One person was killed and three more wounded when a scooter-riding gunman zipped around Queens and Brooklyn apparently firing randomly at people on the streets. Thomas Abreu, 25, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon and charged early Sunday with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon, WNBC reported. Investigators don’t know what prompted …
Police in Massachusetts are searching for a 7-year-old girl who has autism and is non-verbal who disappeared from her neighborhood between 2 and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Anna is described as 4 feet 7 inches tall and about 70 pounds and was last seen wearing black shorts, a white vest, and a purple hair tie, …
State troopers looking for an escaped Pennsylvania murder suspect say they have found stockpiles and campsites which appear to be connected to him, leading them to believe he has not left the area near the New York state line where the incident began. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 34-year-old Michael Burham slipped out of a recreation …
A 14-year-old girl reported missing last month was found in a barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton outside San Diego. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said the girl was reported missing on June 13 by her grandmother, who said she’d disappeared on June 9, KNSD reported. The grandmother said the girl had run away …
A gunman opened fire on crowds of people leaving nightclubs in Cleveland’s Warehouse District early Sunday morning, wounding nine people, one of them seriously. Cleveland Police Chief Wayne Drummond said multiple officers were on the the scene as part of a regular detail when the gunfire erupted and responded “immediately,” WOIO reported. Investigators said the …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says Leslie Van Houten “should absolutely not be released” after serving 53 years in prison for her part in the infamous Manson family murders in 1969. As CrimeOnline reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided not to appeal to the state supreme court after an appeals court in May overturned his denial …
The parents of four Colorado children reported missing earlier this week are now wanted for violating custody orders, authorities in Arapahoe County say. The four children, who range from 4 to 9 years old, were last seen on June 30. The state Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Missing Alert on Sunday and asked for …
Update: A 15-year-old girl missing from North Carolina and believed to be with a woman heading toward Alabama was found safe late Saturday in Newnan, Georgia. North Carolina authorities canceled an Amber Alert that had been issued for Jocelyn Jacobs, WRAL reported. Maria Gunn, 37, of Opelika, Alabama, was taken into custody in Opelike, Alabama, …
One man is dead and three more people wounded after a gunman on a scooter opened fire, apparently randomly, in Queens around midday on Saturday. Police said they had taken a suspect into custody and recovered a 9mm handgun with an extended clip, WNBC reported. The shooting began at about 11:12 a.m. in Cypress Hills, …
Authorities have arrested a 51-year-old woman accused in the hit-and-run death of her granddaughter last month in an Indiana motel parking lot. Detectives found Lisa Tesch in that city on Friday and arrested her on outstanding warrants from Kentucky as well as Indiana charges connected with the death of 18-month-old Eleanor Campbell, according to the …
A 16-year-old girl missing from Southeast Washington, D.C., for ten days has been found safe. Taylor Mathis Johnson took out the trash and then headed off to have her hair done on June 29, the Black and Missing Foundation said. She was spotted in the Wharf area that evening, but she didn’t come home and …
