On Thursday, ex-Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin was sentenced in federal court to 21 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 arrest that ended with Floyd’s death. Federal prosecutors had sought a 25-year sentence for Chauvin, 46. The federal sentence will be served concurrently with the 22-year sentence he is already serving …
On Wednesday, Nicki Minaj’s husband was sentenced to a year of home confinement for failing to register as a sex offender in California. According to the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Petty, 44, failed to register when he moved to California after marrying Minaj, 39, in 2019. Prosecutors sought a 15-month sentence for Petty, who agreed …
Ohio police believe a 14-year-old boy fatally shot his father on Thursday before turning the gun on himself. Delaware County Chief Deputy Jeff Balzer said that preliminary evidence suggests 14-year-0ld Adam Stevenson fatally shot his father, Jon Stevenson, 57, before taking his own life. A gun was recovered from the scene, according to WBNS. The …
A fugitive murder suspect was moved to a different Texas jail on Tuesday, days after she was captured in Costa Rica while on the run for fatally shooting her boyfriend’s love interest. According to the Texas Chronicle, Armstrong, 34, claimed when she was arrested last week that bandages and bruises on her face were due …
The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, said he wanted Governor Greg Abbott to intervene in the Department of Public Service’s ongoing investigation into May’s shooting at Uvalde Elementary School. Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN that he is not fully confident in the state agency, as he believes the probe is a “cover-up.” McLaughlin went on …
The man accused of murdering seven people at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois allegedly confessed to firing more than 80 shots during the mass shooting. The suspect, Robert Crimo III, 22, was ordered to be held without bail on Wednesday. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that after the shooting, Crimo went to the Madison, …
A Nebraska woman was arrested late last month for allegedly abusing a toddler at a day care facility and posting the video footage on social media. Courtney Stickley, 19, reportedly posted a video of herself sweeping a 20-month-old boy’s legs from under him, leading him to hit his head and cry. The incident occurred on …
Arkansas police recently arrested a couple, finding that the man — a convicted sex offender — raped a child and his wife allowed it. On June 13, the 9-year-old girl told authorities that Chad Huckabee, 39, was sexually assaulting her when his wife, Lori Huckabee, 38, walked into the room and told him to stop. …
Update at 2:02 PM (EST): More recent accounts suggest that six people have died and more than two dozen people were injured in Monday’s shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. A live feed is available for viewing below: Original Coverage: A shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois has left five people dead and …
A 12-year-old Pennsylvania boy who vanished on Wednesday was reportedly found dead hours later in a campground pool. Summit Grove campground told Penn Live that chaperones had cleared their pool eight hours before Pau Khai was discovered. At the time, Khai was attending a three-day junior retreat at the York County campground with the Westminster …
On Thursday, a Louisiana man was indicted for murdering his pregnant girlfriend and her 2-year-old son in March. According to The Advocate, Brynnen Murphy, 20, told Baton Rouge police that Kaylen Johnson, 24, picked him up on March 5, and her son, Kaden Johnson, was in the back seat. After driving for a bit, the pair …
Uber recently released a safety report which stated that it received more than 3,800 reports of sexual assault in 2019 and 2020. The rideshare company used five categories to classify its 3,824 cases of sexual assault, ranging from “non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part” to rape. The company handled 650 million trips in 2020, …
