Federal agents arrested a Delta Air Lines co-pilot immediately upon landing at a California airport on Saturday. Rustom Bhagwagar, 34, of Florida, was arrested in the plane’s cockpit at San Francisco International Airport. Contra Costa County, Florida, police said it had been investigating Bhagwagar since April regarding child sex crimes, according to KTVU. Homeland Security …
A Pennsylvania man was arrested last week for allegedly breaking a 3-year-old boy’s leg. Lancaster Online reported that Michael Torres, 27, broke and displaced the toddler’s femur when striking his thigh three to four times. The victim was hospitalized on July 20, and Torres allegedly confessed to inflicting the injuries in a fit of anger. …
A 7-year-old Ohio boy who was found dead earlier this month was reportedly placed in trash bags weeks after he died in his mother’s boyfriend’s care. Hershall Creachbaum is believed to have died several weeks before his body was found on July 12, the same day his mother’s boyfriend, Michael Kendrick, 38, allegedly called 911 …
California authorities are looking for an 8-month-old girl and her mother who have been missing for more than a week. Whisper Owen, 36, and Sandra McCarthy were last seen driving from Fresno on July 15. Fresno County police believe they were traveling home in Elk Grove but never arrived, according to SF Gate. Owen’s mother …
The family of a 2-year-old Alabama boy who died in the state’s care on Tuesday has hired an attorney. Ke’Torrius Starkes Jr. reportedly died after being left in a parked car for five hours. Birmingham police believe Starks was left in the car after he was picked up from daycare and had a supervised visit …
Documents unsealed on Wednesday — the same day Bryan Kohberger was sentenced for killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 — stated that his college professors were concerned about how he treated female students. Kohberger was given four life sentences for stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves at the women’s …
New York officials ruled on Thursday that Food Network star Anne Burrell took her own life in June. The New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Burrell’s death a suicide, listing her cause as “acute intoxication” due to the effects of alcohol, amphetamine, and antihistamines. Police previously said Burrell, 55, was found …
Maine prosecutors filed a motion on Monday to charge a 17-year-old boy as an adult for killing a paddleboarder earlier this month. The teen — who has been named in some media reports — has not been formally charged as an adult for murdering Sunshine Stewart, 48. WABI reported that a denial of the prosecutors’ …
A 3-year-old Alabama boy reportedly died on Tuesday after being left in a hot car. Authorities said Keterrius Sparks was left in a car parked in Birmingham from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. WBRC reported that Sparks was in the care of a worker contracted through the Department of Human Resources. Birmingham police said the worker is …
A California doctor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to supplying actor Matthew Perry with ketamine before his death in 2023. The Los Angeles Times reported that Perry, 54, was found dead in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home. His death was caused by the acute effects of ketamine — leading to Salvador Plasencia’s arrest last …
A Florida federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump Administration cannot disseminate grand jury testimony related to the 2000s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Judge Robin L. Rosenberg ruled that she does not have the authority to unseal the records, which were from 2005 and 2007 investigations in West Palm Beach. Rosenberg said the U.S. …
The National Archives released declassified files on Tuesday related to the FBI’s surveillance of Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. According to the Hill, the 243,000 pages also included the FBI’s investigation into King’s 1968 assassination. His surviving daughter, Bernice King, lauded the documents’ release in a joint statement with her brother Martin Luther …
