An ex-Minnesota officer was convicted of murder for the 2017 shooting death of a woman who had called 911 and reported a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. On Tuesday, a jury found Mohamed Noor, 33, guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in July 2017 slaying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, a dual …
Hours before a driver was arrested in Friday’s hit-and-run crash that killed a 4-year-old South Carolina girl, the girl’s grandmother was criminally charged for allegedly being drunk while pushing the girl in a stroller across a highway. WPDE reported that Priscilla Marie Clendenin, 55, is charged with unlawful neglect of a child in connection with …
Authorities in South Dakota said multiple dog teams have picked up a cadaver scent near where a 9-year-old girl vanished months earlier. Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom said canines detected the scent in the area surrounding the Black Hills Children’s Home, where Serenity Dennard reportedly ran away from on February 3. Despite the possible lead, …
For the first time, the public has been given access to the 911 call a Texas officer placed after she fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. Ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, 30, is heard saying, “I thought it was my apartment,” 19 times in the 911 call obtained by WFAA. …
A medical examiner has determined that a 13-year-old Texas girl died due to complications of an undetected brain tumor, not from a fight she was reportedly involved in days before her death. KTRK reported that Kashala Francis’ April 24 death was caused by an intracranial neoplasm which doctors discovered following an altercation near her middle …
A jury will reconvene deliberating whether a former Minnesota officer is guilty of murder and manslaughter for the July 2017 shooting death of a dual U.S.-Australian citizen. Ex-officer Mohamed Noor, 33, was accused of fatally shooting Justine Ruszczyk Damond, 40, after she called 911 about a possible sexual assault occurring behind her home. Noor was …
An Arizona father is facing criminal charges for allegedly seriously wounding his 6-year-old daughter with a shotgun while teaching her about gun safety. Eldon McInville, 26, was jailed on child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon charges in connection with Thursday’s accidental shooting that left his daughter with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. …
A young Virginia boy reportedly gave a police officer Easter dinner, leading the officer to return the gesture to him and his classmates days later. According to a Facebook post by the Newport News Police Department, a boy named Jeremiah delivered the dinner to officer Beganovic and his partner while they patrolled his neighborhood last …
A Kansas college football player who was drafted to the New York Giants on Saturday was reportedly wounded hours later in a shooting that killed his former teammate. According to ESPN, Washburn University defensive back Dwane Simmons, 23, was killed while his teammate, Corey Ballentine, 23, a cornerback drafted to the New York Giants in the …
An Alabama woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly placing a false burglary call which led police officers to discover drugs in her home. Amber Lewis, 33, was charged with making a false report to law enforcement, possession of marijuana, and chemical endangerment of a child after she called police to her home Wednesday morning. …
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has been subpoenaed after a lawyer filed a petition for a special prosecutor who will investigate her office’s controversial handling of the Jussie Smollett case. The lawyer, retired appellate judge Sheila O’Brien, also subpoenaed Foxx’s leading assistant, Joseph Magats, and filed an additional document requesting Smollett appear for the …
An accused gang member believed to have fatally stabbed a New York City boy in the neck last summer has rejected a plea deal Thursday that could’ve spared him from spending the rest of his life behind bars. According to News12, Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, one of 14 men charged in the June 20 slaying of …
