An Alabama woman was found dead this week when a police officer stopped by her home to serve legal paperwork and her 4-year-old son said someone killed his mother. AL.com reports that the victim, 29-year-old Shannon Sharell Steele, was found shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday at her home in Demopolis, Alabama, about 115 miles southwest …
Authorities are seeking the public’s help to close an 18-year-old cold case involving a double homicide and two missing Oklahoma teenagers, KFOR-TV reports. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering a $10,000 reward for whoever provides credible information about the case. Between Dec. 30 and 31, 1999, the home of Danny and Kathy Freeman …
A Rhode Island man allegedly kept 24 dogs outside in the frigid cold and other animals in reportedly “deplorable and inadequate” conditions, the Providence Journal reports. Authorities on Thursday charged 59-year-old Carlos Alves of Exeter, Rhode Island, with unnecessary cruelty to animals and mistreatment of animals. Last week, officials seized 24 dogs from Alves’ home, …
Police have arrested two suspects in the brutal quadruple homicide in Troy, New York, this week. CBS 6 Albany reports that two men were arrested on suspicion of homicide and were arraigned on Saturday morning in Troy City Court. Justin C. Mann, 24, and James White, 38, both reportedly entered not guilty pleas to four …
A police chief in Ohio is facing federal charges after he was arrested on suspicion of exchanging nude images with an underage girl. According to Fox News, 36-year-old Andrew Soloman was arrested Thursday, the second time this month. Soloman, who served as chief of the Craig Beach Police Department prior to being placed on leave …
A Minnesota man who said he smacked his girlfriend’s toddler son in the face with a flip-flop “no more than five times” was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for the boy’s beating death. The Star Tribune reported Thursday that Quran J. Mitchell, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges in connection with Joshua Isaiah Lockhart Jr.’s …
A search for a lost tire reportedly turned into a far more gruesome discovery for a Georgia man this week. According to the Macon Telegraph, the motorist stopped along the side of a Butts County highway near the location he had previously lost a tire. During his search, he reportedly found a suitcase containing what …
Prosecutors all over Massachusetts will reportedly throw out more than 8,000 drug-related convictions after a lab chemist admitted to using the drugs she was entrusted to test. The Washington Post reported that the cases are connected to lab chemist Sonja Farak, who admitted to using and testing drugs seized by police for eight years. Documents …
A Florida man has been arrested after police found evidence that he rigged the door to a home in an attempt to electrocute pregnant wife. According to ABC 9, Michael Scott Wilson, 32, of Flagler County was arrested after he allegedly tried to set up a trap that would electrocute his estranged, pregnant wife when …
An escaped Georgia inmate who broke out of jail on Tuesday may be driving a stolen pickup truck from South Carolina. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Christopher Nicholas Carroll escaped from the Lamar County jail in Georgia, and stole a county van to put as much distance between himself and the jail as possible. He then allegedly ditched his …
A Kansas man fatally shot by police Thursday was possibly the victim of “swatting,” a prank where someone calls emergency services about a false ongoing crime so that a large police presence goes to a particular house. The Wichita Eagle reported that an officer shot and killed Andrew Finch, 28, as he exited his home …
On Thursday, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced they would uphold a $135,000 fine against a Gresham-based bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. According to the Portland Tribune, the Court agreed with the Bureau of Labor and Industries’ (BOLI) determination that Sweet Cakes by Melissa violated Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer’s civil …
