A North Carolina man pleaded not guilty Tuesday for the cold case murder of an accomplished Hollywood television producer and bridge player. Edwin Hiatt, 53, was arrested in May for the 1985 beating death of Barry Crane, 57. Citing Los Angeles prosecutors, Deadline reported that Hiatt bludgeoned Crane to death with a large ceramic statue …
Three babies who were born prematurely at a Pennsylvania hospital died as a result of a waterborne bacteria, according to reports. Dr. Edward Hartle, Geisinger Medical Center’s Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, confirmed in a statement to USA Today that the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has seen a spike in Pseudomonas …
An Ohio woman has been criminally charged months after she allegedly caused the crash that killed her 10-year-old daughter. A Lake County grand jury indicted Kia Ferguson, 37, on charges of aggravated murder, murder, attempted aggravated murder, and attempted murder in connection with the January 25 wreck that killed Ji Ferguson. Officials wrote in a …
Three teens in Arizona were arrested late last month, accused of shooting a freelance photographer nine times in an unprovoked attack at a park. The victim, who has only been identified on a GoFundMe page as “CT,” was taking photos at Encanto Park on September 12 when the three males, Ricardo Mendoza-Sanchez, 18, Angel Ortega …
A California man is facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly drove off with a 17-year-old girl who reportedly tried to expose him for soliciting minors for sex online. KNSD reports that the 17-year-old and her friends arrived at a shopping center on Sunday afternoon as part of an amateur sting operation targeting Robert Dreyfus, 32. …
Authorities in Texas issued an AMBER Alert for a 13-year-old girl who vanished in early September. KLTV reported that Betsabe Perez, 13, was last seen in Del Rio at noon on September 9. Authorities suspect she’s with Erik Diaz-Tapia, 19, who’s possibly traveling in a red, four-door sedan. Perez was described as being 5 feet, …
Police in Texas are searching for three suspects who behind Monday’s fatal shooting of a gas station clerk. KTRK reported that the incident unfolded at 3 a.m. at a Valero on Reed Road in Houston. Authorities have not disclosed the victim’s name, but friends reportedly identified him as Oday Qadous, 29. Qadous had reportedly emigrated …
‘I hit shorty like 12 times…He so little. I see that b**ch go in his head,’ Dwright Boone-Doty was recorded telling an inmate after murdering Tyshawn Lee
A New York man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Thursday for suffocating his 7-year-old daughter with a pillow hours after his divorce was finalized. Neil White, 49, killed Gabrielle White in his New Rochelle townhome in June 2017. WCBS reported that officers who responded to the crime scene not only …
A Utah man remains jailed without bail days after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl while giving her a tattoo at his home. KUTV reported that a woman contacted authorities after her granddaughter told her that Michael Easley, 24, sexually assaulted one of her friends. The victim reportedly told her friends that Easley had …
Late last month, Arkansas police arrested a woman after reportedly spotting a bow in her hair that was actually a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine. According to the Baxter Bulletin, Flippin police officer Kenneth Looney pulled over Jessica Kropp, 38, after noticing the registration for the car she was driving was expired. Kropp reportedly drove …
– NYPD officer Brian Mulkeen was killed Sunday night while wrestling an armed suspect in the Bronx
– Thousands of the six-year veteran’s colleagues attended his funeral on Friday in Monroe
– Mulkeen worked for the department’s anti-crime unit at the 44th precinct
– “He was the best of the best,” NYPD Captain Jeffrey Heilig said of the fallen officer
