A jury in Chicago on Friday found a small-time drug dealer guilty of first-degree murder and armed violence for shooting a police commander to death in a downtown stairwell in 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Shomari Legghette, 44, was wearing body armor when he shot Cmdr Paul Bauer, 53, seven times with a semi-automatic handgun. …
Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly was hit with additional federal charges in New York on Friday for allegedly giving an underage girl and woman herpes and failing to disclose he had the disease. An indictment filed in the Eastern District of New York includes charges of coercion and enticement, coercion of a minor, racketeering, and …
An Arizona corrections department employee who leaked video footage depicting unsafe prison conditions died on Sunday after apparently shooting herself in the head. A Goodyear Police Department spokesperson told ABC News that officers responding to a domestic disturbance found Gabriela Contreras, 31, unresponsive with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the …
A New Jersey man is behind bars after a 6-month-old baby died from injuries while in his care. Newark Advocate reports that Newark authorities confirmed Thursday morning that Adrien Decker passed away from spine damage, neck damage, rib fractures and “retinal hemorrhaging in his brain.” The infant died early Thursday morning at the Nationwide Children’s …
A 16-year-old Georgia teen is behind bars after police say he attacked a pregnant woman and shot at her several times. AJC reports that the unnamed teen knew the victim and apparently got into a heated argument with her, according to police, before dragging her into a Statesboro apartment and firing several shots at her. …
Authorities in New York arrested a suspect on Thursday in connection with the unsolved murder of a 19-year-old woman. Bishop James Burrus, 64, was arrested in Staten Island for the 1980 strangling death of Lorraine Snell. The legal secretary was found dead in a station wagon which was parked behind a supermarket in Brooklyn, according …
15-month-old baby Evelyn is reported missing by her grandfather, and her mother gives multiple explanations about where the child is. First, it was a babysitter, then she is with her mother, but none of it rings true. What happened to Evelyn Boswell? Joining Nancy Grace today: Ashley Willcott– Judge and trial attorney, Anchor on Court TV …
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Police are searching for the body of a toddler who disappeared after her father drove into a river to avoid police, according to authorities. NBC News reports that a Kansas man was found intoxicated inside his vehicle with the child on his lap when police approached him. The man’s girlfriend reportedly contacted the Leon Police …
A criminal complaint filed against the stepmother of missing but presumed dead Colorado boy, Gannon Stauch, sheds some insight on the charges against her. According to court documents, Letecia “Tecia” Stauch is facing numerous felony charges, including murder, child abuse, tampering with evidence, and tampering with a deceased body. Gannon, 11, disappeared from the Colorado …
Robert Durst’s younger brother testified under subpoena on Wednesday at his brother’s murder trial, saying the real estate heir was cruel and he was terrified of him. “This is a horrible experience and I’m fearful of my brother,” Thomas Durst, 70, said at the trial in Los Angeles, the New York Post reported. The elder …
A Minnesota man was sentenced to 54 years on Tuesday for the hit-and-run crash that killed three Girl Scouts and one of the girls’ mothers as they picked up trash along a highway in November 2018. The Leader-Telegram reported that Colten Treu, 23, was sentenced to 11 years for each death — Jayna Kelley, 9; …
New Jersey prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested a convenience store owner for selling homemade spray hand-sanitizer that left several young boys with burns. The River Vale Police Department launched an investigation on Monday evening when photos of a boy with burns on his leg were posted to social media. The investigation led to …
