A 40-year-old Texas woman was in the hospital Monday with severe burns after her 60-year-old boyfriend allegedly set her on fire over the the weekend, KHOU reported. Houston police are still looking for Harold Lynn Celestine, who is charged with aggravated assault of a family member and criminal mischief following the incident on Saturday. Celestine …
A six hour standoff ended early Sunday morning when police shot and killed a Utah man who had taken a woman and a boy hostage after violating a protective order, KSL reported. Tooele Police Lt. Jeremy Hansen said that the man, who has not been identified, released the boy “several hours” before the situation ended. …
A Georgia man is dead after police say he went to his wife’s house and attempted to break in following his jail release. Fox 5 reports that 52-year-old Derrick Cooper was previously arrested following a domestic dispute incident with his wife. A judge subsequently approved a restraining order against him and warned him to have …
Jacob Blake, the man whose shooting by police last month sparked another round of nationwide protests against police brutality, appeared in court from his hospital bed on Friday, entering several not guilty pleas on charges stemming from a domestic incident in May. Blake, who is paralyzed from the waist down from the August 23 shooting …
A Maine man admitted in federal court Monday to violating a protection order by crossing state lines to abuse his ex-girlfriend — who ultimately took her own life. An FBI special agent wrote in an affidavit that in April 2016, Kittery police conducted a traffic stop in which the driver said she was “trying to …
A Utah man is facing charges after allegedly throwing his wife into the Provo River, apparently for having her own ideas about dinner arrangements. The Deseret News reports that Douglas Harold Green, 61, is accused of dragging his wife to the riverbank and forcing her into the river while threatening bystanders who tried to assist. …
Police in west Georgia arrested a 44-year-old man Friday, charging him with a brutal attack on his ex-girlfriend that left the woman hospitalized with significant burns. Sherry Hardnett flagged down a LaGrange police officer at about 5 a.m. Friday, telling them that her ex-boyfriend, Damario Davis, broke into her home while she was out and …
Fan favorite Derrius Guice, a 23-year-old running back for the Washington Football Team, was arrested Friday on domestic violence-related charges in Virginia, the Washington Post reported. Guice turned himself in to Loudoun County deputies at the Loudoun Adult Detention Center late Friday afternoon, the Post said. He was handcuffed in the parking lot and taken …
Arizona police say “Empire” actor Bryshere Gray has been arrested on domestic violence-related charges after his wife told police he’d held her captive in their home for hours assaulting her, Fox 10 reports. According to the police report, police responded to a convenience store in Goodyear for a 911 call at about 10:15 p.m. on …
Deputies arriving at a western Missouri home on a domestic disturbance/assault call early Monday morning found a man sitting atop a 40-foot tower on his property, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said. Chance D. Bray, 51, stayed atop the tower, which appeared to be of a type used for television reception, for nearly six hours, …
An Ohio man is behind bars after police say they found his injured wife inside the cab of his truck. FOX 8 reports that troopers with the Ohio State Highway Patrol pulled what appeared to be a “disabled commercial vehicle” over on Monday afternoon at around 2:30 p.m., off of I-77 in Canton. While speaking …
Mikaela Spielberg, adopted daughter of ET director Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw, was arrested early Saturday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, on a domestic violence charge, according to Davidson County jail records. Spielberg, 23, was booked into jail shortly before 8 a.m. on a 12-hour hold — a state law that requires those charged …
