A South Carolina woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon nearly two years after a man was found dead long Highway 321 in Gaston County. Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that Shirley Dukes forced Glen Miller to live in a tent behind her apartment threatened him with hammer before his body was …
A Kansas man who pleaded no contest charges relating to the death of his 6-year-old daughter learned his fate on Wednesday. Joseph Schroer was sentenced to 48 months probation after his plea to two counts of aggravated endangering of a child and Medicaid fraud, KWCH reported. Should he violate the terms of the probation, he’ll …
A Massachusetts state trooper has been suspended after he was charged with punching his son in the face. Michael Gagnon was arrested on November 25, according to the Plympton Police Department, which said he was charged with domestic assault and battery and aggravated assault on a child under age 14. He was given a $1,000 …
Milwaukee police are searching for a critically missing 4-year-old boy who may be with his possibly armed 12-year-old sister. Nevin Powell was last seen walking down N. Fifth Street in Milwaukee with his sister, Sanuya Wooten-Powell. He was last in contact with his guardian Tuesday night, WISN reported. Nevin is described as 3 feet tall …
An Arizona woman declared “Today is my independence day” last week when she allegedly slashed her boyfriend’s throat in an attempt to kill him. Tamala Rudeseal, 52, called 911 herself just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, reporting that she had tried to kill her boyfriend, according to court documents reported by KTVK. Responding officers found …
An elderly Texas couple who disappeared on their way home from spending Thanksgiving with relatives have been found dead in New Mexico. Gary Lightfoot, 82, and Linda Lightfoot, were found Tuesday, still in their car in a pasture near Tucumcari, KVII reported. Law enforcement believe they died from hypothermia. The Lightfoots left their relatives’ home …
Eighteen-year-old Emily Finn came home from State University of New York Oneonta on the day before Thanksgiving and went to her ex-boyfriend’s home to return some of his belongings. She didn’t leave alive. Suffolk County Police say her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend shot her to death and then shot himself in the face, Newsday reported. His parents …
A former Georgia beauty queen is on trial this week for the murder of her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son in her Georgia Southwestern State University dorm room nearly two years ago. Trinity Poague is charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and cruelty to children in the death of …
The mother and stepfather of a pregnant Michigan woman found dead in a national forest last week faced multiple charges on Tuesday, including murder, torture, assault, conspiracy, and unlawful imprisonment. Prosecutors said Cortney and Bradly Bartholomew drove 22-year-old Rebecca Park to a wooded area near their home, forced her onto the ground, and cut the …
A Missouri woman has been charged with murder and child endangerment after she was seen on video firing fatal gunshots at a woman in another room, where she and a child were located. The St. Louis County Police Department said it responded late Wednesday afternoon to a call about the shooting in the north of …
Police in Texas are searching for an elderly couple who never made it home after spending Thanksgiving with family. The Panhandle Police Department says Linda and Gary Lightfoot, 81 and 82, left their relatives’ home there at about 3 p.m. but never made it to their home in Lubbock, about 150 miles away. The Texas …
The mother and stepfather of a pregnant Michigan woman found dead last week have been arrested, but court records do not show the charges they face. Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Bradly Bartholomew, 47, were arrested late Sunday night, those court records show. According to WPBN, an arraignment had been scheduled for Monday afternoon, but it …
