‘Out for blood’: Anti-government fanatic arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank
“When militias start getting formed I’m going after government officials when I have a team.”
August 14, 2017
17 immigrants locked inside hot tractor-trailer at Texas truck stop: Police
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas acting on a tip found 17 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck with little ventilation in San Antonio. Edinburg …
August 12, 2017
BIZARRE: Submarine ‘inventor’ eyed in disappearance of 30-year old journalist who takes underwater voyage with him before sub runs into trouble
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court ordered the owner of an amateur-built submarine Saturday held in pre-trial detention for 24 days while police investigate the disappearance of a Swedish journalist who had been on the ship before it sank. Peter Madsen was arrested Friday on preliminary manslaughter charges, hours …
Police
August 11, 2017
Not guilty plea for suspect in Missouri officer’s killing
2nd man arrested in Mo. officer’s death, faces tampering charge
August 10, 2017
Man arrested after jogger pushed woman in path of London bus
LONDON (AP) — British police searching for a jogger who knocked a woman into the path of a London bus arrested a man Thursday. London’s Metropolitan Police force said the 50-year-old was arrested at a home in the Chelsea area of the city on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. He was later released pending …
August 7, 2017
DEATH PENALTY for woman who left little girl to die in agony locked in a plastic box overnight in 100 degree temps
By CLARICE SILBER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors sentenced a Phoenix woman to death on Monday in the killing of a 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small plastic storage box and left to die as punishment for stealing an ice pop. Sammantha Allen, 29, will become the 55th woman on death row in …
August 7, 2017
Counselor barred by Education Department for allegedly slapping epileptic boy, covering his mouth and nose
The counselor and director of a Staten Island, New York, summer program has been barred from teaching by the Education Department after he allegedly slapped a child and put his hands over the boy’s face. New York Daily News reports that Robert Busan, 64, was arrested on Friday afternoon at Public School 861 after trying to quiet …
August 6, 2017
VIDEO shows Ohio mom shoot up heroin in front of young son: Police
Surveillance footage in Ohio caught a disturbing scene in what looks like a mother shooting up heroin in an alley while her young son watches. FOX reports that police said Lauren Story, 29, of Green Township, was the woman seen in the video injecting the drug into her arm with a needle with the help of …
August 5, 2017
Northwestern teacher, Oxford staffer jailed in stabbing case
By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Far from their prestigious campuses, a Northwestern University professor and a University of Oxford finance officer were jailed in the San Francisco area Saturday after eight days as fugitives sought in the death of a young hairdresser in Chicago stabbed repeatedly until the knife broke, police said. …
Murder
August 4, 2017
‘We heard a scream’: Two children allegedly hear dad shoot mom and 16-year-old aunt in cold blood
Illinois police have made an arrest after a man allegedly shot and killed his wife and 16-year-old sister-in-law in, all while two children hid in another room, as reported by ABC 7. Crystal Lake police announced that Ryan Yarber, 31, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Allania Yarber, 31, …
August 4, 2017
Friday Crime Stories: Hot car death blamed on parents, doctor killed by patient’s wife & another ‘Killer Clown’ victim identified
The parents of a Tennessee toddler who died after being left behind in a locked car overnight are facing first degree murder charges. Forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and Blaze news anchor Robyn Walensky discuss the case with Nancy Grace on this “Crime Stories” episode. Also read: Gatlinburg baby hot car death update: Police charge …
August 2, 2017
School staffer dead, 1 missing after explosion at Minneapolis school
By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One school staff member has been found dead and another is still missing following a natural gas explosion Wednesday at a private school in Minneapolis, authorities said. The body was found in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed during the explosion at the …