A Florida man is facing criminal charges after allegedly stealing an American flag and vandalizing a disabled veterans office this week, WFTV-TV reports. On Tuesday evening, 42-year-old Jonathan Wayne Smyth was recorded by security cameras at a Disabled American Veterans (DAV) chapter in Titusville, Florida. The footage shows him cutting the strings of a flag pole …
State police in northern Michigan are looking for a man dressed in camouflage who shot up several patrol vehicles at the Sault Ste. Marie post early Wednesday morning. The suspect involved in this incident is described as a white male wearing camouflage. He is driving this silver Honda CRV. He was last seen heading southbound …
Police in Massachusetts are investigating after someone broke into a storage room at a Longmeadow park and poured muriatic acid — a harsh chemical used for cleaning or maintaining a pool’s pH balance — onto three of the park’s slides. Police and firefighters were called to Bliss Park Sunday morning when visitors reported a suspicious …
Gunfire knocked out two power substations in central North Carolina Saturday night, plunging thousands of customers into the dark and cold. Officials said full restoration of power in Moore County could take days as badly damaged equipment will have to be repaired or replaced before the stations can be brought back online, WNCN reported. Moore …
Three Florida 14-year-old are facing felonies after they allegedly ransacked a closed middle school campus in Palatka, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said that the Palatka Fire Department got the first call at Jenkins Middle School at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, a report of smoke in the area …
Illinois authorities arrested a woman on Wednesday for allegedly damaging a memorial dedicated to a police officer who was killed last year Chicago police officer Ella French, 29, was reportedly fatally shot on August 7 by brothers Emonte Morgan, 21, and Eric Morgan, 22, as she and officer Carlos Yanez pulled them over for expired …
When the lights were still on past the usual time at a Louisiana Catholic church in September 2020, an onlooker peered in and made a surprising discovery. As CrimeOnline previously reported, inside the church and on the altar at the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Pearl River, a priest, half-naked, was allegedly having …
A Manhattan subway train veered off the rails Sunday after striking debris thrown onto the tracks by an as yet unnamed suspect, the New York Post reported. MTA customers reportedly grabbed the suspect, apparently known to police for criminal activity around the city’s subway, after the train derailed and held him until police arrived. The …
A Ronald McDonald House in Illinois was placed on lockdown early Monday as looters vandalized the building, according to reports. Thirty families, including sick children, were reportedly sleeping at the Chicago facility — located near Lurie Children’s Hospital — when windows and a front door were smashed and vandalized. WBBM reported that residents were placed …
A Jesus Christ statue was beheaded in south Florida this week, and the incident is being investigated by local and federal authorities, the Miami Herald reports. Authorities believe the statue was damaged between Tuesday evening and Wednesday inside the courtyard of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in West Kendall in Miami-Dade County. The head of the statue was …
A New York man was arrested Friday for after nearly two dozen hospital workers finished their shifts that morning and discovered their tires slashed. New York State Police announced in a statement that they arrested Daniel Hall, 29, for second-degree criminal mischief, fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and second-degree auto stripping. Hall was …
