A long-haul trucker arrested last fall in connection with nearly a dozen rapes going back almost 30 years may also be a serial killer, Fox 13 reported this week. Mark Douglas Burns, 69, was arrested in September, the Deseret News reported. Since that time, investigators have linked him with at least two more rapes, but …
A father has been accused of strangling his estranged wife after she told him she was pregnant with their second child — a wrinkle that complicated his relationship with a new live-in girlfriend, Nassau County Police said on Wednesday, according to CBS New York. Michael Owen, 27, was arrested for the murder of Kelly Owen, …
Singer Nicki Minaj’s brother Jelani Maraj was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter, the New York Post reported. Maraj was convicted on charges of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a child in November 2017, two years after his arrest, as …
State and federal agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey busted a gun and drug ring this month that sold the gun used to kill a toddler in her mother’s arms in October, according to NBC Philadelphia. Police said the ring sold 16 guns since last March, including six military style rifles, and 12 ounces of …
The woman who allegedly shot and killed a retired Illinois state trooper at a Chicago area cigar lounge last week left a message to the trooper and another man scrawled on the wall of her condominium, police said: “I hate you … hope you two die!” Lisle police said they found the message written on …
A Massachusetts man charged earlier this month with kidnapping an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from school has now been charged with her rape, MassLive reported. Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni on Friday added three counts of aggravated rape and one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14 against …
A Virginia police officer — mom of a 2-year-old daughter and a US Navy veteran — was killed Thursday during a traffic stop when the driver of the car she stopped accelerated, dragging her for about a block before crashing into a tree. Officer Katie Thyne, 24, was pinned between the tree and the vehicle’s …
Update 8:49 p.m.: The woman who opened fire at a suburban Chicago cigar lounge Friday night had a concealed carry permit and no criminal record, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Lisa McMullan shot and killed retired Illinois state trooper Gregory Rieves and wounded another retired trooper and an off-duty trooper before turning the gun on herself. …
A North Carolina pastor has been charged with 116 sex crimes with minors over a period of 15 years, ABC 11 reported. Rodney Luffman, 58, was arrested and charged with 84 counts of taking indecent liberties with a child, 18 counts of statutory rape against a child between the ages of 13 and 15, 13 …
Three people have been charged with first degree murder and arson in the death of a 76-year-old Lumberton, North Carolina, woman whose body was found inside her home after firefighters responded to a house fire there, the Lumberton Police Department announced Saturday, according to WPDE reporter Tonya Brown. Annette Hendren Ivey, a widow, lived with …
A North Carolina man has been charged with holding a woman as his sex slave for five years, Fox 8 reported. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said it received a tip from the National Human Trafficking Hotline and launched an investigation immediately, leading them to Salvador Espinoza Escobar, 48. He was arrested without incident at …
The father and step-mother of a 5-year-old girl found dead in a California storage unit last year pleaded guilty to killing her in a Nevada court on Thursday, the Las Vegas Sun reported. The decomposing body of little Cali Anderson was found on May 15, 2018, in a Sacramento, California, storage unit, stuffed into a …
