Neighbors of an elderly Alabama woman who died in deplorable conditions reportedly called police about the woman’s husband and daughter, who were charged on Wednesday in connection with her death. Police officers who responded to a home in Valley on March 16 discovered the body of Janice Hawkins, 72, tied to a chair in a …
The murder trial for an Alabama woman accused of killing her husband entered its third day Thursday at a Huntsville courtroom. Former Alabama nurse Nikki Cappello is on trial for the poisoning death of her husband, Jim Cappello, who passed away from excessive amounts of insulin in his system. Prosecutors said this week that Jim …
A 911 dispatcher was placed on administrative leave on Monday for allegedly hanging up on a caller who sought help amid Saturday’s mass shooting at a New York supermarket which killed 10 people. Latisha, an assistant office manager at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo, said she called 911 as suspected gunman Payton Gendron, 18, roamed …
A Maryland woman wanted for her boyfriend’s murder was detained and arrested at the Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday. Norma Elizabeth Rivas-Villacorta, 23, has been charged with murder in connection with the May 22, 2021 shooting death of Kayshaun Daly, 22. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection took Rivas-Villacorta in custody and later handed …
A Florida woman was charged this week with killing an elderly man and burying him in a shallow grave in the back yard. An arrest report for 50-year-old Clio Marcia Trice says that Miami Gardens police responded to her home Monday night after a neighbor called and said that Trice told him she had killed …
A former University of Kansas soccer goalie’s husband called police Monday night to say that God had told him to kill his wife. Lawrence police found Regan Gibb-Marek, 25, dead in the apartment she shared with husband Chad Marek, 26. The couple married last fall, WDAF reported. “He told us that God told him to …
When DoorDash notified a Texas mom that her order was going to take a little longer because of its size, she was a little confused but not really concerned. Kelsey Golden had ordered lunch for her kids, to be delivered to their school. She didn’t think it was that large an order. Golden went back …
Connecticut police arrested a 16-year-old in the weekend stabbing death of another teenager at party where alcohol was served to minors. Shelton Police said the 16-year-old has been charged with murder and three counts of assault and is being held on a $2 million bond. Fairfield College Preparatory School junior James McGrath, 17, and three …
A Pennsylvania high school choir director has been arrested, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old female student, after her husband learned of the relationship and reported it to school officials. New Wilmington Borough police last week charged Olivia Lois Ortz, 26, with two counts of sexual contact with a student, one count …
An Alabama father and his adult daughter were charged Wednesday with elderly abuse and first-degree neglect, and the father was additionally charged with manslaughter. The Valley Police Department said it responded to a call on March 16 and found 72-year-old Janice Ramsey Hawkins dead in the living room. Hawkins’ husband, 74-year-old Walter Alfred Hawkins, and …
An Alabama-born Florida man is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal wire and mail fraud and money laundering charges, all related to his alleged romance scams that netted him more than $750,000 from at least 21 women in eight states. Brian Brainard Wedgeworth, 46, was indicted last October and arrested in Nashville not long …
