A man named Fernando has been barricaded inside a California trailer home in Lancaster for hours with an infant he has threatened to shoot, authorities say. The California Highway Patrol said the incident began shortly before midnight Tuesday with a high-speed chase near Santa Clarita on State Route 14, according to KNBC. The baby was …
A 6-year-old Virginia girl was found dead in an apartment in Spotsylvania County last week, and the girl’s mother and the mother’s boyfriend have been arrested. Cera Harper, 32, and Jonathan Copenhaven, 36, have not been charged with the death of Charlie Grace Sumner, but the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said more charges could follow …
A North Carolina attorney was shot and killed in a murder-suicide this week inside his law office in Goldsboro. Patrick White, 42, pushed the shooter up against the wall in an attempt to get him to stop shooting, a colleague told WRAL. The gunman, a client of the Riddle & Brantley firm identified as Francisco …
A former Fort Worth police officer was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison after he was convicted last week of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson in 2019. Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew in her bedroom at the back of the house when she heard noises outside …
Authorities in Ohio are still searching for one of a set of twins who were inside a car stolen from in front of a Columbus pizza restaurant on Monday night. Columbus Police issued an Amber Alert and have now named Nalah Jackson a suspect in the case after previously calling her a person of interest, …
A California judge has rejected a claim that a juror in Scott Peterson’s trial for the murder of his pregnant wife was biased against him, allowing his conviction to stand. Peterson was convicted in 2004 of the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant with their first child when she disappeared …
A 2-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital on Thursday with multiple severe injuries, leading to the arrest of his babysitter. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Howard Youngblood, 36, claimed he found 22-month-old Ty’Shawn Brumfield unresponsive and called for help. Though crews were able to resuscitate Brumfield, the toddler was rushed to the hospital with a …
Austin Lee Edwards poses as a 17-year-old boy to talk online with a 15-year-old girl. He then drives across the country to her Riverside home when she stops responding. Edwards parks in a neighbor’s driveway and goes inside the Winek home. Edwards kills the girl’s mother and grandparents, sets the home on fire, and leaves …
Additional information has been released concerning a 5-year-old Arkansas boy found dead under the floor of his family home in Moro on December 17. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ashley Rolland, 28, and Nathan Bridges, 33, were arrested by the Arkansas State Police and charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, …
South Carolina police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who reportedly vanished with her 12-week-old daughter on Monday. Hartsville police said Mikaela Crawford was reportedly last seen walking with her daughter. Though additional details regarding their disappearance were not provided, police said the pair is “potentially endangered.” Crawford was described as being about 5-feet-2- inches …
Idaho police are investigating a white car found in another state, although at this time, it has not been connected to the case of four students murdered last month near the University of Idaho. Fox News Digital reports that a spokesperson for the Eugene Police Department confirmed that a white Hyundai Elantra was found abandoned …
A Texas mother will spend the next 60 years of her life in prison after failing to help her son while her boyfriend beat him to death. According to Law & Crime, Christy Wedgeworth, of Bowie County, was sentenced last week in connection with the death of her 11-month-old son, Javonte Neeley. Wedgeworth’s boyfriend, Joshua …
