A wrong-way driver slammed head-on into a van in northern Illinois early Sunday morning, causing a fiery collision that killed seven people, including five children. Illinois State Police said Jennifer Fernandez, 22, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 90 in McHenry County shortly after 2 a.m. when her Acura TSX hit a …
A Mississippi woman was arrested last week after she intentionally ran over her own 6-year-old child with her car. A local hospital called Hattiesburg Police when the child was brought in for treatment at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, WDAM reported. The child’s father also incurred minor injuries in the incident, which police deemed a …
New York police are looking for a robbery crew using Facebook to lure men to hotels, where they’re robbed at gunpoint. Investigators say one member of the crew — a 20-something year old woman — has lured at least five men into the trap this month, the New York Post reported. “Once both [the woman …
An angry Wisconsin man fired indiscriminately a home this week, striking his 5-year-old niece in the chest and damaging her spine. At John Jackson’s bond hearing on Saturday, prosecutors said Ke’yari Redding may never walk again. The little girl’s mother, Asia Jackson, told WITI that her daughter is making progress although she remains in critical …
Tubing on Wisconsin’s Apple River remained shut down Sunday as detectives investigated a 52-year-old man’s fatal stabbing spree on Saturday. A 17-year-old boy was killed in the attack and four other people — three men and a woman, all in their 20s — were seriously injured. St Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson said that formal …
A former Iowa county jail employee has been charged with sexual misconduct after an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation probe into the matter. KCRG said that the agency launched its investigation when a county employee complained of possible sexual misconduct and completed it in March. The state attorney general took over at that point, reviewing …
A 62-year-old Missouri man was charged with attempted murder Friday for allegedly using a high-powered rifle to shoot a crop duster flying near his property. In addition to attempted murder, Donald V. Bates has been charged with felony property damage, unlawful weapons use, assault, and armed critical action. He is being held without bond in …
Update: 8:45 p.m.: St Croix Sheriff Scott Knudson said at least two victims were airlifted to Regions Hospital and the other were transported by ambulance. The 17-year-old was taken by ambulance to Lakeview Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to KMSP. Original story: A 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed and four others seriously hurt …
A 3-year-old boy left alone in a vehicle behind a Pennsylvania Popeye’s apparently shot himself Saturday morning with a loaded gun that was also left behind. Police from Caln Township and the city of Coatesville responded to the call shortly before noon when someone called about a possible fight in the parking lot, the Daily …
A University of West Georgia professor was fired after he was charged with the shooting death of a student early Saturday morning. Carollton Police said that Richard Sigman, a professor in the school’s business department, had been at Leopoldo’s Pizza at Adamson Square in Carrollton and got into an argument with another man. The man …
An Ohio judge this week ordered held without bond the man charged with raping and impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, who then had to travel across state lines for an abortion because the state’s anti-abortion law has no exception for rape. Gerson Fuentes was initially arrested on July 12 and ordered held on a $2 …
A California woman who rendered three young children orphans in a drunk driving wreck will serve decades behind bars after statements from the victims’ children were read in court. Grace Elizabeth Coleman, 23, was sentenced on Friday to 21 years to life in prison for killing 27-year-old Henry Eduardo Saldana-Mejia and his wife, 28-year-old Gabriela …
