The subject of an exhaustive manhunt in the mountains of southwestern Oregon died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an hours-long standoff with police Tuesday night. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, who had previously been convicted of torturing a girlfriend in Nevada, was accused of holding another woman captive and torturing her last week, as CrimeOnline previously …
Authorities in Oregon are searching for a man who was convicted in Nevada of holding a woman captive after finding another woman bound and unconscious in Grants Pass earlier this week. Police warn that Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, is using dating apps to find people who can help him elude police — or possibly to …
Police arrested a man this week they say intentionally drove his pickup truck into the Grand Junction Police Department’s lobby early Wednesday afternoon. Nathan David Chacon was charged with attempted murder, assault, attempted vehicular homicide, vehicular assault while driving in a reckless manner, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment. The truck crashed pushed a wall “several …
A losing candidate for a state legislative office — who insisted without evidence that fraud caused him to lose by 48 percentage points — has been arrested and charged with four shootings at the homes of New Mexico elected officials between December 4 and January 3. Solomon Pena, running as a Republican, lost his bid …
An Alabama man who allegedly tried to poison his wife with lead-tainted vitamins has been released from jail so he can pay alimony and child support, WHNT-TV reports. On Wednesday, 34-year-old Brian Mann was released from the Morgan County Jail pending the outcome of an attempted murder charge. Prosecutors allege that Mann intentionally gave his …
A California radiologist has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse after he allegedly drove off a 250-foot cliff with two children and a woman inside the vehicle. All four people in the car survived the crash, with Cal Fire battalion chief Brian Pottenger calling it “an absolute miracle,” the Associated Press said. “CHP …
A 72-year-old patient at a German hospital was arrested Tuesday night after she allegedly turned off her roommate’s ventilator because she didn’t like the sound it made. Authorities in the southwestern city of Mannheim said she turned off the 79-year-old woman’s ventilator twice, even after hospital staff told her it was necessary for the patient, …
A Texas attorney was arrested — and promptly released on bond — after he was caught on video trying to kill his ex-girlfriend while she was at her job this weekend. The video, shared by Austin city council member Mackenzie Kelly, shows 41-year-old Gavin Rush enter the pub where his ex-girlfriend works as a bartender, …
A Florida man has been charged with attempted murder after deputies found a woman on Tuesday with a hatchet buried in her head. Family members said Lisa Rogers Eaton’s injury is so severe that they have come to Florida to say their good-byes and support her husband’s decision to have her taken off life support. …
A white father and son in Mississippi have been arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly chasing a Black FedEx driver while shooting at him after he delivered a package to their home in January. The Daily Leader reported that D’Monterrio Gibson, 24, was wearing his FedEx uniform and driving a Hertz rental truck …
A 19-year-old Illinois man has been charged with stabbing his girlfriend 17 times Thursday night, leaving her hospitalized and on a ventilator. Prosecutors said in court Saturday that Chance Young carried a 6-inch knife into the couple’s bedroom in Bloomington and told his girlfriend, “I’m going to need you to let me kill you.” Young …
