California police rushed to the scene of a domestic violence call on Christmas Eve and watched as the home where the incident occurred erupted into flames. The victim and her other family members fled the Hermosa Beach home at about 3:30 p.m. after the suspect threatened her. The first 911 call reported a loud argument …
A 32-year-old Connecticut woman surrendered early Monday morning after holding police at bay for five hours following at shooting in Newtown Sunday night. Meghan Gouveia has been charged with first-degree assault, unlawful discharge of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, two counts of risk of injury to a minor, first degree reckless endangerment, and …
An Amber Alert was issued Sunday night for a 1-year-old baby believed abducted by her mother, who reportedly stabbed the child’s father and fled with the little girl. Lakewood Police said Choice Walters has brown hair and eyes, WKYC said. The mother, 29-year-old ARiel Monae Walters, is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and …
Five people were shot, one fatally, in a dispute at a Texas home late Saturday night. The Fort Worth Police Department said a 911 call came in shortly after 11 p.m., and officers found one person dead and four others wounded, KXAS reported. The four were rushed to a hospital, where one was listed in …
A 63-year-old Illinois man was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged wife in 2019. Patrick O’Brien was caught on a neighbor’s security camera chasing his wife from their home on the neighbor’s back patio on December 21, 2019, and stabbing her in the chest, the Will …
A California Marine lance corporal has been charged with vehicular manslaughter after he crashed a truck he stole from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar while fleeing police, killing a passenger in the vehicle. John Eugene Brand, 21, was also charged with kidnapping, evading police with wanton disregard for safety, evading police causing serious injury or …
An Illinois man has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly shooting a man he didn’t know multiple times over a pizza and bar tab. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said the shooting took place at about 8:40 a.m. at Rosie O’Reilly’s in unincorporated Wheaton, a western suburb of Chicago. The sheriff’s department …
Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a 34-year-old man who killed his ex-girlfriend and her 10-month-old baby and left them and two other children in their burning Daytona Beach apartment. Charles Leon Ivy stabbed Den’Jah Moore, 30, more than 100 times, as CrimeOnline previously reported. When firefighters extinguished the blaze, they found the …
A Massachusetts man was found guilty last week of kidnapping a woman to Maine against her will, three days after pleading guilty to a similar charge. Stephen Pilson, 56, pleaded guilty on December 12, 2019, to five charges, including kidnapping the same woman, with whom he had been in some kind of relationship, and was …
The owner of the home where a 27-year-old school teacher was found dead in the trunk of a burned out car has been arrested for her murder. Matthew Switalski, 37, was named a “person of interest” last week after finding the body in the car trunk in the garage of his Lancaster home on December …
A father and daughter found dead in South Carolina after going missing a week ago died of hypothermia. Calhoun County Corner Donnie Porth told WIS that autopsy results for 6-year-old Michelle Murph and her father, 42-year-old Jason Murph, were inconclusive, but he said weather conditions while the pair were missing and that they had no …
A missing South Carolina woman’s ex-boyfriend has now been charged with murder. A newly released warrant accuses Daniel Gabriel Harmon, 34, of killing Jamilla “Millie” Smith in early December, around the time that Smith called 911 to say that her ex-boyfriend had broken into her home and was chasing her down the road, WJBF reported. …
