A Florida woman was arrested Thursday on child abuse charges after she rolled her Jeep into a ditch, trapping her baby in the back seat, and told a witness not to call 911. Josefina Lopez, 21, was charged with DUI with property damage, and abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of a child, WKMG reported. The …
A northern California man has been arrested and charged with pushing a flaming vehicle over an embankment and starting the Park Fire in Butte County, which by Friday evening had torched nearly 180,000 acres. Ronnie Stout, 42, has so far been charged with one count of arson, but District Attorney Mike Ramsay said enhancements have …
An Ohio man was arrested in Utah this week after he allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in California. An affidavit says Ryan Gray Patch, 27, was booked into the Iron County Jail for investigation into aggravated kidnapping, endangerment of a child, possession of drugs, and possession of drug paraphernalia, KSL reported. Patch was arrested Tuesday …
Three Ohio teenagers were charged this week with the murder of 29-year-old mom who died trying to stop them from stealing her SUV with her 6-year-old child sleeping inside. Gerald Dowling, 19, and two 16-year-olds were arrested Wednesday for the July 11 death of Alexa Stakely, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Alexa Stakely, a school district …
Investigators in Georgia announced late Thursday night that 12-year-old Maria Gomez-Perez, missing since May, had been found in another state. “Maria is safe and OK,” the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Facebook. The department did not say where the girl was found, adding that “additional updates on the recovery are not …
The boyfriend of a Texas woman found hanging from a dock in May has been arrested in connection with the death. James Hart was charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse, KRIV reported. Mother-of-four Giselle Salazar-Tapia, 30, lived on a boat at the Wharf Marina in League …
A 21-year-old North Carolina man was arrested for murder after his missing father was found dead in Charlotte. Fred Dunlap, 79, was reported missing last Friday, and a Missing and Endangered Alert issued on Tuesday. Family members said he rquired medications and didn’t have them with him when he disappeared, Queen City News reported. Charlotte-Mecklenburg …
A Pennsylvania district attorney announced Thursday he plans to seek the death penalty for a couple charged with the murder of a 12-year-old girl. Malinda Hoagland’s father, 52-year-old Rendell Hoagland, and his girlfriend, 45-year-old Cindy Warren, have been charged with first-, second-, and third-degree murder and involuntary servitude, WGAL reported. The girl died hours after …
Three people have been charged with conspiracy to murder a Louisiana college student who was found shot to death in western Mississippi earlier this month. The West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Derek Terrell Hollins Jr, 21; Calajia Jack, 20; and Allyah Martin, 21; in the death of Martin’s ex-boyfriend, Southern University sophomore Steven Harris, …
A Michigan woman charged earlier this week with child abuse for severe injuries inflicted on her girlfriend’s 4-month-old daughter has now been charged with murder. Doctors at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids turned off life support for little Renzi McCall on Thursday, WXMI reported. Savannah Miller, 31, was arrested on Sunday after the …
The Alabama nursing student who drew national attention when she faked her own kidnapping a year ago spoke out this week on her now private Instagram account, for the first time since she was sentenced to a year’s probation, community service, and mental health counseling. Posting for her 27th birthday, Carlee Russell wrote that she …
A 41-year-old Washington state woman was taken into custody this week on suspicion of manslaughter in the death of her newborn in February 2023. The womanbut was ordered held Wednesday on a $150,000 bail, KOMO reported. An arrest report says she did not know she was pregnant and began having labor pains while riding her …
