A homeless Washington, D.C., man — one of 26 evicted earlier this week from a site in Franklin Square — has now been hailed as a hero after he stopped another man from stabbing a police officer. John Burrows said he saw the attack on Thursday, and it made him angry. “I was really mad …
Two small town Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second degree murder in the death last year of a 28-year-old man they allegedly Tased more than 50 times, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced. Wilson Police Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, responded to a call regarding Jared Lakey shortly before …
A Texas woman was charged with beating her 5-year-old goddaughter to death last week and blaming the girl’s injuries on dust mites, KFDM reported. When medics responded to the home last Friday, they found Brenika Lott, 32, performing CPR on Daviana Landry, who “was completely nude and had apparent bruising on her arms, chest and …
A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in the two-year-old slaying of 71-year-old Georgia socialite Kay Thomasson in a northern Atlanta suburb, the Sandy Springs Police Department announced. Thomasson was killed by a stab to the back of the neck on June 27, 2018. Her body was found hours later by a family member after she …
A family camping outing turned deadly Saturday night in the Buffalo Pass area of northern Colorado, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reports. According to the Pilot & Today, a mother, her 14-year-old son, and his 57-year-old stepfather were camping in Routt National Forest above Steamboat Springs when the man and woman got into an argument. …
Update 8:45 p.m.: The Colerain Township Police Department said that 10-year-old Tori Watkins has been found safe, Local12 reports. ORIGINAL STORY: Police are looking for a 10-year-old girl last seen in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Colerain Township, Ohio. Tori Watkins was last seen at about 4:45 p.m. near the Staples store, …
Utah police on Tuesday arrested a man for firing into a vehicle that attempted to drive into a protest against police brutality in Provo, the Daily Herald reported. Police said Jesse Taggart, 33, was charged with several crimes, including first degree attempted aggravated murder and second degree aggravated assault. Police also arrested Samantha Darling, 27, …
A 16-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old boy wounded Monday morning in a shooting on the edge of the protest area known as CHOP in Seattle’s Capitol Hill area. According to the Seattle Times, police said they believed the two teens were in a white Jeep Cherokee seen in surveillance footage colliding with a …
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrests over the weekend of three men in the disappearance of a 26-year-old woman and her 28-year-old boyfriend more than three years ago in southern California. Manuel Rios, 28; Abraham Fregoso, 32; and Jesus Ruiz Jr., 41, have been charged with murder, the sheriff’s department said. Audrey Moran …
A former California police officer who terrorized the state as a serial rapist and murderer pleaded guilty Monday to 13 murders and admitted to more than 80 rapes over a 12 year period, bringing an end to the decades long search for the man known as the Golden State Killer. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr, now …
Oklahoma deputies jailed a woman Friday for putting a 5-year-old girl in a chokehold and then stabbing a man who tried to get her away from the child, according to KTUL. The incident took place near Oologah Lake, northwest of Tulsa. Rogers County deputies responded to a call about a stabbing and were told by …
Louisville police have identified Steve Lopez, 23, as the suspect in a fatal shooting Saturday night in Jefferson Square Park, where demonstrators had been peacefully protesting the killing of Breonna Taylor in a police shooting in February. Lopez faces charges of first degree murder and wanton endangerment for killing Tyler Gerth, 27, who died at the …
