On Tuesday, a federal judge in Illinois dismissed a request from former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett to dismiss the $130,000 lawsuit the city of Chicago filed against him for the money they spent investigating the actor’s alleged hoax hate crime. WTTW reported that U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Kendall said the lawsuit will be “going …
A strange and confusing story that surfaced Friday about a possible infant abduction in North Carolina has turned out to be a hoax, authorities confirm. *Update* ABC 11 previously reported that both mom and baby had been found safe, according to a statement provided by the Scotland County Sheriff’s Office on Friday night. Upon additional investigation, the …
Police have said Andrew Finch, 28, was shot after a prankster called 911 last week with a fake story about a shooting and kidnapping at Finch’s Wichita home.
A San Francisco, California, assistant teacher is accused of calling bomb threats into the preschool he worked at. Pablo Munoz, 22, supposedly left the calls on the LePort Montessori School’s voicemail on May 8 and May 16. According to the KGO-TV, the school was evacuated and police recovered no explosive devices during both instances. The San Francisco …
Authorities believe an Austin police officer constructed an intricate suicide setup and fled to Mexico. According to KXAN, Coleman Miller’s wife called police on April 25 to report that her husband was suicidal. She claimed that Miller, 29, left around 10 am and had been depressed about family issues for the past two days. Texting throughout the …
