Memphis police have charged four people — three of them juveniles — in connection with the shooting death of a beloved pastor during a carjacking last week. Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church, was shot and killed in her driveway on July 18, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Three teens — a 15-, …
A retired Baltimore police officer — shot by his wife last week at a DC hotel after she accused him of molesting children at her day care center — has been charged with 13 counts related to those accusations. James Weems Jr., 57, is charged with “sexually abusing at least three children while working at …
A Wisconsin state senator was involved in a fatal car crash on Friday that left a mother and her 5-year-old daughter dead. The Ashland Daily Press said that Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley, 70, pulled out of a parking lot onto Highway 2 and into the path of a car driven by 27-year-old Alyssa Ortman. …
A Marine discharged in 2021 on an “other than honorable discharge” pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal firearms charges, but it was his alleged membership in a neo-Nazi group that led a judge to order him to remain behind bars. Matthew Belanger was arrested in June 10 and charged with making false statements in …
A Pennsylvania man accused of killing his girlfriend and dismembering her said Tuesday Kristy Jefferson got into the refrigerator where her body was found “on her own.” Daryl Jones was arrested in May 2020 after Jefferson’s family requested a welfare check and neighbors reported a foul odor, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Jefferson was last seen …
A 7-year-old boy was seriously injured Monday evening when an 11-year-old boy hit him in a stolen car. Police said the crash happened in the parking lot of the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus shortly before 7 p.m. The victim was flown by helicopter to a hospital with leg injuries but is expected to …
A Texas woman shot by police after she opened fire at the Dallas airport ceiling on Monday once claimed to be rapper Chris Brown’s wife and told investigators she was “God’s prophet.” Dallas police said that Portia Odufuwa, 37, was dropped off at Love Field around 11 a.m. on Monday. She went into a restroom, …
Investigators have come up with no motive for a 23-year-old Nebraska man suspected of fatally shooting three members of a family at an Iowa state park before killing himself. Tyler Schmidt, 42; Sarah Schmidt, 42; and 6-year-old Lula Schmidt were found dead in their tent at about 6:30 a.m. on Friday. Their 9-year-old son, Arlo, …
An afternoon at the park turned deadly in Los Angeles Sunday afternoon when gunfire erupted, killing two people and wounding five. Los Angeles police said a dispute between two groups of people led to the shooting at Peck Park in LA’s San Pedro neighborhood, KNBC said. According to KCBS, police said the shooting began near …
A Maryland woman is expected in court Monday on charges that she shot her husband in a D.C. hotel last week — because, she said, he had allegedly been molesting children at a day care she runs. Shanteari Weems, 50, has been charged with assault with intent to kill and several gun charges, according to …
An 8-year-old Texas boy was wounded late Sunday afternoon when a suspected road rager targeted a vehicle carrying three children. The incident happened on Interstate 20 in Balch Springs, near Dallas, WFAA reported. The boy was hit by a bullet in his hip and taken to a Dallas hospital, where he was reported in stable …
A naked Florida man was arrested early Saturday and charged with exposure of sexual organs after he allegedly followed three women along the beach while “touch[ing] himself continually in a lewd manner.” Alexander Civitate, 33, was arrested at about 1 a.m., Cocoa Beach Police said. The department said the three women called police, and an …
