A Rhode Island father shot his 4-year-old son in the head Tuesday morning while handling a loaded weapon he was legally barred from possessing. Michael A. Jones, 33, has been charged with assault, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and firing a weapon in a compact area, the Cranston Police Department said. An …
Five months before he shot and killed 18 people at a Maine bowling alley and restaurant last week, Robert Card’s family contacted the sheriff’s office where he lived and said they were concerned about his mental health and easy access to guns. Sagadohoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said deputies contacted Card’s Army Reserve Unit, where …
A Las Vegas man has been charged with making threats to a Jewish US Senator from Nevada. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada did not name the senator, but the office of Senator Jacky Rosen, who once served as president of her synagogue, confirmed she was the recipient of 43-year-old John Anthony …
A 19-year-old Virginia man has been charged with murder and child abuse after the death of his infant son. According to WTTG, Stafford County deputies were called to the home shortly after noon on Friday for a medical emergency. They found the 3 month old boy unresponsive and took him to a hospital, where he …
Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of Texas yoga instructor Kaitlin Armstrong, accused of shooting a romantic rival to death and then fleeing the country and changing her appearance to avoid arrest. Armstrong, 36, is charged with killing pro cyclist Moriah “Mo” Wilson on May 11. 2022, shooting the 25-year-old at the Austin …
A 3-year-old child was killed overnight in Houston when an argument between the driver of an SUV and her possibly drunk passenger ended in a rollover crash. According to KTRK, police said the crash happened just before midnight on State Highway 288. Five other children, including a 7-year-old and a 3-month old — were also …
Senior officers from the Portuguese police travelled to London earlier this year to apologize to the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann for how they handled the case. As CrimeOnline has reported, the 3-year-old disappeared from her parents’ rental apartment in Praia da Luz, where they were on holiday, on May 3, 2007. Gerry and …
The case inspired an NBC miniseries last year that starred Renee Zellweiger.
At least 15 people were shot, two of them critically, as a Halloween house party in southwest Chicago came to an end in the early hours Sunday. Police said the gunman fled the scene but was captured nearby and taken into custody, WBBM reported. A handgun was recovered, they said. A witness told WBBM that …
A Long Island man has been charged with menacing and endangering the welfare of a child after he allegedly pointed a gun at a 6-year-old boy retrieving a bag of candy mistakenly left on his doorstep. Manhasset police said the incident happened Saturday evening when a mother tood her daughter, two sons, and a nephew …
An autopsy to determine his cause of death may take weeks, but no foul play is suspected.
A Connecticut woman reported missing earlier in the day was found dead Saturday afternoon in the basement of a home in Willimantic. The woman’s family contacted police at about 2 p.m. and said she had been missing and unaccounted for since mid-morning. They said they believed she was in Willimantic in eastern Connecticut. Police went …
