New York police have arrested a man and charged him with hitting a woman with a brick as she walked down a street on Christmas Eve, CBS New York reported. Lisa Cavanaugh, 51, was hospitalized with cuts to the back of her head and is expected to recover. Christopher Guzman, 28, has been charged with …
Pope County deputies are investigating an apparent suicide with multiple murders after finding five members of an Arkansas family dead in their home on Christmas Day. The victims were two women and three girls ranging in age from 8 to 50 years old, Sheriff Shane Jones said at a news conference on Saturday, according to …
Investigators have identified a person of interest in the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville, The Tennessean reported Saturday. State and federal agents converged on a duplex in Antioch, about 12 miles southeast of Nashville, Saturday morning for “court authorized activity,” FBI public affairs officer Darrell DeBusk told the newspaper. DeBusk said no arrests have …
The execution date for death row inmate Lisa Montgomery has been rescheduled after a federal judge ruled that the Department of Justice unlawfully set the execution date up while disregarding rules. AP reports that U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss vacated an order that scheduled Montgomery for execution on January 12, which was a new …
A 2-year-old Georgia girl accidentally shot herself while playing with a gun on Christmas Day, leading to the arrest of a man after authorities determined the gun was stolen, WXIA-TV reports. The toddler discovered the firearm during a Christmas gathering at an apartment complex in the city of Macon and was playing with the gun when …
A Florida woman shot and killed her boyfriend Thursday night when she found him with a tomahawk raised above her while she was lying in bed, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Jill Fritch, 59, told deputies that she grabbed a gun next to the bed and shot Troy Sorrell, 60, in self-defense, according to Volusia …
A 19-year-old Connecticut man has been charged with killing his UPS co-worker Tuesday at the end of their shift, NBC Connecticut reports. Elijah Bertrand was the “helper/runner” for 28-year-old driver Joshua Burk, according to Bertrand’s arrest warrant. The pair had dinner at Burk’s girlfriend’s home Tuesday night, and then left to return the truck to …
A South Carolina man was arrested outside Atlanta on Wednesday after fleeing charges that he killed his girlfriend’s baby last year, the Island Packet reports. Frederick Luma, 27, is being held in the Clayton County Jail awaiting extradition to Beaufort, South Carolina, where he is expected to be charged with homicide by child abuse. Luma …
Update: Las Vegas police said three young sisters who went missing at about midnight Wednesday have been found safe, FOX5 Vegas reports. Information on their condition was not released. Original story: Las Vegas police are looking for three young sisters last seen at about midnight Wednesday, KTNV reports. Alyssa Angel, 14; Anamarie Angel, 12; and …
The alleged killer called 911 and said he was going to kill himself and that police should track the call.
A woman is dead and a man has been hospitalized following a domestic incident in Utah on Wednesday. According to KUTV, police responded to a call about possible shots fired at a home in Springville Wednesday night and forced themselves into the residence, where they found a 43-year-old woman dead of an apparent gunshot wound. …
“House of Cards” actor Kevin Spacey, who lost his job on the hit show because of sexual assault allegations, released a video Thursday promoting suicide and substance abuse hotlines, the third Christmas Eve in row the Oscar winner has filmed a message many people have called tone deaf.
