Year: 2018

SEE IT: Jessica Chambers murder trial continues as wife of ‘mystery man’ found near scene of teen cheerleader’s burning death testifies [LIVE VIDEO]

 SEE IT: Jessica Chambers murder trial continues as wife of ‘mystery man’ found near scene of teen cheerleader’s burning death testifies [LIVE VIDEO]
Murder

Day four of testimony is underway at the murder retrial of Quinton Tellis, the suspect accused of burning Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014. First responders found the 19-year-old former cheerleader clinging to life in Courtland, Mississippi, her body almost completely covered in burns and her car in flames nearby. It would be a year …

AMBER Alert
September 28, 2018

AMBER Alert Update: Suspect in custody but little girl remains missing

A New York man was arrested on Thursday night in connection with a girl who disappeared on Wednesday. As of Friday morning, she still hasn’t been found. ABC10 reports that authorities arrested 19-year-old George Torres and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child, in connection with the disappearance of 12-year-old Malaya Johnson. The girl was reportedly …

AMBER Alert: Two young children possibly abducted from home
AMBER Alert
September 28, 2018

AMBER Alert: Two young children possibly abducted from home

Florida authorities issued an AMBER Alert Thursday evening after two young children disappeared and could possibly be on the way out of state. NCMEC reports that 7-year-old Brian Mejias and 6-year-old Gabriela Mejias disappeared from the 900 block of Ohio Avenue North on Thursday in Live Oak, a small city in between Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Authorities said …

The Moment: Dr. Ford describes memory of Kavanaugh laughing
Politics and Crime
September 27, 2018

The Moment: Dr. Ford describes memory of Kavanaugh laughing

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Indelible. That’s the way Christine Blasey Ford described the details of what she says was a sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on a summer evening three decades ago. Asked for the most vivid memory from that night, she did not name a physical violation. Rather, …

Senate Showdown: Angry Kavanaugh denies allegations of sex assault
Politics and Crime
September 27, 2018

Senate Showdown: Angry Kavanaugh denies allegations of sex assault

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a day like few others in Senate history, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford quietly recounted her “100 percent” certainty Thursday that President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers — and then Brett Kavanaugh defiantly …

AMBER Alert
September 27, 2018

Amber Alert: 12-year-old girl vanishes after getting into car with 2 men, cops say

Authorities in Hudson Falls, New York, say a 12-year-old girl who disappeared earlier this week is believed to have left the area, possibly en route to New York City. According to the New York Post, Washington County investigators believe Malaya M. Johnson entered a vehicle occupied by two Hispanic men on Wednesday afternoon near Oak …

Whoops! Teens break into marijuana dispensary—and mistakenly steal OREGANO
Drug Crime
September 27, 2018

Whoops! Teens break into marijuana dispensary—and mistakenly steal OREGANO

A group of teens who allegedly broke into a Colorado marijuana dispensary Wednesday didn’t leave empty-handed — but didn’t get what they bargained for. According to KKTV, an unidentified group of at least four teens used a stolen van to drive into the storefront of Native Roots in Colorado Springs at around 1 a.m. After the ill-fated …