A University of Chicago student fought off an armed robber last week and lost her phone — but took the magazine from his gun and tossed it into bushes before running away. The student, who identified herself as Maddi to WGN, said she was one of two students who were walking on opposite sides of …
An Arizona mother has been arrested for the vicious pummeling of a school bus driver earlier this month before her boyfriend grabbed her and pulled her away. Hermenegilda Marquez, 27, is charged with aggravated assault on a school employee, KSAZ reported. Court documents say the 64-year-old bus driver was a substitute who did not normally …
The Washington State Patrol has issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old boy believed taken by his ex-cop father, who is on the run after gunning down his ex-wife and girlfriend. Police said they believe Elias Huizar, 39, may be headed to Mexico with the Roman Santos, KIRO reported. West Richland Police were called to …
An Arizona judge declared a mistrial Monday in the trial of a rancher who shot dead an unarmed migrant with an AK-47 after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. George Alan Kelly’s defense argued that he fired warning shots into the air when he saw a group of armed men near his property …
A judge last week denied convicted child killer Adam Montgomery’s request to skip his sentencing hearing next month. A jury found Montgomery guilty in February of beating his daughter, Harmony Montgomery, to death because she soiled herself, as CrimeOnline reported. He did not show up in court for most of the trial. The jury deliberated …
Two young boys were shot in what investigators described as an isolated domestic incident late Sunday night in Atlanta. The boys were 11- and 14-years old, officials said, and did not shoot each other, WAGA reported. Police responded to a home in southwest Atlanta at about 10:30 p.m. and found one of the victims at …
A 54-year-old Oklahoma grandmother reportedly admitted her responsibility in the ambush murders of her ex-daughter-in-law and another woman accompanying her to pick up her children last month. “Tifany Adams, did provide a recorded statement to law enforcement indicating her responsibility for the death of the deceased,” Texas County District Attorney George H. Leach III wrote …
Prosecutors wrote in a motion to hold Tifany Adams without bail that the 54-year-old grandmother, accused of killing Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, allegedly admitted her involvement in the murders. Near the end of the motion, almost as an afterthought, Texas County District Attorney George H. Leach wrote that the “State would point out that …
The son of a Florida man charged with killing his wife in January has now been charged with accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence. Lane Estep, 18, was arrested the day after his father last month and charged with arson for setting his father’s truck on fire after police came to speak with …
A California judge declined to revoke phone privileges for a Los Angeles-area socialite who was convicted in February of running over two young brothers and killing them while speeding through an intersection in 2020. Superior Court Judge Joseph A. Brandolino cited what he called Rebecca Grossman’s “naivete” in demanding that her husband and daughter release …
