Oregon octogenarian kills wife with 75 year old shotgun
Murder
James Wheeler survived an attempt to kill himself, said he and wife suffered from ‘medical problems.’
Weird Crime
January 16, 2021
VIDEO: Naked man electrocutes himself during scuffle in Harlem subway station
A naked man got into a scuffle with passengers in a Harlem subway station on Saturday and died when he touched the electrified third rail, the New York Post reports. A video of the incident obtained by the Post shows the man walking through the 2/3 station at 110th Street and Central Park North and …
Arson
January 16, 2021
Colorado man sets off 2 explosions in his Aurora neighborhood
A Colorado man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly causing two explosion in or near his Aurora neighborhood since Christmas Day, 9 News reports. Scott Alan Campbell, 44, has also been charged with first degree arson and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. No one was injured in the two explosions, …
Murder
January 16, 2021
Armed standoff at hospital after Georgia man kills girlfriend [Cops]
A Georgia man was charged Saturday with shooting and killing his girlfriend after he called one of her family members and to say she may have been shot in her Roswell apartment, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. Jason Hall, 36, was arrested after a short, armed standoff outside Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, about …
Riot
January 16, 2021
Virginia security guard drives to DC checkpoint with allegedly over 500 bullets, loaded weapon – but claims ‘honest mistake’
A Virginia man arrested Friday night trying to get past a Washington, D.C., checkpoint with unauthorized inaugural credentials was also carrying a loaded gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, NBC Washington reports. Wesley Allen Beeler reportedly pulled his white Ford F-150 pickup truck to a Capitol police security checkpoint at North Capitol and E …
Riot
January 16, 2021
Alt-right personality ‘Baked Alaska’ arrested for role in deadly Capitol attack
Alt-right social media personality Tim Gionet, aka Baked Alaska, was arrested by federal agents in Houston on Saturday and charged for his participation in the deadly mob attack on the US Capitol on January 6, the Associated Press reports. According to a statement of facts, Gionet allegedly livestreamed the attack for 27 minutes on the …
Riot
January 15, 2021
Missouri woman seen with Nancy Pelosi’s broken sign charged with taking part in deadly mob attack on US Capitol
Federal authorities have identified a woman they say made off with the broken nameplate from above House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s door during the violent, pro-Trump mob attack on the US Capitol last week. Emily Hernandez, of Sullivan, Missouri, has not been taken into custody, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported, but a complaint filed in U.S. …
Murder
January 15, 2021
Texas man runs over ex-wife in pickup truck, comes back to help her
A Texas man has been formally charged with murder for running over his ex-wife in his pickup truck last September, KSAT reports. David Estrada Jr, 30, was initially arrested on September 5, 2020, when San Antonio police, called to the area early that morning for a major accident, found Dominga Pesqueda, 33, unresponsive on the …
Juveniles
January 15, 2021
New York men charged with raping teen girl
Two men in New York’s North Country have been charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl, WWNY reports. Terry Flath, 47, and John Consolini, 24, were arrested by Ogdensburg City Police on Thursday for the rape, which allegedly took place on Wednesday. Flath has been charged with first degree rape, and Consolini was charged …
Accident
January 14, 2021
WW2 grenade kills 12-year-old boy; Agents find another sold by same store
Federal agents have located a grenade sold at a North Carolina antique mall they worried might be live after another, sold at the same store, killed a 12-year-old in Virginia last month. “Fortunately, the device was recovered intact and did not cause any injuries,” the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) said. Investigators …
Riot
January 14, 2021
2 arrested for attacks on police officers during deadly Capitol riot
Man seen on video beating officer with American flag said ‘Death is the only remedy for what’s in’ the Capitol.
Riot
January 14, 2021
Air Force vet killed while storming the US Capitol was in a ‘throuple’ [Report]
Ashli Babbitt, the QAnon-believing Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by a Capitol police officer during last week’s insurrection, was apparently in a “throuple” with her husband and another woman, the New Yorker reports. Kayla Joyce, 29, who said she is the live-in girlfriend of Babbitt and her husband, Aaron Babbitt, told the magazine …