer’s lawyers to have his indictment thrown out. Judge James Burke’s ruling buoyed a prosecution that has appeared on rocky ground in recent months amid a prolonged defense effort …
A South Dakota woman traveling for the holidays was fatally shot while in her car — and her two children are believed to have witnessed the fatal shooting. WTVD reports that Melissa Peskey, a South Dakota-based realtor, was driving to North Carolina with her two children, ages 5 and 11, to visit family for the holidays …
A woman dubbed “Girl in the Closet” after spending years inside a closet while being abused and starved was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl, Denton, Texas, police announced on Wednesday. Dallas Morning News reports that police received a tip on Monday concerning Lauren Kavanaugh and a 14-year-old girl. According to police, the girl …
Authorities went back to the Woodland Park, Colorado, home of missing pilot Kelsey Berreth on Wednesday night, and remain tight-lipped about the continued follow-up searches in the mysterious missing person case. Berreth, 29, was last seen in public on Thanksgiving Day, when surveillance video shows her shopping at a Safeway supermarket near her home with …
Authorities in Florida are asking for tips from the public as they try to find the person responsible for gunning down a 15-year-old boy walking to school this week. As the U.K. Daily Mail reported, Orlando police have announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Alejandro Vargas Martinez’s killer. Police say …
A Maryland father was arrested days after security cameras allegedly caught him instructing his 5-year-old daughter to steal a package from a woman’s porch. WTTG reported that Gary Martin Smith, 46, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and burglary. The news of Smith’s arrest comes hours …
Authorities in the United Kingdom say a man is in custody after allegedly breaking into a funeral home and engaging in sex with at least one of the deceased bodies inside. According to the BBC, 23-year-old Kasim Khuram was arrested in response to the alleged crime, which occurred last month at the Co-Operative Undertakers on …
Authorities in Missouri say the parents of a deceased infant allowed the young boy to die as a result of starvation. According to the New York Post, 31-year-old Phillip Thomas Leon Compton and 33-year-old Jessica Alice Cook were arrested on suspicion of allowing their 6-week-old son to die on February 10. Authorities say emergency personnel …
An Iowa prosecutor allegedly came to court drunk for the second time in three months—an ordeal that recently led a judge to dismiss the state’s case against a man who admitted to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. According to the Des Moines Register, Clarke County attorney Michelle Rivera, 42, was arrested Friday on suspicion of operating while …
