Ohio police have issued an Amber Alert for a 5-year-old boy abducted by his foster mother in Columbus early Wednesday morning. Police said suspect’s car was found several hours later in Brooklyn, Ohio, just south of Cleveland and about 150 miles away, WCMH reported. Investigators said that Pammy Maye, 48, threatened to harm Darnell Taylor …
A Pennsylvania police officer has been accused sexual assaulting a student at the school where he served as a school resource officer. Jordan Jones, 29, was charged with institutional sexual assault, endangering the welfare of children, and corruption of minors, WPVI reported. Abington Township Police said they were tipped to the case by school officials, …
Detectives searching the belongings of the woman who opened fired at a Texas megachurch on Sunday found “antisemitic writings” and had a sticker with the word “Palestine” pasted on one of her guns. Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36, was shot and killed by an off-duty Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent and an off-duty Houston Police officer …
Murder suspet Kevin Kangethe, who escaped police custody in Kenya last week while waiting to learn if he would be extradited to the United States to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend, has been recaptured and brought back to jail. Family members told Citizen Digital that Kangethe was returned to jail under tight …
A fugitive wanted for killing a Tennessee deputy and wounding another was taken into custody Tuesday in Knoxville. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Kenneth DeHart in a social media post with photos that showed what appeared to be a residential neighborhood. Investigators launched a manhunt for DeHart on Thursday night after …
An autopsy determined that a 38-year-old mom found dead in a swanky Lower Manhattan hotel reoom was beaten and strangled to death. The New York medical examiner ruled the death of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia a homicide, the New York Daily News reported. Staff at the SoHo 54 Hotel found Oleas-Arancibia’s body in her 11th floor room …
North Carolina authorities have clamped down on a “wilderness therapy” program for troubled children after a 12-year-old boy died in their care less than 24 hours after his arrival. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office said Trails Carolina had “not completely” cooperated with the investigation, although the organization angrily denied that. In …
Six people were shot on a Bronx subway platform Monday — one fatally — in what police say involved a dispute between two groups of teenagers. A 34-year-old man was pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. The other five — a 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy, 28-year-old man, 29-year-old woman, and 71-year-old man — are not …
A Georgia man has been charged with murder after a toddler shot himself in the face. DeKalb County police said that Antoine Jordan left his gun loaded and unsecured, and the 3-year-old boy found it, WSB reported. When officers arrived at the home at about 7 a.m. Saturday, they learned that the child’s mother had …
An Idaho school is closed and a manhunt under way after a fatal shooting in the school’s parking lot early Monday morning. Idaho Falls Police are looking for 18-year-old Taylor Aughenbaugh, who they say is considered armed and dangerous. The shooting took place in the parking lot of Compass Academy, a public magnet school in …
Memphis police arrested a 20-year-old man after a lengthy crime spree on Sunday that included a carjacking, a murder, and at least two other shootings. Courdairon Craft was caught Sunday afternoon after a foot pursuit and charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, carjacking, two counts of agravated child abuse, and two counts of evading …
A juvenile brother and sister were found dead in their Oklahoma home Sunday afternoon, and police say it appears to be a case of murder-suicide. Family members called Broken Arrow police shortly before 2 p.m., after finding the boy dead, KOKI reported. “Family members had discovered a juvenile male that was deceased, while officers were …
