Authorities announced Thursday that the remains of missing Nebraska teen Maggie Long were found in her family’s burning home. According to KDVR, Long, 17, has been missing since December 1, the day her Bailey home caught fire. She was reportedly last seen near Platte Canyon High School and was believed to have headed home. Park …
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One by one, relatives of the late Walter Scott urged a judge to mete out a significant punishment for Michael Slager, the white former police officer who fatally shot Scott, an unarmed black man, in the back after a 2015 traffic stop. Through tears, Scott’s family told …
A Connecticut man has reportedly confessed to having sex with his dead girlfriend, claiming he thought it would help her regain consciousness. The Hartford Courant reports that Aaron Graser, 39, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault along with violation of probation, after admitting that he had sex with his girlfriend after finding her unresponsive and …
An off-duty Atlanta officer who was moonlighting as a Walmart security guard was reportedly recorded battering a customer over a stolen tomato. WSB-TV reported Thursday that a jury is deliberating whether Trevor King exercised exessive force during the taped October 2014 incident. According to WGCL, U.S. Attorneys claimed that King’s repeated baton strikes left Tyrone Carnegay with a …
The suspect told police that her boyfriend threatened to leave her after she had a miscarriage
RAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An elite Michigan sports doctor who possessed child pornography and assaulted gymnasts was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in federal prison in one of three criminal cases that ensure he will never be free again. U.S. District Judge Janet Neff followed the government’s recommendation in the porn case, saying Larry …
A homeless man searching for warmth and shelter Thursday was reportedly run over by an 18-wheeler. KTRK reports that the man had been lying under an empty trailer located in the loading dock area of a Houston Sam’s Club. He used a wheelchair and kept it nearby while he slept in the relative warmth of …
Over a dozen more are injured
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Sen. Al Franken said Thursday he will resign from Congress in coming weeks following a wave of sexual misconduct allegations and a collapse of support from his Democratic colleagues, a swift political fall for a once-rising Democratic star. “I may be resigning my seat, but I am not giving up my …
A mayor in Florida is accused of stealing the handicapped placards of dead residents in order to use the more convenient parking spots at City Hall. The Ledger reports that the mayor, Darlene Bradley, faces up to ten years in prison if she is convicted on felony charges of using a deceased person’s identification and possessing …
Authorities found a woman and her two little girls dead inside their Little Rock apartment on Tuesday, and they’re trying to figure out what happened and why. Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports that authorities in Little Rock found Mariah Cunningham and her children, 5-year-old Alayah Fisher and 3-year-old Elijah Fisher, deceased inside their home at …
New York City police are searching for a pregnant mother of twins who vanished while making a quick trip to a local bank on Tuesday morning. NBC New York reports that Amarjit Kaur, 34, of Queens, left her home off of 128th Street in South Ozone Park on Tuesday for a visit to her local Chase bank …
