An inmate at a Connecticut prison reportedly hanged himself this with a mask intended to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Daniel Ocasio, 32, was reportedly found unresponsive in a cell on Wednesday at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center. The state Department of Correction said he was discovered sitting on a bunk with a prison-issued …
Cameras caught the moment Wednesday when a California cop saved a man whose wheelchair got stuck in the path of an oncoming train. Lodi police officer Erika Urrea was reportedly patrolling near Lodi Avenue and Sacramento Street at around 8:44 a.m. when she spotted a 66-year-old man in a wheelchair who was stuck on the …
Authorities in Texas are still looking for an elderly woman who reportedly vanished last month after winning a large cash prize at a bingo hall. Carolyn Riggins, 69, reportedly has partial dementia and was possibly last seen on July 11 at Watauga Road Bingo in Watauga. Her family told WFAA that Riggins won a sizable …
Two Australian midwives were criminally charged Friday in connection with the 2012 death of a woman who reportedly suffered a botched birth. The Age reported that Gaye Demanuele, 59, and Melody Bourne, 43, were charged with manslaughter by criminal negligence in the death of Caroline Lovell, 36, who a coroner said “bled out” in a …
The suspect reportedly paid $20,000 for the hit on a website that ended up being a scam
An Alabama couple who’s facing manslaughter charges for last week’s death of their 3-year-old son may have left him in a hot car for 16 hours before finding him. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver told WHNT that Bentley Fowler was possibly in the vehicle from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. the following day. Oliver …
The U.S. Marshals Service said they arrested three people Tuesday, months after their four dogs reportedly fatally mauled a woman in Tennessee. The agency said in a statement that Kimberly Jordan, 40, Phyllis Jones, 61, and Dedricz Perry, 22, were charged with reckless homicide in connection with Doris Arrington’s mauling death. Authorities said four “unsecured …
A Ronald McDonald House in Illinois was placed on lockdown early Monday as looters vandalized the building, according to reports. Thirty families, including sick children, were reportedly sleeping at the Chicago facility — located near Lurie Children’s Hospital — when windows and a front door were smashed and vandalized. WBBM reported that residents were placed …
Prosecutors said one of the singer’s acquaintances lit a car on fire to intimidate an accuser
An Indiana woman who was killed in a powerful storm Monday reportedly shielded her 4-year-old great-grandson from debris as winds tore her mobile home apart. WPTA reported that Isabel Atencio, 73, suffered fatal blunt force injuries when a storm hit her mobile home in Fort Wayne. Atencio was said to have bear-hugged her great-grandson and …
Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
A Pennsylvania man reportedly killed both mothers of his children — one of whom was pregnant — in two separate shootings last month. Davone Anderson, 25, allegedly fatally shot Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, at Lyons’ home in Carlisle. Investigators reportedly believe Anderson killed Parmelee on July 5 because he thought she was …
