An hours-long standoff at a California apartment complex ended when Vacaville police officers forced their way inside and subdued the man who’d held them at bay throughout the wee hours of Saturday morning, The Vacaville Police Department said the incident began around 12:30 a.m. when a woman called 911 and reported a man had livestreamed …
Two members of the far-right extremist group Proud Boys were indicted Friday on conspiracy charges related to the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, the Department of Justice announced. Marine veteran Dominic Pezzola, 43, and William Pepe, 31, were also charged with civil disorder; unlawfully entering restricted buildings or grounds; and disorderly …
An Oklahoma couple are suspected of trying to hire a family friend in Texas to kill the wife’s ex-husband, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) reports. Courtney Deatherage, 25, was arrested on January 22 when she, Dustin Deatherage, 26, and the family friend met to discuss the deal. The friend, however, had contacted law …
A Japanese woman has been arrested after a cleaner found her mother’s body in a freezer, where it had been for 10 years, The Japan Times reports. Yumi Yoshino, 48, reportedly told police that she came home and found her mother dead a decade ago. She hid the body because she “didn’t want to move …
Friends, family, still unnerved by close encounters with the killer grandma Lois Reiss.
Federal authorities have arrested the rabbi of a messianic synagogue in Florida, charging him with several counts related to the violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. Michael Stepakoff was identified in surveillance footage inside the Capitol by a witness who’d known him for two decades, according to the complaint against him. Stepakoff …
Family members are shocked after a Kentucky man allegedly plotted to kill his mother in a murder-for-hire scheme thwarted by the person he paid to carry out the execution, WSAZ-TV reports. Kentucky State Police and the FBI on Thursday arrested 41-year-old Billy Reynolds after he allegedly paid someone $10,000 to kill his mother, as CrimeOnline …
An American soldier stationed overseas is raising money to transport her rescued dog to the United States, the New York Post reports. The nonprofit group Paws of War announced this week that a U.S. Army soldier, who has been identified publicly only as Sgt. Char, is concerned that the dog would not survive on its own. The sergeant is stationed …
Former NFL offensive lineman Chad Wheeler is facing multiple charges stemming from an alleged domestic violence incident last weekend outside Seattle, and remains free on $400,000 bail until his arraignment on Monday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wheeler, who most recently played for the Seattle Seahawks and was set to be a free agent in the …
Two teenagers have been charged as adults in the beating and stabbing death of a Detroit Uber driver last week. Prosecutors said Friday that Devin McKee, 16, and Lanyah Brady, 15, ordered an Uber ride intending to rob the driver on January 21, KOB reported. Police found Timothy Perkins, 60, in an alley that day …
A northeastern Kentucky middle school teacher was arrested earlier this month after allegedly hiring someone to kill his mother, Kentucky State Police said, according to WSAZ. Billy G. Reynolds, 41, was a bus driver for Carter County Schools and also served as a special education teacher at West Carter Middle School in Olive Hill, Superintendent …
A North Carolina man has been charged with nearly three dozen child sex crimes, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office reports. James Christopher Davis, 35, has been hit with 17 counts of felony second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and 17 counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to the sheriff’s office. Moore County …
