A former airline pilot who was arrested last month for allegedly tried to shut off the engines during a plane flight to California is speaking out about the ordeal. Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson, 44, was off duty but approved to be in the cockpit during the Horizon Air flight that departed from Washington …
A New York mother has been charged with with poisoning her 4-year-old daughter with “life-threatening levels” of seizure meds. Authorities say they believe Tajahnae Brown, 23, suffers from Munchausen’s syndrone by proxy, in which someone induces or invents illness in someone in their care for attention. Prosecutors say Brown made 190 trips to medical providers …
A Florida couple have been arrested after they met a man on social media, beat him, robbed him, cut his throat and tossed him off a bridge into the Escambia River. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the victim survived the ordeal and swam to shore, where he flagged down a deputy and told his …
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot told police he tried to pull the handles that would have activated a Horizon Air flight’s fire suppression system and shut down the plane’s engines Sunday afternoon because he thought he was dreaming and wanted to wake up. Joseph David Emerson, 44, also told police he’d taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 …
An off-duty pilot is facing dozens of counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut off a plane’s engines during a flight this weekend, the Associated Press reports. Joseph David Emerson, 44, is charged with 83 counts of attempted murder in connection with the incident on Sunday afternoon. Authorities say Emerson was seated in …
An off-duty airline pilot aboard a California-bound plane on Sunday allegedly tried to shut off the engines mid-flight. KATU reported that the Horizon Air flight was traveling from Washington to California, but it was diverted to Portland, Oregon, following the incident. Alaska Airlines officials said their pilot Joseph David Emerson, 44, was approved to be …
A 39-year-old rock climber was arrested Thursday and charged with planning a shooting attack on a climbing event at a central Oregon state park this weekend. Portland Police Bureau detectives notified Dechutes County deputies about the potential attack on Monday, identifying Portland resident Samson Zebturiah Garner as the suspect, the Dechutes County Sheriff’s Office said. …
A teen accused of shooting five people at a Colorado bar before fleeing the state has been captured in California, police say. According to The Messenger News, police arrested 17-year-old Keanna Rosenburgh in Barstow, California, on Thursday and charged her with eight counts of first-degree attempted murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police said Rosenburgh tried …
Idaho police arrested a woman who allegedly tried to kill her ex-boyfriend with a pair of scissors last week. On October 2, police responded to a cabin in Victor and found a woman who claimed she overheard her boyfriend arguing upstairs with his ex-girlfriend, Luna Nicoya Phaedra Serrano, 48, who she said “sounded like a …
An Air Force airman’s wife accused of trying to poison him can be seen in newly released video recordings allegedly pouring bleach into a coffeemaker, KGUN9 reports. The footage, recorded by hidden cameras the husband placed in the home, were key pieces of evidence that led to the arrest of Melody Felicano Johnson in July. Authorities …
A California father was convicted last week for beating his 24-year-old son nearly to death with a sledgehammer earlier this year. A Ventura County jury found Anthony Nardini, 42, guilty of three felonies, including attempted murder, in the March 2023 attack on his son as he was sleeping on a sofa. “While this conviction will …
