On Tuesday, the trial began for a Wisconsin woman who allegedly killed her disabled friend in 2018 by poisoning her with eye drops. According to WTMJ, prosecutors said greed motivated Jessy Kurczewski, 39, to kill Lynn Hernan, 61, as she stole nearly $290,000 from her over time. While the defense claimed Hernan was depressed, self-medicating …
Two Nevada teens who allegedly killed a man in an intentional hit-and-run in August were seen laughing during a court hearing on Tuesday. Andreas Probst’s widow told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she saw Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, point the middle finger at her during the hearing. Keys reportedly filmed himself and …
California police have charged a man with murder for last week’s car crash that killed four Pepperdine University students. Fraser Bohm, 22, was initially arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for crashing into several parked cars which then struck and killed Niamh Rolston, 20, Peyton Stewart, 21, Asha Weir, 21, and Deslyn …
The son of a Tennessee police chief was found dead on Tuesday, days after he allegedly shot two officers and fled the scene. John Drake Jr., 38, was wanted for Saturday’s non-fatal shooting of officers Ashely Boleyjack and Gregory Kern outside a Nashville Dollar General. Drake Jr. — who is the son of Nashville police chief …
North Carolina police have charged the husband of ‘Teen Mom’ star Jenelle Evans with abusing her 14-year-old son — who reportedly ran away from home three times in a month. TMZ reported that David Eason was charged with misdemeanor child abuse after authorities obtained a video showing an assault involving Evans’ teen son, Jace. Law …
A Massachusetts mother charged with strangling her three children earlier this year alleged searched for ways to kill before the murders. The information came in search warrant affidavits made public this week, according to the Boston Globe. Lindsay Clancy, 32, was indicted by a grand jury last month on three counts of murder and strangulation …
A Florida couple have been arrested after they met a man on social media, beat him, robbed him, cut his throat and tossed him off a bridge into the Escambia River. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the victim survived the ordeal and swam to shore, where he flagged down a deputy and told his …
Police in Maryland are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a man, drove two miles with the victim lodged in his windshield, and dumped the body on the side of the road. Prince George’s County police said that Franklin Membreno Mendez, 28, was involved in a minor, unrelated collision on Annapolis Road sometime before …
A mother and grandmother face child abuse charges in Wisconsin after a toddler was brought into the hospital suffering from deep second-degree burns, apparently caused by a curling iron. April Smith, 50, was charged earlier this month with felony child abuse after an investigation into the injuries on her 17-month-old granddaughter. Smith and her daughter, …
A 2-year-old Michigan boy is in critical condition after he was left alone in a car with a loaded handgun and shot himself Tuesday afternoon. Lansing police and emergency medical personnel responded to a Sunoco gas station where the shooting took place, WILX reported. The boy was rushed to a hospital. According to WMSN, officers …
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot told police he tried to pull the handles that would have activated a Horizon Air flight’s fire suppression system and shut down the plane’s engines Sunday afternoon because he thought he was dreaming and wanted to wake up. Joseph David Emerson, 44, also told police he’d taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 …
