A Louisiana man was arrested last week after police said he shot his wife in the back, killing her 44 years ago. The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that 78-year-old Chester Vegas Sr. was arrested last Monday and charged with second-degree murder. He’s been accused of killing Diane Vegas, 32 at the time. The incident …
Investigators searching for a missing 5-year-old girl in Tennessee held a news conference Thursday with the latest on the investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities issued an AMBER Alert for missing Summer Wells, who has not been seen since at least Tuesday evening in Hawkins County. Multiple agencies, including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) …
A California man who struck and killed a woman outside a bar on Friday was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine and was receiving oral sex at the time of the crash, according to reports. Alex Moreno, 32, allegedly backed his work-issued pickup truck into a group of people sitting outside of Agave Sports …
Authorities from multiple agencies continue the search for 5-year-old Summer Wells, who went missing from her east Tennessee home on Tuesday evening. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wells was last seen walking away from her home in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County. Investigators immediately launched a ground search, which Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson …
A 16-year-old Alabama boy has been arrested and charged with killing his mother and setting fire to their home. Firefighters were called to the scene of a house in Mobile just after midnight Tuesday morning and saw thick smoke and flames coming out of the back of the house. They extinguished the blaze, but found …
An Iowa man has been charged with three counts of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of his mother, father, and sister. Police responded to the northeastern Cedar Rapids home of Jan Perry Jackson, 61, and Melissa Ferne Jackson at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when they were called there by 20-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson. …
Keith Gibson may soon be facing charges for several other murders committed during armed robberies.
Investigators said a shooting spree that occurred on Friday and Saturday in Georgia and Alabama that left five people injured appears to have been motivated by race. Justin Roberts, 39, allegedly committed two shootings in Columbus, Georgia, and one in Phenix City, Alabama, in a 20-hour span. AL.com reported that a victim was shot multiple …
Local, state and federal authorities are investigating the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl who is missing in Tennessee. As WATE reports, 5-year-old Summer Wells was last seen walking from her home Tuesday evening in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County. Authorities initially issued an endangered child alert, but as of Wednesday upgraded it to …
A Virginia Lyft driver is facing charges after a teen accused him of sexual abuse. Fox 5 reports that the incident happened Monday when a high school boy took a Lyft ride to school in Manassas. The boy and the driver, identified as Ejaz Hussain, 58, exchanged contact information during the first ride. Later that …
On Tuesday, a Georgia police department publicly denied allegations that officers outwardly ignored a drive-by that occurred in January. “Inaccurate” was the word Atantla police used in a statement to describe a Daily Mail story that accused their department of disregarding the January 3 shooting in Buckhead, an affluent commercial and residential district in Atlanta. The …
An Ohio woman accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend because he was dumping her to go out on a date with a beauty queen. Shayna Hubers claims Ryan Poston was abusive and she was trying to get away from him, although prosecutors argue that shooting him in the face five more times in his body …
