PANCAKE SHOOTING: Gunman takes hostage at IHOP after shooting 3 dead in crime spree
Shooting
Jason Nightengale was killed in a shootout with Evanston police north of Chicago hours after the spree began on the city’s Southside.
Unsolved
January 10, 2021
Newborn baby reported missing after ‘dad’ allegedly gave her away has been found dead
An infant girl reported missing last week has been found dead, only days after her at-home birth, according to officials. The Wisconsin Department of Justice reports that the newborn was found deceased in southern Wisconsin. Authorities are no longer looking for a grey Chevrolet Equinox, that was said to be driven by a third party. …
Protests
January 9, 2021
Feds arrest pro-Trump rioter who wore bearskin headdress and horns during Capitol takeover
The Capitol Hill rioter photographed in a horned and furry hat turned himself in to federal authorities in Arizona on Saturday and was charged for his role in the deadly mob violence that shut down the US Capitol on Wednesday, the Arizona Republic reports. Like many of the rioters, Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, …
Missing
January 9, 2021
MISSING: Baby girl taken just after birth and given to UNKNOWN person
Authorities in a southern Wisconsin county are looking for a newborn baby girl they say hasn’t been seen since the father gave her to a friend, Green County CrimeStoppers reports. Crime Stoppers said the baby girl was born on Tuesday in the Village of Albany and carried away by a man identified as the father. …
Sex Crimes
January 9, 2021
Fort Bliss soldier to go on trial for alleged sex assault of female soldier found dead on New Years Eve
A Fort Bliss soldier will go to trial on a sexual assault charge filed by a fellow soldier months before she died after being found unresponsive in her barracks, the Charlotte Observer reports. Pfc Asia Graham, 19, told family members she was raped in December 2019, her first month at the Texas Army post, and …
Murder
January 9, 2021
Manhunt for ex sought for killing California mom in front of 3-year-old child ends in suicide
A man wanted for allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death in California killed himself in Texas as authorities closed in on him, the Irving Police Department said Saturday. Detectives determined Herbert Nixon Flores, 46, traveled to family in Texas after shooting 35-year-old Karen Ruiz in Los Angeles. The shooting was captured by a security camera …
Attempted Murder
January 9, 2021
Meth user asks stranger for ride on social media after trying to kill family member with ‘demon’ inside her
A 19-year-old Louisiana man has been charged with attempted murder after he reportedly told police he tried to a kill a family member early Wednesday morning because “he was being tormented by a demon that was inside the family member,” according to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. Patrick T. Amos reportedly contacted someone he didn’t …
National
January 9, 2021
West Virginia lawmaker resigns after livestreaming himself storming the Capitol
Newly sworn in West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans resigned his office Saturday after he was charged with two federal crimes for his role in storming the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the Electoral College vote count on Wednesday, WV Metro News reports. Evans narrated his Facebook Live video of the action, and federal …
Murder
January 9, 2021
Beloved mother assaulted, killed inside home and police say her own son is the suspect
A Georgia man is behind bars after he allegedly killed his own mother days before Christmas. AJC reports that 38-year-old Bryan Ray Moodie is accused of brutally murdering his mother, Katrina Kay Garrity, 62, on December 20, inside a Bartow County home. He’s currently being held on felony murder and aggravated assault charges. Officers arrived …
Wanted
January 9, 2021
SEE IT: Ex shoots California mother dead in front of screaming 3-year-old child, caught on security camera [Police]
*WARNING*: Graphic Video
Homicide
January 8, 2021
Brian Sicknick: Slain Capitol police officer supported Trump and gun control, rescued dogs
Brian D. Sicknick, the US Capitol Police officer who died from injuries suffered battling with a violent pro-Trump mob that swarmed into the Capitol on Wednesday, was himself a supporter of Donald Trump, at least in 2016. Caroline Behringer, an advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi four years ago, told the Washington Post that she …
Weird Crime
January 8, 2021
Florida men steal heads of dead veterans for religious shrine: Cops
Two practitioners of an ancient religion imported to Cuba and the Caribbean by Congolese slaves have been arrested in Florida for stealing human remains for use on a shrine, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office says. Brian Montalvo Tolentino, 43, and Juan Burgos-Lopez, 39, are accused of robbing the graves of four people — including three …