A South Carolina man changed his plea Friday to guilty in the murder of a New Mexico State Police officer who stopped to help him with what appeared to be a flat tire on Interstate 40. Jaremy Smith was already wanted for the murder of a paramedic in South Carolina when he shot Officer Justin …
Twin Florida brothers were arrested this week on charges of sexual abusing children for years. Donald Ray Hawkins was arrested in Washington County, the sheriff’s office there said, and his brother Ronald Gene Hawkins was arrested in Brevard County. Donald Hawkins is charged with sexual assault on a victim under the age of 12, and …
A Massachusetts grand jury on Thursday indicted a Massachusetts doctor on two counts of rape, more than a year after he was fired by his hospital following an investigation into anonymous complaints of sexual abuse of patients. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Framingham Police Chief Lester Baker announced the indictment against Derrick Todd, Boston …
A Texas woman woman has been brought back to Bexar County, where she is accused of shooting her common-law husband in the face and stealing his truck. The investigation began when Calhoun County deputies found Tomas Calavera Jr’s truck on fire on December 23 and requested a welfare check from Bexar County authorities at his …
A New Mexico woman who tried to blame her teenage son for a murder she committed pleaded guilty this week to second degree murder with a firearm enhancement. According to prosecutors, Elizabeth Ortiz-Chavez, 49, set up a fight between her then-16-year-old son, Angelo Baldonado, and another 16-year-old, Josue Ruiz, Law&Crime reported. Reportedly, Baldonado’s pregnant sister, …
A Texas man was arrested this week after Lubbock police charged him with severely injuring a 6-month-old baby. The infant was with Benjamin Farrell, 35, for several hours on Monday, EverythingLubbock.com reported, although the outlet did not say why he was in charge of the child during that time. When a family member came to …
A Pennsylvania mother was arrested over the weekend after her 11-year-old son called 911 and said he was chained to a bunk bed in his home. A Lebanon County Regional Police officer responded to the call and found the boy handcuffed to the railing of a top bunk, PennLive.com reported. According to the arrest affidavit …
A man and a woman were arrested in Connecticut this week for the death of another man, who was struck by a car over the summer. Kevin Gangell, 24, was found in the front yard of his home in Harwinton after he was hit by a car driven by Logan Diaz-Lopardo, 21. Gangell’s girlfriend, 20-year-old …
A West Virginia man police say kidnapped his pregnant, estranged wife on Tuesday morning has been captured more than 24 hours after he was located in eastern Kentucky but got away from state police there on foot. Derek Orme, 37, allegedly abducted Chelcia Orme, 33, from a truck in Lincoln County, West Virginia, after firing …
Police in a metro Atlanta county are searching for a 23-year-0ld woman they’ve charged with the death of her 1-year-old child. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a call on January 8 and found the child not breathing. Despite attempts by medics, the baby could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead …
A New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of his wife after her body was found in a dumpster in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Rolando Corte, 42, has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Lucrecia Jadan Sumba, WPVI reported. Sumba, 39, was reported missing by family members last Thursday, as …
A 17-year-old Philadelphia high school scholar-athlete was shot and killed Tuesday morning as he was preparing to leave for school with his mother. Noah Scurry was a senior at Samuel Fels High School, where he was captain of the school’s boy’s basketball team, KYW reported. He was getting into his mother’s car in an alley …
