The boyfriend of the so-called “treehouse killer” was convicted Thursday on a single count of perjury for lying to a grand jury as police probed the death of Michael Chiklis in 2018. Jonathan Lind still faces trial on charges of accessory to murder and disinterring a body, and his attorney says he’ll be appealing the …
A polygamist cult member mother was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday in the stabbing death of her 13-month-old daughter four years ago. Chloe Alexis Driver, 24, was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, cruelty to children, and aggravated assault but mentally ill by a jury that rejected her not guilty by insanity …
A western New York man has been charged with murder after he brought his father’s body — and a defense attorney — to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office earlier this week. Richard Fluegel Jr., 30, also faces weapons and evidence tampering charges in the death of his 60-year-old father, Richard Fluegel Sr., on Sunday. Livingston …
A Montana man has been charged with murder after he admitted he strangled a missing woman, put her body in a suitcase, and disposed of the suitcase in a dumpster in Great Falls. A Great Falls sanitation truck picked up trash from the dumpster and deposited it in a landfill northeast of the city, KPAX …
A 52-year-old California sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after he sent explicit material and planmed to meet up with an undercover investigators posing as a 15-year-old. Anthony Russo worked for the department’s corrections division and resigned after his arrest, the Mercury News reported. Investigators said they received a tip about Russo on Wednesday and immediately …
A former Georgia district attorney appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since she was accused of putting a thumb on the scale in favor of the defendants accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger chased down and murdered in a largely white coastal neighborhood in 2020. Jackie Johnson was the district attorney …
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says that accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione could face additional charges as his office delves further into the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief Brian Thompson. Bragg told WABC his office charged Mangione with second degree murder because he wanted to bring charges quickly. “Murder 2 is the intentional killing of a …
The remains of a South Carolina woman missing since September were found in Hartsville last week The Darlington County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the remains, which were found on December 4, as Shamra Hope Cassidy Felkel, 49. The coroner ruled the death a homicide, WPDE reported. WBTW reported that Daniel Peele was arrested that …
A Florida police officer has been accused of engaging in “sexual acts” with a minor in the Miramar Police Explorer program. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office arrested George Frederick Richardson on Wednesday, charging him with use of a child in sexual performance, lewd or lacisvious written solicitation of certain minors, and harmful communication to minors, …
A retired Detroit police sergeant shot his tenant to death Tuesday afternoon in an apparent dispute over an eviction. Sources say the landlord, who was not identified, went to the home earlier in the day to serve an eviction notice, WXYZ reported. Court records show a court case between the two dating back to August, …
An Arizona judge ruled last week that “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell can represent herself in her trial for the murder of her fourth husband and attempted murder of her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was previously convicted in Idaho on the murders of two of her children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
A Wisconsin man who faked his own death and left his wife and four children behind to be with a woman in eastern Europe is now back in the United States and in jail. Ryan Borgwardt was returned to the United States on Tuesday and charged with a misdemeanor obstruction of justice charge after prompting …
