Year: 2023

Murder
June 18, 2023

Babysitter Charged with Murder in Death of Tennessee Toddler

A caregiver has been charged with the murder of a Tennessee toddler and injuries suffered by another child in Tullahoma. Police were called to a home late Friday morning for a 2-year-old child was wasn’t breathing. Officers who arrived began life-saving measures and brought the toddler to a hospital, but the child later died, Tullahoma …

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Shooting
June 18, 2023

Alabama Shooting Leaves 10-Year-Old Boy Dead; Suspects Still at Large

Authorities in south Alabama are looking for suspects in a double homicide that left a 31-year-old man and a 10-year-old boy dead. The Conecuh County Sheriff’s Office said it was called late Friday night to a shooting in the Johnsonville community and found Jatonio Williams dead on the scene. The 10-year-old, whose name hasn’t been …

Other
June 18, 2023

Fake German Heiress Anna Sorokin: ‘How many more times shall I apologize?’

Anna Sorokin, the German con artist who inspired the Netflix show “Inventing Anna,” says she shouldn’t need to continue apologizing for swindling Manhattan’s elite out of more than a quarter of a million dollars. In a combative interview that aired Friday on NewsNation, Sorokin said she wants to move on with her life. “I said …

Missing
June 17, 2023

Missing 13-Year-Old Boy May Be Trying to Live ‘Off the Grid’

Authorities believe a 13-year-old Wisconsin boy missing since Monday is alive and tring to live “off the grid.” Sauk County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Steven Schram told the Wisconsin State Journal that investigators have developed a profile of James Yoblonski “which leads us to believe he is acting with intention.” The teen drove away from his …

Assault
June 17, 2023

Kentucky Woman Shoots Texas Uber Driver She Thought Was Taking Her to Mexico

A 48-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested Friday after she shot her Uber driver on a Texas highway. Phoebe Copas allegedly told police she shot 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia because she believed he was taking her to Mexico instead of her requested destination. El Paso Police were called to the scene on U.S. 54 near Loop …

Murder for hire
June 17, 2023

Tennessee Mom Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting Witness to Her Son’s Murder

A Tennessee woman was arrested this week in an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill a witness in the murder of her son in November 2022. Ashley Brown, 42, was charged with soliciting first degree murder after she allegedly tried to hire a confidential informant to make the hit, telling the informant she had information about …

Animal Crimes
June 17, 2023

Texas Judge Nixes Lenient Plea Deal for Man Who Killed Estranged Wife’s Dogs

A Texas judge this week rejected a plea deal offered to a Waco man who admitted killing his estranged wife’s dog and laying their bodies out in her parking space at the church where she worked. The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office offered Scott Riggleman deferred probation for 10 years in return for pleading guilty …