Two brothers argued about corn dogs Thursday night, leading one to shove the other out of the vehicle they were in, causing the brother’s death, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Little is known about the case because Judge Ralph Ohm issued a gag order preventing officials from talking about it, but a probable cause affidavit said …
North Carolina police have arrested David Adams Jr for impersonating a police officer earlier this month during a police chase of a suspect vehicle, CBS 17 reported. The strange incident began at about 11 p.m. on October 5 when Wilson police officers attempted a stop on a vehicle occupied by five males, one of whom …
McDonald’s fired its CEO over a consensual relationship with an employee, the burger chain announced on Sunday, according to the Financial Times. In a statement, the company said that Steve Easterbrook, who has been chief executive since 2015, “violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment” regarding the relationship, which is prohibited by company policy. Easterbrook, …
A 14-year-old girl called a Florida abuse hotline on Thursday, reporting that she was considering suicide because of the physical and emotional abuse she received as well as her horrid living conditions, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported. The girl told counselors on the call that she was being homeschooled but not learning much because …
A Nevada medical examiner told a grand jury earlier this month that University of Nevada-Las Vegas student Paula Davis, 19, was raped in September as she died from two gunshot wounds to the head, the Las Vegas Sun reported Saturday. Davis’ ex-boyfriend, Giovanni Ruiz, has been charged with her murder, as well as kidnapping, robbery, …
Volusia County, Florida, deputies responding to a 911 call from a terrified 12-year-old girl found her mother unconscious from a heroin overdose, with their car parked on the grass beside Interstate 4, the sheriff’s office said Friday. Two other children, a 7-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy, were also in the minivan Thursday night with …
Police in Dallas are looking for a man who shot a pregnant store employee as he unsuccessfully tried to rob a CVS near Southern Methodist University, NBC DFW reported. The woman, said to be about 8 months pregnant, was shot twice and rushed to Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors delivered her baby. Both were in critical …
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in the Halloween shooting of a 7-year-old girl who police believe was caught in the crossfire of a Chicago gang shooting, ABC7 reported. A 31-year-old man, who was shot in the hand, was believed to have been the target, police said. The teen has been charged …
A 3-year-old boy died Saturday morning, two days after an apparently under-the-influence driver killed his father and seriously injured his mother while they were trick-or-treating in Long Beach on Halloween night, the Long Beach Post reported. Joseph Awaida, 30, died of his injuries on Friday. Raihan Dakhil, 32, was identified as the mother by a …
An inmate who escaped the Morgan County Jail in Alabama on Sunday may be with a 16-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since Monday, authorities say, according to WHNT. While they have no confirmation that Kaleb Gillespie, 30, and Peyton Ledlow are together, Moulton Police Chief Lyndon McWhorter and Morgan County Sheriff Ron Puckett have …
Colorado prosecutors called Kelsey Berreth’s mother to the stand on Friday, the first witness in the murder trial of rancher Patrick Frazee, accused of killing Berreth, with whom he had a child, on Thanksgiving Day last year. Kelsey Berreth is missing and presumed dead. Frazee pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree murder, tampering …
One of a set of infant twins hospitalized last week with broken bones and head trauma died on Thursday, and the babies’ father — already charged with aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child — has been charged with manslaughter, ABC7 reported. Jonathan Melendez, 27, was arrested on October 25, two days after …
