A California Uber driver has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman who needed a ride home on Saturday, after a night out with friends. The Los Angeles Times reports that 32-year-old Uber driver, Alonso Calle, was arrested on suspicion of rape that allegedly occurred Saturday morning at around 3:30 a.m. Calle was booked at …
A 7-year-old girl is dead after being swept into the ocean off the coast of Oregon amid a high-surf warning from the National Weather Service, ABC News reports. The girl’s father, Jeremy Stiles, was reportedly holding her and her 4-year-old brother in the Falcon Cove area in Cannon Beach on Saturday when a wave swept …
A psychiatric expert says that a term known as “maternal desire,” which can kick in after a failed relationship or pregnancy loss, is what prompts some women to steal babies. “The desire to have a child can become pathological,” Asim Shah, the Chief of Psychiatry for Ben Taub Hospital and executive vice chair of Community …
A female Uber driver jumped from her moving vehicle late Friday night to escape an armed passenger who had ordered her to drive him into the desert, the Grand Junction, Colorado, Police Department reported. Her white Toyota C-HR crashed into a fence after she jumped out, but by the time police arrived, the male passenger …
A Kentucky woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly turned her pit bull terrier loose on a man who subsequently died. Kentucky State Police responded to a call about a fatal dog attack in rural Rockcastle County on Friday morning and were initially unable to attend to the man because of the aggressive …
Six police officers and a flight attendant were injured Friday in an unruly passenger incident aboard a United Airlines flight arriving in Newark, New Jersey, from Washington, D.C, NBC New York reported. One Port Authority police officer was hospitalized with four broken ribs when he fell off a portable stairway while trying to arrest Matthew …
An Iowa man is behind bars after police say they found a victim tied up in his trunk. ABC9 reports that a call regarding a missing person was reported to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office on Friday. Officers were dispatched to Wadena, Iowa, at around 12:15 p.m., where they spotted the victim’s car in a …
A Seattle man killed himself after a police officer falsely accused him of seriously injuring a woman in a hit-and-run crash, newly released records show. According to the Seattle Times, an internal police investigation found that the officer’s lie “shocked the conscience” and played a role in the man’s death. The story of the case …
A Hawaii Best Buy employee said “not today” right before Christmas when she saw a man trying to leave the store without paying for expensive merchandise — again — so she did what she had to do. She blocked him from the door and took him down. Summer Tapasa-Sataraka lost her job for her efforts, …
A 21-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 92-year-old Queens woman on Monday night told detectives he’d been trying to help the old woman but lost his balance and fell, the New York Post reported. “He fell down, his belt broke, his pants fell down and his penis fell near her vagina,” prosecutor …
A Utah woman who left for a business trip to Florida earlier this week has been found dead, according to family members. The Sun-Sentinel reports that 37-year-old Kelly Glover, a project manager with CHG Healthcare, was found dead Saturday morning, according to family members’ posts on social media. Dear Friends and Family,It is with broken …
Friends and family of a missing Montana teen believe she was taken against her will and are raising concerns about a video that may show the girl in a dangerous situation, Heavy.com reports. Selena Not Afraid, 16, has been missing since January 1, when she was last seen at a rest stop along Interstate 90 between Billings and …
