A 21-year-old Chicago man shot and killed the 12-year-old brother of his friend last month after the boy teased him about his girlfriend. Jaran Hughes, 21, was ordered held without bond on Wednesday. He’s been charged with murder in the January 2 death of Marcel Wilson as the boy was playing video games with his …
The man accused of driving through a suburban Wisconsin Christmas parade last year, killing six and wounding dozens, pleaded not guilty on Friday to all 77 charges filed against him. Attorneys for Darrell Brooks Jr, 39, also filed requests on Thursday for a change in venue and that the jury be sequestered during trial. On …
The trial of a woman charged with the death of her stepson has been put on hold after the judge accepted a motion from her attorneys to change her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Letecia Stauch has been charged with first degree murder in the death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, who disappeared …
A 14-year-old Louisiana girl is missing and believed to be in danger, authorities said on Thursday. Destiny Taylor Pope was last seen at a home in Holden, the Louisiana State Police said. Investigators said that Destiny has a medical condition that could impair her judgment. She is described as 5 feet tall and about 125 …
A woman has filed a lawsuit against hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg, claiming he sexually assaulted her in California in 2013. According to legal documents obtained by the New York Daily News, the woman — identified as Jane Doe and described as a dancer, model, actress, and host — attended a Snoop Dogg nightclub concert on …
A 16-year-old Chicago boy on electronic monitoring carjacked a rideshare driver this week and drove the SUV to another neighborhood, where he pulled up to a 15-year-old boy and shot him 10 times, killing him. Anthony Brown has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of Michael Brown. He’s also been …
Comedian Bob Saget died from head trauma after apparently accidentally hitting the back of his head sometime before he went to sleep. Saget’s family provided a statement to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday with the information: In the weeks since Bob’s passing, we have been overwhelmed with the incredible outpouring of love from Bob’s fans, …
The FBI has joined state, county, and city police in Buffalo, New York, for a manhunt after a gunman opened fire in a high school parking lot, wounding a student and a security guard. Authorities have not described or named the suspect or said if the suspect is a student. A police source said the …
A Minneapolis school bus driver was shot in the face Wednesday afternoon while transporting three small children. Authorities said the children, all under the age of 10, were not physically injured, and police took them to their homes, KTSP reported. The bus driver, who has not been identified, was rushed to a hospital and is …
An Indianapolis nursing home resident was arrested last week and charged with the rape and murder of an 80-year-old woman living at the same facility. Court documents say that a nurse went into Patricia Newnum’s room at about 5 a.m. to dispense her medicine and found Dwayne Freeman on top of her, holding a pillow …
A Florida couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after a runaway child investigation revealed evidence that had been physical abusing their adopted 13-year-old child. Jupiter Police said they were called to a home in the Egret Landing community about a 13-year-old runaway on January 30. Tracy Ferriter, the mother, allowed one detective into …
A rapping tech CEO and her husband, the son of an Illinois mortgage broker, were arrested Tuesday and charged with laundering billions in stolen cryptocurrency. Court documents say that Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, are alleged to have helped launder the proceeds of a hacker’s massive breach of the bitcoin platform Bitfinex in …
