A bodycam apparently captured the tense moments when a Nebraska police officer pulled over a suspect who brandished his gun and shot him in the shoulder. In a detailed account released to the public, the Omaha Police Department said Ken Fortune, 42, a member of the department’s Gang Unit, and two other officers conducted a traffic …
A Texas man is facing murder charges after allegedly strangling a woman whose body was reportedly discovered in a recycling bin hidden in his room. The San Antonio Express-News reported that prosecutors said Alex Akpan, 24, only knew Irene Yemitan, 23, a few days before killing her. A witness reportedly told investigators that she was with Yemitan when …
A Maryland day care owner who stood trial a second time for the beating death of a 6-month-old girl was found guilty last week of multiple counts in connection with the April 2016 incident. According to The Washington Post, a jury declined to find Little Dreamers owner Kia Divband, 37 guilty of second-degree felony murder but convicted …
UPDATE: Police in Texas revealed that the woman who reported finding an hours-old baby girl in the woods Wednesday afternoon was the newborn’s mother, according to KTRK. “The initial reportee is actually the one who had delivered the infant. She had reported the infant was found here. That was concocted. That was not accurate,” Harris …
The ex-boyfriend of an Arizona teen whose body was found in the desert a month after her disappearance was charged in her death. Per KTRK, Jon-Christopher Clark, 23, appeared before a judge Tuesday night in relation to newly-filed first-degree murder charges. Police are also pursuing improper removal of a body and evidence tampering charges against Clark. Documents …
A gas station clerk in Washington is reportedly on life support days after a group of teens allegedly robbed the store and left him to die as he suffered a heart attack. According to KOMO News, surveillance cameras show Zarif Kelada, 34, collapsing moments after confronting the teens for eating pepperoni sticks without paying. Police said …
The Tennessee man who confessed to fatally shooting a woman in 1994 during a botched robbery attempt learned his fate in court this week. According to WREG, Phanhsay Phanivong, then 16, shot Angela Perkins, 23, to death in East Memphis as she drove home from work. The case remained cold until 2014 when an inmate serving …
Witnesses’ accounts reportedly contradict the story a Dallas police officer gave investigators after shooting Botham Jean after allegedly walking into his apartment by mistake. Jean’s family lawyer told the New York Daily News that they’ve received information regarding officer Amber Guyger’s statements to police following her arrest. The lawyer went on to describe Guyger’s account as …
The New Jersey man accused of spending away homeless man Johnny Bobbitt’s $400,000 GoFundMe donation was reportedly arrested Monday night for an unpaid traffic ticket. WCAU reported that Mark D’Amico, 39, was taken into custody in Burlington County in connection with an October 2017 traffic stop during which he was found to driving with a …
A Massachusetts man is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly burying his girlfriend’s 17-year-old dog—who was later euthanized following the traumatic ordeal. WHDH reported that Kaylee Belanger called police Sunday afternoon after she found the Shih Tzu buried under a rock and dirt behind Richard Piquard’s Whitinsville home. Northbridge Police Chief Walter Warchol told the station that Piquard initially …
Surveillance cameras appear to have caught the tense moments when an unknown man battered and choked a British mother-of-three in front of her teen son. Per the Daily Mail, a CCTV camera recently installed outside Gemma Mansfield’s Leicestershire home captured the seemingly random attack. The footage appears to show a man punching Mansfield several times and …
A New York City woman has died three months after sustaining burns to 90 percent of her body when her boyfriend allegedly used turpentine to light her on fire. Alicia Avery, 32, remained hospitalized since the June 12 attack that reportedly left her with extensive burns and a cracked skull. The woman’s boyfriend, Larry McGloster, 26, …
