An off-duty police officer held a murder suspect at gunpoint Friday night after a deadly shooting at an Indianapolis steakhouse. The officer and restaurant employees broke up the initial brawl between Randy Godfrey, 34, and Robert “Blaine” Smith, 32, in a Texas Roadhouse aisle, giving Smith time to escape outside, WISH reported. But Godfrey broke …
An Illinois man charged with killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 4th of July parade in a Chicago suburb in 2022 changed his plea to guilty moments before his trial was set to begin on Monday. Robert Crimo III, 24, withdrew his not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to 21 …
A New Hampshire convicted of his 5-year-old daughter’s murder a year ago has filed a 101-page appeal of his conviction in the state’s Supreme Court. Adam Montgomery’s lawyers argued in the document that their client should have had a separate trial on assault charges — which he claims did not kill the girl — and …
The boyfriend of a 22-year-old Florida woman found naked and dead along Interstate 95 in December has been charged with her murder. Lorent Junior Pion, 29, was initially charged with failing to stop and aggravated fleeing after telling police that Nahomi Cittadini jumped out of his moving vehicle and was hit by a passing car, …
A 17-year-old Wisconsin boy is in custody after his mother and stepfather were found dead in their home during a welfare check last week. A criminal complaint filed on Monday charges Nikita Casap with operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent and theft of movable property, WTMJ reported. Donald Mayer and Tatiana Casap were …
A Florida woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband in a hospital room in 2023 was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison followed by 12 years probation. Ellen Gilland, 78, pleaded no contest in December to assisting self-murder and manslaughter after a grand jury reduced the charges from first degree murder, …
A Missouri hospital employee pleaded guilty last week to a single count of invasion of privacy for putting a secret recording device in a hospital locker room and rcording fellow employees on the toilet. Gabriel Vanriette, 40, was only charged with one count despite recordings found of eight victims, all of whom wanted to press …
The mother of three young boys whose father never brought them home after Thanksgiving in 2010 has filed a petition to have them legally declared dead. A hearing on the petition, filed last June, is set to begin on Monday, The Associated Press reports. Tanya Zuvers and John Skelton were divorcing in 2010 and Andrew, …
A Missouri man was shot dead by police Friday morning after two murders and a child abduction the night before. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office said police gunned down George Manning, 43, just after 7:30 a.m. Friday, hours after the night of terror began when he allegedly shot and killed a woman in a car …
A 24-year-old California man was arrested last week after a police chase and charged with the murder of his mother, whose body was found in the trunk of the car. The El Cajon Police Department said it was called to a Motel 6 last week by Richard Leyva’s brother, who told them he’d gone to …
A Utah woman accused of killing her National Guardsman husband last fall was denied bond last week after a judge last month ordered her to stand trial. Jennifer Gledhill waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty in the death of Matthew Johnson, whose body has not been found. Prosecutors entered into evidence on Friday …
Oregon authorities are searching for a toddler who was last seen on Saturday playing in the yard of a home in Siletz. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has organized an extensive search involving multiple agencies with foot searches and aerial drones equipped with cameras and thermal imaging. The 2-year-old boy, Dane Paulsen, was last seen …
