A man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the disappearance of a Virginia woman who reportedly vanished on Wednesday while finishing up her shift. Northumberland County police said in a statement that Tyrone Samuel, 50, has been charged with abducting Ahreal Smith, 28. Smith’s relatives told WTVR that she was last seen on January …
On Thursday, Virginia authorities criminally charged a teen girl for allegedly lighting a 13-year-old classmate’s hair on fire on Wednesday. The Henrico Fire Marshal’s Office has charged the unidentified student as a juvenile with unlawful wounding for an incident that occurred at John Rolfe Middle School. The injured eighth grader’s mother told WWBT that her …
Three New York women were arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking an airline security officer and a gate agent in September. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement that Jordan Nixon, 21, Janessa Torres, 21, and Johara Zavala, 44, attacked the Delta security officer at John F. …
Earlier this month, an Illinois judge reversed an 18-year-old man’s sexual assault conviction — finding that the 148 days he spent in jail was “plenty of punishment.” Drew Clinton had turned 18 two weeks before sexually assaulting Cameron Vaughan, 16, at a graduation party on May 30. Vaughan, who waived her anonymity, told WGEM that …
On Wednesday, a homeless man in New York allegedly attacked and robbed a Good Samaritan who gave him a coat moments earlier. According to the New York Post, Xavier Israel, 25, was lying on a Manhattan sidewalk when the 59-year-old covered him with a jacket. Surveillance footage appears to show Israel getting up, pushing the …
A South Dakota man was arrested last week after his mother mistakenly distributed marijuana-laced brownies at a senior center, according to reports. On January 4, Bon Homme County dispatch received multiple calls regarding possible poisonings. The responding deputy learned that all of the affected patients attended a card game at the Tabor Senior Center earlier …
A Michigan man was reportedly strangled by his longtime boyfriend on Thursday during an altercation over a video game. According to WDIV, Docquen Watkins, 31, called 911 claiming that he and Rory Teasley, 28, got into a fight, and Teasley was “sleeping” on the couch. Teasley was pronounced dead at a hospital after responding police …
A Louisiana man was arrested on Tuesday — after police investigating his girlfriend’s disappearance reportedly discovered a headless torso in his freezer. New Orleans police searched Benjamin Beale’s home days after questioning him about the whereabouts of his girlfriend, Julia Dardar, 36, who was reported missing by her estranged husband on December 23. The husband …
On Wednesday, a federal judge in New York ruled that Prince Andrew must face a lawsuit that accuses him of sexually abusing a woman when she was 17. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Virginia Roberts Giuffre, 38, can pursue a lawsuit in which she alleges Andrew, now 61, and late billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein …
On Monday, California police arrested a man in connection with Saturday’s shooting death of a Taco Bell worker, who was killed after the suspect was reportedly denied service for using a counterfeit bill. According to KABC, Los Angeles police arrested Jonathan Madden, 39, at his home for fatally shooting Alejandro Galicia-Garcia, 41, at a local …
A Florida teacher was arrested on Saturday amid allegations that he has been sexually abusing a 17-year-old student since December. Charles W. Flanagan High School teacher Philip Velez, 28, reportedly told police officers who came to his Hollywood apartment on Saturday that he was with his girlfriend — a 17-year-old female student. Velez also admitted …
Illinois police confirmed on Friday that it was a mother’s detective work that led to last month’s arrest of a man who fatally shot her 17-year-old son in late October. After Isaiah Davis was found lit on fire in a Harvey alley, Leslie Bell learned from a neighbor about the man her son was last …
