Six people have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of an Alabama mother who texted her family that she was being held hostage before her body was found under a mattress in southwest Birmingham. None of the suspects — three men and three women — have been charged, AL.com reported, but …
A Florida man was arrested Monday for trying to steal an airplane from a Fort Myers airport, leaving a gun and tactical vest behind after he crashed the plane on the runway and fled the scene. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said that Bruce Plummer, 43, tried unsuccessfully to get into one plane at Page …
A Connecticut man has been arrested after he allegedly robbed three women in a four-hour period, raping one of them. Bridgeport Police sid the Cecil Mills, 35, was taken into custody at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday after he allegedly crashed his vehicle during a pursuit and then ran from the scene, WFSB reported. “Mills crashed …
A preliminary report says that a nursing student murdered on the University of Georgia campus last week died from blunt force trauma to the head. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner’s Office and Morgue said it will be several weeks before the official report is released, WANF reported. Laken Riley, 22, was found dead near Lake Herrick …
The mother of a missing Wisconsin toddler and the temporary caregiver who reported the boy missing appeared in court Monday to face formal charges of neglecting the child before his disappearance. A criminal complaint says that 3-year-old Elijah Vue was reported missing at about 11 a.m. on February 20 by Jesse Vang, 39, The Herald …
Dive teams searched the rivers around a Wisconsin town where a toddler disappeared last week as the boy’s mother and the man she left him with “for disciplinary purposes” prepared to appear in court again on Monday. “Our search efforts continued throughout last night and will continue today on our city rivers,” Two Rivers Police …
Two Michigan parents have been charged with torturing their adopted children for more than a decade. Kris and Alan Jones were denied bond Friday when they were arraigned on three counts each of torture and child abuse, WWMT reported. Court documents say the Joneses forced the children to sleep in the garage regardless of the …
A Houston father was shot to death in front of his family early Sunday morning in a home invasion, part of which was caught on surveillance video from across the street. The video showed a man opening and closing the apparently unlocked door of a truck in the family’s driveway at about 1:30 a.m., KTRK …
Louisiana law enforcement are looking for an escaped inmate who pepper sprayed a deputy and stole her patrol vehicle. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said that Leon Ruffin to a hospital around noon on Sunday after he reportedly had a seizure. A deputy went to the facility to pick him up and return him to …
Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel has filed complaints against two prosecutors in the dismissed murder case against Barry Morphew, accussing them of retaliating against the judge and withholding evidence. Mark Hulbert and Robert Weiner have been accused of “abuse of power,” according to the complaints filed Thursday by the office, which is an independent …
A 24-year-old New York man’s parents are in critical condition after he allegedly stabbed them in their sleep and then chased them out of the house and continued the assault. Joshua Wilck, a US citizen, reportedly went into the Long Island bedroom of his 64-year-old mother and 60-year-old father on Saturday night and attacked them …
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 7-year-old Florida boy believed to have been abducted by his father from Riviera Beach. Christian Simeus is described as 3 feet 7 inches tall and 57 pounds and was last seen wearing a gray shirt, gray shorts, and red Spiderman shoes, the Riviera Beach Police Department said. …
