A Florida jury convicted a 60-year-old woman of manslaughter for killing a neighbor in the midst of an ongoing dispute about the neighbor’s children playing outside. The jury deliberated less than three hours before returning the guilty verdict, CBS News reported. Susan Lorincz was initially charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Ajike “AJ” …
A pair of 14-year-old Kansas girls were arrested this week for the Labor Day weekend murder of a 93-year-old woman last year. Joanne R. Johnson was found dead in her Augusta home, were she lived alone, and her death was ruled a homicide, KWCH reported. Eight months later, Governor Laura Kelly and Johnson’s family offered …
A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly drove into a lake with a toddler inside the car. Kalyna Laraye Young, 21, also faces charges of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, and aggravated child abuse and neglect, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said that Young drove …
A former Michigan and Florida police officer was caught up last month in a Michigan sting operation targeting human trafficking. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said that Jeffrey David Morningstar, 60, has been arraigned on charges of child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime, and accosting a child for immoral purposes, …
A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested last week for allegedly sending sexual messages to a 14-year-old via an app. Deltona Elementary School teacher Michael Ronald Iannaccone, 47, knew the teen was underage, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were notified by the Hernando County School District on August …
The case against a Utah children’s grief book author charged with poisoning her husband with fentanyl will move to a preliminary hearing after a judge last week dismissed her attorney’s attempt to disqualify the prosecution. According to KTVX, Kouri Richins’ attorney filed a motion alleging that jail staff and a prosecutor had accessed phone calls …
Detectives in California cracked the 37-year-old murder of a newborn baby found in a dumpster in Riverside and arrested the infants mother in North Carolina. Riverside Police said the infants body was found by a man rummaging for recyclables on October 13, 1987, and the baby girl’s death was ruled a homicide, although police did …
A 25-year-old Indiana man has been arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend, a 25-year-old mother of three. New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey told WDRB that his officers responded to a home at 5 a.m. on a report about a shooting. They found Kaitlynn Lee inside and took her to the University of …
An Alabama man was arrested Saturday after he called 911 to say he’s shot his parents. Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene in Ohatchee and found Randall Ferguson dead inside the home and Debbie Ferguson fatally wounded on the back porch, WBMA reported. She was rushed to Gadsden Regional Hospital, where she died. …
A recently released felon wanted for the murder of an 83-year-old man in a Santa Fe Best Buy parking lot earlier this week was captured Saturday night after he and and an accomplice robbed an Arby’s restaurant in Las Cruces. Zachary Babitz and the accomplice, a woman who has not been identified, carjacked a woman …
