Arkansas officials arrested a man early Friday morning on a kidnapping charge after he fled a traffic stop and blew through traffic lights and stop signs in a failed attempt to get away. The Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office said not say if the alleged kidnapping victim was with John Aldridge when he was finally arrested …
Florida authorities arrested two men on Saturday for an alleged road rage shooting into an SUV carrying a couple and three children. The victims called 911 after two men in a Dodge pickup truck began tailgating them, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. “The truck ultimately passed them, forced them halfway off the road, cut …
A Connecticut murder suspect was arrested in Massachusetts Saturday evening after he reportedly stabbed six people — four of them children — and then crashed his car fleeing from police on Cape Cod. The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injuries, but his identity has not been released, WBTS reported. Sources …
The father of a 6-year-old Arizona boy who weighed just 18 pounds when he died was found guilty this week of murder and other charges related to the boy’s death. The Coconino County jury also found 28-year-old Anthony Martinez guilty of first degree murder, child abuse, kidnapping, and aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, KNXV …
A 2-state police chase this week ended in a roll-over crash that ejected an 11-year-old girl in the fleeing vehicle, killing her. According to the Valdosta Daily Times, Lowndes County, Georgia, deputies spotted an SUV headed south on Interstate 75 and initiated a pursuit the eventually led across the state line into Florida, where Hamilton …
A $55,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of a Texas soldier who was found dead in her off-base home near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) announced a $25,000 reward on Thursday, five days after Private First Class Katia Duenas-Aguilar, …
Family members of some of the victims of the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are suing the manufacturer of the gun the 18-year-old murderer used in that shooting as well as Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, and video game maker Activision. The two lawsuits join suits filed earlier this week against …
Philadelphia police charged a 43-year-old man this week with the stabbing murders of his wife and mother-in-law. Leandro Barberena was charged with two counts of murder and related charges after police found Alma Barberena, 58, and Angela Trejo, 75, dead in the basement of Trejo’s home in the city’s Crescentville neighborhood, WPVI reported. Investigators said …
Four people have been sentenced for the catfishing murder of a Michigan woman who was found shot to death in an abandoned juvenile detention facility last year. Steven Douglas Bails was found guilty of first degree murder in March for the death of Kayla Sedoskey, his ex-girlfriend, WDIV reported. He has been sentenced to life …
Texas prosecutors are letting a 22-year-old man — accused of kidnapping a woman he met on a dating app and beating and raping her for a for five days — go free in a plea deal that could also expunge his record. Harris County Criminal Court Judge Genesis Draper approved the deal, and Zachary Kent …
A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected a request by actor Alec Baldwin to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against him for the fatal movie set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. The decision clears the way for Baldwin’s trial to begin in July, KOAT reported. Baldwin’s attorneys argued that the special prosecutors overseeing …
A Tennessee murder suspect has been located and arrested in Louisiana. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation put Jim Chambers, 37, on its Most Wanted list earlier this week. Chambers was wanted in Carter County for murder, abuse of a corpse, and tampering with evidence in the death of Edward Elliott, who was found dead on …
