A New Jersey man serving a 38-year sentence for blowing his girlfriend’s foot off in 2015 was denied a bid for a new trial on Wednesday. In 2017, Ernest Davis, 46, was convicted of attempted murder in connection with the shooting, which resulted in the amputation of the 39-year-old victim’s leg from the middle of …
A Florida teen is behind bars after police say she withdrew cash from her parents’ debit card, then used the money to buy drugs and pay someone to kill them. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Umatilla High School student Alyssa Michelle Hatcher is facing two counts of criminal solicitation of murder and …
A husband on trial for attempted murder was convicted last week of stabbing his wife in the neck after asking her to close her eyes and wait for a surprise. Kent Online reports that 34-year-old Shaun May, who faced trial at the Maidstone Crown Court in Kent, England, stabbed his wife, Laura May, in the …
A 6-year-old boy reportedly remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition after a 17-year-old boy allegedly threw him off the 10th floor of the Tate Modern Gallery in London, England. Citing a police spokesperson, Sky News reports that the boy landed on a fifth-floor roof after he was hurled from the art gallery’s 10th-floor viewing …
An Illinois man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he told others he beat and strangled his girlfriend’s daughter to death, then “brought her back to life.” QuadCities reports that authorities issued a warrant last week for 30-year-old Joshua Hasselbacher for an incident that happened a few years back. According to police, family …
A 10-month-old girl in California was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after a man allegedly shot her in the head when her mother rejected his advances at a party. Marco Antonio Echartea, 23, who was also wanted for a shooting in May, was arrested on attempted murder charges for an incident in Fresno that led …
Police in Minnesota have arrested a second suspect in the abduction and attempted murder of a woman who an Uber driver reportedly found shot on a dark road last week. The Star Tribune reported that Luis Alfredo Cortez Mendoza, 23, was criminally charged Monday in Washington County for shooting a 39-year-old woman who was hospitalized …
An off-duty Georgia detention officer was shot in the head during an argument with her stepdaughter on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office confirmed. AJC reports that 34-year-old Amanda Moore, a Spalding County detention officer, was flown to the Atlanta Medical Center after the shooting, according to sheriff’s office spokesman Capt. Dwayne Jones. The incident occurred at …
An Illinois judge ruled that a teen mom can stay in the same home as her infant son, despite being accused of tossing the baby in a trash can after his birth. Chicago Tribune reports that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services gave custody of the infant to the maternal grandmother earlier this …
Authorities in California say a 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of throwing a stolen tripod onto Interstate 5 in Sacramento, causing the death of a passenger in the van it struck. According to the Sacramento Bee, the projectile smashed through the vehicle’s windshield on Thursday morning and struck a veteran riding in the …
