A North Carolina police department is facing public backlash over the care of a K-9 and whether it should be allowed to retire with its former handler, WRAL-TV reports. The dog, a 7-year-old German Shepherd named Pac-Man, had been partnered with Dunn Police Department Sgt. Nathan Ingram for the past three years until last fall. …
A Minneapolis teenager shot his father and another man Saturday morning before killing himself. Minneapolis police have not released the names of the victims and said the medical examiner will release the 18-year-old suspect’s name along with the cause and manner of death, KMSP reported. Police responded to the home on the city’s southeast side, …
Los Angeles police have arrested a suspect in a dognapping that left the French bulldog’s owner clinging to the hood of the getaway car. Sadie Slater, 21, was arrested in Inglewood and booked on a charge of robbery, KABC reported. She’s being held on a $70,000 bond. Ali Zacharias was having lunch on January 18 …
A Texas man wanted for raping a child was arrested this week, just days after local police appeared on television asking for help finding him. White Settlement Police said that Steven Skalij had been previously arrested on a sexual assault of a child charge, but after a judge lowered his $500,000 bond to $100,000 and …
Police in a tiny Kansas town are warning parents about sharp items allegedly found in a city playground. A citizen told the Belle Plaine Police Department they found scissors and razor blades in the sand near the bottom of the playground’s slide, according to Police Chief Bill Berry. “The reporter stated the shears had the …
The 38-year-old son of Florida sugar magnate Alexander Fanjul Sr. was arrested last week on domestic violence charges after a Palm Beach police officer responding to a noise complaint found him standing over a woman curled in a fetal position and bleeding from the face. Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, who goes by “Nico,” was charged with …
A Florida prosecutor announced Friday he was seeking the death penalty for a man accused of shooting a man to death at a crowded mall on the weekend before Christmas. Albert J. Shell, 39, had a long and violent criminal history in Florida but was out of jail on December 23 when he murdered David …
A husband and wife were found shot to death early Thursday morning at a Wisconsin bar when the wife worked part time as a bartender. Emerson Weingart, 33, often sat at the bar while Gina Weingart, 37, closed the Elkhorn establishment at night, relatives told WISN. According to its website, The Sports Page Barr closed …
Washington state authorities are investigating whether a mother of seven was murdered for providing information to police about an accused rapist, KOMO-TV reports. The probe involves the death of Ngaire Tusi, who was found dead December 18 at Oakland Madrona Park in Tacoma. The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to …
Gaylyn Morris gets convicted in the death of her boyfriend after she uses an Apple AirTag to track him to a bar. She then, repeatedly ran over him in a parking lot, killing him, in front of bystanders. Andre Smith, 26, was having drinks with another woman when Morris reportedly confronted Smith and the woman …
A Texas man was arrested on Monday, months after he allegedly devised an online sting operation that ended with him killing a registered sex offender. James Lewis Spencer III, 24, was accused of fatally shooting Sean Connery Showers, 37, who was found dead in a ditch in Houston last May. Showers’ phone, which was discovered …
Florida police are investigating the “suspicious disappearance” of a 67-year-old woman whose brother was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a motel in Brooksville. Bradenton Police found Scott Stirm, 64, dead at a Days Inn while they were searching for his sister, Catherine Stirm. Stirm’s co-workers had requested a welfare check on Monday …
