Elderly Woman Robbed at ATM While on Phone With Daughter
Robbery
Murder
February 19, 2024
Florida Man Guns Down Dad, Uncle Before Family Vacation
A Florida man has been charged in the shooting deaths of his father and uncle in Largo on Friday. Wesley Barber, 62, and James Barber Sr., 61, were found shot multiple times at James Sr.’s’ home on Friday. Wesley Barber had traveled to Florida from Kentucky for a family vacation, according to WHAS. When the …
Shooting
February 19, 2024
1 Dead, 5 Wounded in Indiana Waffle House Shooting
A woman is dead and five other people hospitalized after an early morning shooting at an Indianapolis Waffle House. Indianapolis police say a altercation between two groups of people escalated into gunfire, and they recovered two guns — one at the scene and another in a vehicle at a hospital, the Indianapolis Star reported. Police …
Murder
February 19, 2024
Georgia High School Football Coach Charged in Girlfriend’s Murder
A Georgia high school football coach walked into a Maryland police station Saturday morning and told officers he had strangled his girlfriend during an argument. Carl Kearney Jr., 43, has been charged with first and second degree murder in the death of Patrina Best, 38, the Bay Net reported. Kearney arrived at a Prince George’s …
School Crimes
February 18, 2024
Frat Member Charged With Misdemeanors in Hazing Incident That Left Pledge With Traumatic Brain Injury
Criminal charges have been filed in connection with an alleged night of violent and racist hazing at a University of Alabama fraternity last fall. One of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon members named in a 5-count lawsuit filed after the incident last August has now been charged with one count of misdemeanor harassment and one count …
February 18, 2024
Parents Arrested After Newborn Tests Positive for Fentanyl AT BIRTH
A South Carolina couple was arrested last week after their newborn tested positive for fentanyl at birth. Brittany Christina Estepp, 29, has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, and Marcus Wayne Anaya Ashby was charged with violating home detention by resisting arrest and refusing to take a drug test. Ashby told Spartanburg County …
Juveniles
February 18, 2024
10- and 12-Year-Old Boys, 2 Adults Charged in Toddler’s Beating Death
A Louisiana toddler’s mother, two juveniles, and another adult were arrested Friday after the little girl was beaten to death while the adults had left the children unsupervised in the home. Dineshia Yates — the mother of 3-year-old Blessing Buckles — and Terica Scott, both 26, told investigators they had been at a casino when …
Murder
February 18, 2024
Cops Identify 2 Found Shot Dead in University of Colorado Dorm Room
Colorado Springs police have identified the two people found shot to death Friday morning in a University of Colorado dorm room. One of them, 24-year-old Samuel Knopp, was a student at the Colorado Springs campus of the school while the second victim, 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery, was not, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. …
Murder
February 18, 2024
Florida Man Accused of Killing Grandfather Then Eulogizing Him at Funeral
Joshua Nareau eulogized his murdered grandfather after he was shot and killed in front of his home in Port Charlotte, Florida, on December 28. But on Thursday, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nareau, 23, and charged him with James Khoury’s murder. The 71-year-old Khoury’s wife, Lynda Khoury, called 911 just after 5 a.m. that …
Child Abuse
February 18, 2024
Oklahoma Couple Accused of Beating, Using Stun Gun on 10-Year-Old Boy
An Oklahoma couple is in the wind after they were charged with child abuse and their children taken into state custody. Court documents say that Jamie Ahmad and her boyfriend, Robert Davis, are running from a warrant for their arrests on four counts of child abuse, KOCO reports. The warrants allege that they beat a …
Child Abuse
February 18, 2024
Alabama Mom Runs Over 7-year-old Son While Forcing Him to Walk Home From School
An Alabama woman trying to punish her son by making him walk home from school ran over him accidentally, AL.com reports. Now she is prohibited from having any contact with the boy. The incident unfolded around 3:30 p.m. Friday, February 9, in the city of Boaz after 27-year-old Sarai Rachel James learned from a principal …
AMBER Alert
February 18, 2024
Audrii Cunningham: Prayer Vigil Scheduled as Search Continues for Missing Texas Girl
A Texas community will gather Sunday to pray for Audrii Cunningham as authorities continue to search for the missing 11-year-old girl, KHOU-TV reports. Cunningham was last seen Thursday morning and did not make it to school. The prayer vigil is scheduled to begin around noon Sunday at the Polk County VFW Post in Livingston at …