A California jury this week convicted a 31-year-old man of shooting his 23-year-old girlfriend in the head while she was driving with four small children in the car, causing the car to crash into the Sacramento River. Mandiko Kwadzo then got out of the partially submerged car and stood aside without making any move to …
Police in an Atlanta suburb have arrested a 32-year-old man for the murder of his girlfriend. Andreily Acacio Rodriguez, 27, was found dead in her apartment Friday morning by a family member, according to the Roswell Police Department. Officers first on the scene said the victim had “visible injuries consistent with a homicide” and quickly …
Police in South Carolina arrested a man and a woman Saturday after they allegedly left a baby in their running car for several hours in a mall parking lot. Spartanburg Police said they were called to Westgate Mall at about 1:30 p.m. by a woman who said she had first seen the car when she …
Virginia authorities say they have arrested a suspected car thief who ran over and killed a father of two trying to stop the theft of his own vehicle. Keith Anthony McBride, 41, was taken into custody in Virginia Beach on Friday, the Prince William County Police Department said in a Facebook post. McBride has been …
A Vermont man pleaded not guilty in court Friday afternoon to the murder of an 82-year-old neighbor who went missing last week from her Enosburgh home and was found dead on Sunday. Vermont State Police announced Thursday that 23-year-old Darren Martell, who had been living with neighbors directly next door to Roberta Martin, had been …
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 …
