Police and fire officials are investigating after a “suspicious” fire left one person dead in Chippewa Fall, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Investigators did not release the identity of the victim but named Scott Vaningan, 58, as a suspect in both the fire and death, WEAU reported. Vaningan lived in the house that caught fire, police said, …
The co-owner of a San Diego-based born website pleaded guilty to sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and conspiracy to the same. The US Department of Justice said Tuesday that Matthew Isaac Wolfe, the 40-year-old co-owner of GirlsDoPorn, admitted to filming explicit videos of hundreds of young women and assuring them the videos would …
A US defense contractor and his wife have been charged with stealing the identities of two dead children in Texas and living under their names for decades. Walter Glenn Primrose, who was an avionics electrical technician in the US Coast Guard before his retirement, and Gwynn Darle Morrison were arrested last week Kapolei, Hawaii, on …
The 9-year-old boy sole survivor of an attack on his family at an Iowa state park ran to a nearby campsite for help — the campsite of the man police believe shot and killed the boy’s parents and younger sister. Tyler and Sarah Schmidt and their 6-year-old daughter Lula were killed in the shooting, early …
The parents of a 5-year-old Indiana girl shot and killed by her 6-year-old brother have been arrested and charged with neglect. A probable cause affidavit said that the 6-year-old told investigators he took a gun out of a safe on a dresser in his parents’ bedroom, WXIN reported. “[He] stated that the key was in …
A second lawsuit has been filed in Indiana against a county sheriff and former jail officers charging that poor management led to male inmates bribing a jailer for keys to the women’s area of the jail, where they “raped, assaulted, harassed, threatened and intimidated” female inmates in a “night of terror.” The eight inmate plaintiffs …
A Florida woman was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of a fellow Uber passenger over the weekend. An arrest warrant says that Natalia Harrell, 24, Gladys Yvette Borcela, 28, and five others piled into a Cadillac Escalade in downtown Miami at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning, WPLG …
The parents of a Indiana toddler were arrested this week after police found the 1-year-old girl strapped into a car seat and alone on the floor of a motel room. Scottsburg Police and the Department of Child Services found the little girl on Sunday after motel staff helped them get inside when no one answered …
The man accused of opening fire on a 4th of July parade in suburban Chicago earlier this month, killing seven people and wounding 48, has been indicted on 117 counts. A Lake County grand jury indicted Robert “Bobby” Crimo II on 21 counts of first degree murder — three counts for each fatality — 48 …
A federal judge in Minnesota on Wednesday sentenced two former police officers, convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, to lighter sentences than recommended in federal sentencing guidelines. Describing Tou Thao as “a good police officer, father and husband,” US District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced him to 3 1/2 years for standing by as former …
Police in Oklahoma discovered the burned remains of a toddler early Wednesday morning after they received a tip about a possible child death. Seminole Police said they executed a search warrant and found the remains after getting the tip at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Further investigation led them to another location, the home of …
A 12-year-old girl killed in a single car crash on a Maryland parkway early Sunday morning had been driving the car. Josseline Molina-Rivas was in the driver’s seat with her 36-year-old stepfather as the passenger, Howard County police and the girl’s family said on Monday. The stepfather, who has not been named, was seriously hurt …
