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Robbery
November 4, 2019
Pregnant Florida mom shoots intruder dead with AR-15 after he breaks in home, grabs little girl: Reports
One man is dead and another on the run after they were greeted by an armed pregnant woman in Florida, who protected her family, police say. Bay News 9 reports that Jeremy King, his wife, and daughter were at their Lithia home off of Old Welcome Road on Wednesday night when two armed men wearing …
Jail Breaks
November 4, 2019
Escaped sex offender inmate, missing teen captured after crash on interstate: Police
Police in Alabama announced they have apprehended a missing teen girl and a registered sex offender who escaped from prison last week. From AL.com, Bessemer and Hoover police captured John Gillespie, 30, and Peyton Ledlow, 16, in Bessemer on Monday morning. Authorities said the pair was taken into custody after they crashed on Interstate 459. …
Missing
November 4, 2019
Family of student tourist who died during ‘gap year’ Cambodia trip find social media photos of her drowned body: Report
Amelia Bambridge’s brother says their 11-year-old nephew saw a photo of the 21-year-old’s body that had been posted to Instagram
Unsolved
November 4, 2019
Update: Security footage could hold answers after police find beloved couple killed, buried together at beach
Texas officials confirmed security footage captured an unknown person driving a deceased couple’s truck, and they’re hoping it will help them crack the case. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office announced last week that the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office identified 48-year-old James Butler and his wife, 46-year-old Michelle Butler, as the …
Juveniles
November 4, 2019
Mother of kidnap suspect Bruce Lynch tipped off police to sighting of her son with missing 14-year-old Isabel Hicks
The woman who called police to report she had seen a fugitive kidnapping suspect and a missing 14-year-old girl was the suspect’s own mother. Oxygen reports that the woman who called police last Monday to report that Bruce Lynch and Isabel Hicks had knocked on her door is Lynch’s mother, Lisa Harper. In an interview …
Murder
November 3, 2019
Corn dog squabble leads to brother’s death; Judge issues gag order
Two brothers argued about corn dogs Thursday night, leading one to shove the other out of the vehicle they were in, causing the brother’s death, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Little is known about the case because Judge Ralph Ohm issued a gag order preventing officials from talking about it, but a probable cause affidavit said …
Police
November 3, 2019
Fake cop stops fleeing suspects in police chase, orders them out of the car
North Carolina police have arrested David Adams Jr for impersonating a police officer earlier this month during a police chase of a suspect vehicle, CBS 17 reported. The strange incident began at about 11 p.m. on October 5 when Wilson police officers attempted a stop on a vehicle occupied by five males, one of whom …
National
November 3, 2019
McDonald’s cans CEO over relationship with colleague
McDonald’s fired its CEO over a consensual relationship with an employee, the burger chain announced on Sunday, according to the Financial Times. In a statement, the company said that Steve Easterbrook, who has been chief executive since 2015, “violated company policy and demonstrated poor judgment” regarding the relationship, which is prohibited by company policy. Easterbrook, …
Child Abuse
November 3, 2019
Suicidal 14-year-old calls hotline saying she is forced to care for her younger siblings; police find home full of animal waste, no edible food
A 14-year-old girl called a Florida abuse hotline on Thursday, reporting that she was considering suicide because of the physical and emotional abuse she received as well as her horrid living conditions, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported. The girl told counselors on the call that she was being homeschooled but not learning much because …
Murder
November 3, 2019
SHOCKING: UNLV student raped as she died from gunshot wounds to the head
A Nevada medical examiner told a grand jury earlier this month that University of Nevada-Las Vegas student Paula Davis, 19, was raped in September as she died from two gunshot wounds to the head, the Las Vegas Sun reported Saturday. Davis’ ex-boyfriend, Giovanni Ruiz, has been charged with her murder, as well as kidnapping, robbery, …
child endangerment
November 3, 2019
Heart-wrenching: 12-year-old girl calls 911, ‘My mom won’t wake up,’ when mother overdoses
Volusia County, Florida, deputies responding to a 911 call from a terrified 12-year-old girl found her mother unconscious from a heroin overdose, with their car parked on the grass beside Interstate 4, the sheriff’s office said Friday. Two other children, a 7-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy, were also in the minivan Thursday night with …