A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with murder after he allegedly confessed during an Instagram video chat to a friend. The Bensalem Police Department said it received a call Friday afternoon from a woman who said Joshua Cooper had engaged her daughter in a video chat, telling her that he’d just killed someone. Cooper …
A Texas man pleaded guilty earlier this month to a single count of wire fraud after prosecutors caught him in a fraud scheme in which he scammed about 50 victims — individuals and companies — for an estimated $1.5 million in cash, goods, and services in 2020 and 2021. Nicholas Bryant, now 26, told people …
A 12-year-old Mississippi boy is dead after playing Russian roulette with two other minors earlier this week. Jackson Deputy Police Chief Deric Hearn said investigators were initially looking for Markell Noah as a missing person when they found him dead from a gunshot wound at an abandoned house. Police arrested two minors on murder charges …
A man and two women were found dead Friday morning inside a California home after firefighters extinguished a blaze there, but investigators said there was “clear evidence” they were dead before the fire. A suspect in the murders was later found in Needles, more than 200 miles away, and died in a “lethal force encounter” …
A non-jury trial is set to begin Monday for a Florida man accused of killing a couple in their garage and chewing on a victim’s face. Austin Harrouff, now 25, has waived his right to a jury trial, leaving it to Circuit Judge Sherwood Bauer to decide if Harrouff was insane when he killed 59-year-old …
Nebraska authorities have issued an arrested warrant for a Kansas man in the disappearance of an Omaha mother last week. Cari Allen, 43, was last seen at about 11 p.m. on November 19 near her home, as CrimeOnline previously reported. After the disappearance, the Topeka Police Department assisted Douglas County, Nebraska, deputies in a search …
A Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after deputies found a woman on Tuesday with a hatchet buried in her head. Family members said Lisa Rogers Eaton’s injury is so severe that they have come to Florida to say their good-byes and support her husband’s decision to have her taken off life support. …
A white father and son in Mississippi have been arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly chasing a Black FedEx driver while shooting at him after he delivered a package to their home in January. The Daily Leader reported that D’Monterrio Gibson, 24, was wearing his FedEx uniform and driving a Hertz rental truck …
A 5-year-old girl is missing after South Carolina deputies conducting a welfare check on Thursday found the girl’s mother dead. Orangeburg County deputies said the woman, who has not been named, hadn’t been heard from since November 1, WCSC reported. They later learned that the woman had a daughter, Aspen Jeter, who was not found …
An Arizona man has been indicted on multiple counts of stalking and harassing a woman he attended college with two decades ago. Patrick Kearney, 40, began his harassment campaign in September 2019, according to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Indiana, where the woman now lives. According to prosecutors, Kearney wanted …
A 11-year-old boy suffered minor injuries this week when he dashed into his burning second-story apartment to rescue his toddler sister. The Maryland State Fire Marshal said the boy initially got out of the Salisbury apartment but then realized his 2-year-old sister was still inside and went back inside. He was “slightly burned” making his …
A Georgia man suspected of kidnapping his daughter killed her and then himself after he crashed his car during a police chase. The Clayton County Police Department said the incident began around 9:30 p.m. when police from nearby Henry County asked them for a welfare check at a home following reports of a domestic dispute …
