New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned on Tuesday, the same day he was scheduled to appear in federal court for campaign finance fraud. Benjamin stepped down hours after an unsealed federal indictment alleged he funneled $50,000 in state funds to Harlem real estate investor Gerald Migdol’s charity, Friends of Public School Harlem. In exchange, …
Update According to Breon S. Peace, the U.S. attorney for New York’s Eastern District, suspect Frank R. James has been charged with “a terrorist act on a mass transit system,” The New York Times reports. “We got him,” NYC Mayor Eric Adams said. “We got him.” Original Story Suspected New York subway shooter Frank R. …
On Tuesday, South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who has said he has no intention to resign before a Senate vote. Voting 36 to 31, the state House issued articles of impeachment for Ravnsborg, 45, who in September 2020 fatally struck Joe Boever, 55, on the shoulder of Highway …
Former physical therapist Anthony Todt is on trial for the brutal 2020 murders of his wife, children, and their family dog. Todt took the stand Wednesday morning in Osceola County, Florida. A day after jurors viewed a video of Todt confessing to suffocating his wife and children, he took the witness stand and denied being present …
A Maryland woman is accused of fatally running over and dragging a man with his own vehicle after he allegedly propositioned her for sex and became angry when she declined, WBAL-TV reports. Police on Sunday arrested 25-year-old Katie Foster on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 52-year-old Joseph Dawson following …
A Wisconsin man who has been named a suspect in a New York subway shooting reportedly posted chilling videos of himself online discussing violence, racism, and bigoted views. On Wednesday, NYPD named 62-year-old Frank R. James the sole suspect in a gruesome subway shooting that injured 28 people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened …
A Florida couple and their son have been charged with hate crimes for allegedly beating a gay man so severely that he’s now permanently blind, WPEC-TV reports. On Tuesday, the Broward State Attorney’s Office charged 44-year-old Inna Makarenko (left), 43-year-old Yevhen Makarenko (right), and their 21-year-old son, Oleh Makarenko (middle). Each is charged with attempted …
Daytona Beach police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since he got of his school bus Tuesday afternoon. Connor Robertson is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 130 pounds with blond hair, the Daytona Beach Police Department said. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray pants …
Police have identified a person of interest in Tuesday morning’s shooting aboard a New York subway train. At least 29 people were injured, 10 of whom were shot, when a man wearing a reflective MTA vest donned a gas mask, tossed two gas canistesr into a subway car, and started shooting, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
A Louisiana woman has been charged with cruelty to children after she flipped an SUV she was driving with her 11 chidren inside. Central Police Chier Roger Corcoran said all 11 children survived the crash — which happened after 10 p.m. on Sunday — although one, who was ejected from the vehicle, was taken to …
Sherri Papini, the so-called “Super Mom” charged with faking her own kidnapping six years ago, has agreed to a plea deal admitting that she orchestrated the hoax. Papini released a statement through her attorney on Tuesday saying she was “deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so sorry for the pain I’ve caused my …
Three people are found dead at a Georgia gun range. The owners, 71-year-old Thomas Richard Hawk Sr., his wife, Evelyn Hawk, and their 19-year-old grandson, Luke Hawk, were found shot, in what authorities say appears to be a violent triple murder and robbery. Richard Hawk, Luke’s father, drove to the shooting range to check on …
