Florida man who says his name is ‘Alice in Wonderland’ steals forklift, destroys Walmart construction site in protest of liquor store
Drug Crime
The suspect said a hookah-smoking caterpillar made him do it
Hate Crimes
August 14, 2017
Family, friends mourn 3 killed in Virginia rally violence
‘Heather died doing what she loved — standing up for people’
Murder
August 14, 2017
Fox News producer dies of ‘heartbreak’ after son gunned down outside family home
A New York father has died just hours after his son was senselessly gunned down by an armed intruder at the family’s apartment building. The Daily News reports that Duro Akil, 34, was shot in the chest Monday night after he, his father, and his brother stepped outside to check on the commotion after a neighbor’s …
Murder
August 13, 2017
Police charge both parents with murder after bruised infant son dies in the hospital
Police have arrested two Georgia parents and charged them with murder following the death of their 8-month-old son, according to NBC 11. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that Sanchez Dyron Ussery Jr. was found unresponsive in his crib shortly after midnight on Thursday night. His parents, Sanchez Dyron Ussery, Sr., 25, and Latorrica Allen, 23, are said …
Police
August 13, 2017
Seasoned police officer dies after being bit by feral cat, leaves behind 11-year-old son and wife
A West Texas A&M University police officer is dead two weeks after being bit by a feral cat while on duty, as reported by Chron. Corporal Monty Dale Platt, 47, died Tuesday after having an adverse reaction to an anti-infection medication prescribed to him after suffering the bite. According to the Amarillo Globe-News, Platt was …
Child Abuse
August 13, 2017
Child believed killed in ‘trampoline accident’ was tossed in the air, suffered horrific abuse: Police
His stepmother is said to have mistreated the boy because he was a product of her husband’s affair. She allegedly submerged him in bathwater with her hands around his neck
Hate Crimes
August 13, 2017
James Alex Fields Jr. accused of ramming crowd of protesters with car pictured with racist hate group
By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The man accused of plowing a car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia had been photographed hours earlier carrying the emblem of one of the hate groups that organized the “Take America Back” campaign. Vanguard America denied on Sunday any association with the …
Police
August 13, 2017
Two officers killed in Virginia hate march
Two state police troopers were killed in the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, yesterday, as a group of white supremacists took over the college town for hate-filled rally. A Virginia state trooper helicopter was patrolling over the rally, which was met by counter-protestors early Saturday evening, when the helicopter crashed, killing the pilot and his passenger. …
Child Abuse
August 13, 2017
VIDEO: ‘Teachers’ drag 7-year-old autistic boy through school hallway, escape charges
The boy’s outraged mother shared a video of the horrifying incident, which she says is child abuse
Hate Crimes
August 13, 2017
Day of Hate: Largest gathering of white supremacists in a decade leaves three dead and dozens injured
By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car rammed into a crowd of protesters and a state police helicopter crashed into the woods Saturday as tension boiled over at a white supremacist rally. The violent day left three dead, dozens injured and this usually quiet college town a bloodied symbol of the nation’s …
Arson
August 13, 2017
Couple charged with killing 5, including children, fetus and man’s SECOND WiFE
A husband and wife from Alabama could face the death penalty after they were charged in the killings of five family members, including an unborn child, multiple children and the man’s second wife, WHNT-TV reports. Christopher Henderson, 42, and Rhonda Carlson, 44, have been indicted for the murders that occurred two years ago in Huntsville. …
Violent Crime
August 13, 2017
First picture of woman killed in violent clashes at US white supremacist rally as car ploughs into peaceful counter-protesters
The young woman senselessly killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday has been identified. Virginia native Heather Heyer, 32, was crossing the street in downtown Charlottesville among a group of counter-protesters when a car came speeding through the crowd, striking Heather and more than a dozen others. According to the New …