A Michigan honors student trying to be a Good Samaritan was allegedly murdered by two younger boys after he offered them a ride amid freezing cold temperatures, WWMT-TV reports. Now the two youths, ages 14 and 13, are behind bars facing murder and other charges following the February 17 attack in Battle Creek. Authorities say …
Investigators looking into the disappearance of a beloved New Jersey kindergarten teacher impounded a car linked to her ex-boyfriend just days before body was found — and found inside the vehicle a pickax, a shovel, and a bloodstained rope. The new details were in an arrest affidavit for 36-year-old Cesar Santana, who has been charged …
A former Goergia police officer already charged with concealing the death of a 16-year-old girl and filing a false report has now been charged with her kidnapping and murder. Susana Morales never made it home on July 26 after texting her mother to say she was on her way. Her body was found earlier this …
An elderly Florida woman initially charged with first degree murder for fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a murder-suicide pact she couldn’t complete was indicted this week on a lesser charge. A Volusia County grand jury indicted Ellen Gilland, 76, on charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter for shooting 77-year-old Jerry Gilland in his hospital room …
A woman arrested and ultimately sentenced to probation in the theft of Lady Gaga’s dogs in 2021 has sued the pop star for not paying her the $500,000 reward Gaga offered for the dogs’ return. Jennifer McBride claims the singer “defrauded” her “by making a promise without intent to perform,” Buzzfeed News reported. Her lawsuit …
A North Dakota man was on the run for three days this week after fatally shooting another man in a bar, threatening employees and other patrons, and stealing security camera footage and a vehicle for his escape. Nicholas Poitra, 45, was captured on Wednesday when a farmer saw him walking near his farm and held …
A North Carolina man with a previous child abuse conviction has been charged in connection with the death of his baby daughter, the Statesville Record & Landmark newspaper reports. Adrian Rashaun Lyons, 25, stands accused of first-degree murder following the infant’s death last year, according to an announcement on Thursday by the Iredell County Sheriff’s …
In the Rogers Park neighborhood north of downtown Chicago, a mural of Sheena Gibbs is painted on the brick wall of the Glenwood Bar. To passersby, the green, pink and purple portrait is one of the numerous colorful paintings along Glenwood Avenue in one of the city’s most diverse districts. But to Gibbs’ family, the …
Authorities late Friday issued a new criminal charge against Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina lawyer on trial for allegedly murdering his wife and son, WCSC-TV reports. Details about the new charge were not immediately available, but Crime Online has confirmed through public records that the charge is a misdemeanor and was sought by local …
A Georgia woman was arrested this week after she drove her SUV into a Popeye’s fast food restaurant because she was angry her order did not have any biscuits. The location’s manager told the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office that the mistake was corrected and 50-year-old Belinda H. Miller got her missing biscuits, but she drove …
A popular Utah TikTok influencer was arrested last week in a domestic violence incident that unfolded in front of her 5-year-old daughter. Taylor Frankie Paul 28, was arrested for assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in the presence of a child. Investigators said later they are seeking a misdemeanor charge of reckless child abuse from …
A Washington state man reportedly admitted shaking his 4-month-old son “too rough” and has been charged with second degree murder in the boy’s death. Samuel Bryon Kennedy, 23, was arrested on Tuesday after a social worker at a Tacoma children’s hospital called police to report a child with head trauma had been admitted to the …
