CAN YOU HELP? Police searching for woman in possible abduction caught on video
Breaking
The chilling surveillance video captured what appeared to be an abduction, and police are searching for a possible victim
Murder
March 13, 2021
Elderly Asian man dies after robber assaults him during morning walk, as COVID hate crimes increase: Police
An elderly Asian man died this week after being attacked in Oakland, prompting police to investigate whether the perpetrator saw a crime of opportunity or was racially motivated, KPIX reports. While 75-year-old Pak Ho was on his morning walk Tuesday, 26-year-old Teaunte Bailey allegedly kicked the septuagenarian’s cane away, shoved him to the ground and stole …
Drug Crime
March 13, 2021
Drop-dead gorgeous DOPER BUSTED in drug death of Mercer Co woman
An Ohio woman has been put under house arrest until she is sentenced for selling drugs to another person who died from an overdose, WFMJ-TV reports. Nicoletta Robinson, 34, of Youngstown, Ohio, was convicted this week of multiple charges in connection with the 2019 death of a 32-year-old woman who died after overdosing. Jurors in …
Kidnapping
March 13, 2021
Missing woman found dead: Murder, kidnap suspect is police officer
A police officer is accused of the kidnap and murder of a 33-year-old marketing executive in London after she disappeared while walking home, a case that has put a renewed spotlight on violence against women, the New York Times reports. Sarah Everard vanished the evening of March 3 as she was walking home from a …
Unsolved
March 7, 2021
Teen girl’s dead body found wrapped in plastic in abandoned Manhattan fish market
The dead body of a teenager wrapped in plastic was found over the weekend in a New York building, WABC-TV reports. The teen, who has been described as homeless, was discovered Saturday morning around 9:20 a.m. inside the old Fulton Fish Market building, the New York Daily News reports. The abandoned facility is located in lower Manhattan. Investigators …
Missing
March 6, 2021
MISSING: Police issue alert for teen girl who vanished Friday
A teenage girl is missing in Chicago and authorities are asking for the public’s help to find her, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Amea King, 15, was last seen Friday evening around 7:45 p.m., according to WGN-TV. Investigators believe King was last wearing a navy-blue shirt, red jogging-style pants, and black Ugg brand boots. King is described as 5-foot-1 and …
Family Crime
March 6, 2021
James Hutchinson: Dozens of charges for mom, boyfriend in brutal murder of 6-year-old boy; river search to resume Sunday
An Ohio mother and her boyfriend are now facing formal charges in connection with the death of her young son, whose body was dumped in a river and has not yet been found, WHIO-TV reports. A grand jury on Friday indicted 29-year-old Brittany Gosney and 42-year-old James Hamilton following the death of 6-year-old James Hutchinson in …
Bad Doctors
February 28, 2021
Doctor makes virtual court appearance in the middle of patient’s SURGERY: Reports
A California doctor is under fire after he showed up virtually for court in the middle of a surgery, a move the court commissioner refused to allow, the Sacramento Bee reports. Now state medical regulators say they will investigate the incident. On Thursday, Dr. Scott Green, a Sacramento-area plastic surgeon, appeared by video for a traffic court trial, which …
Missing
February 28, 2021
[UPDATE: Found Safe]: Police investigate ‘suspicious’ disappearance of horse trainer
“This would never be her choice to be gone this long,” the missing 22-year-old’s mother said. “There were some major happy events going on this week that she wouldn’t miss for anything in the world.”
Murder
February 27, 2021
MANHUNT: MIT grad student charged for MURDER of Kevin Jiang now on the run
An arrest warrant has been issued for a fugitive who authorities believe killed a Yale University graduate student and U.S. Army Veteran, WTIC-TV reports. Qinxuan Pan, 29, has been charged with the February 6 murder of Kevin Jiang, 26, in New Haven, Connecticut. Investigators had previously identified Pan, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as …
Animal Crimes
February 27, 2021
Lady Gaga’s dogs, stolen after suspects shot her dogwalker, safely returned by mystery woman
Lady Gaga’s purloined pooches were recovered Friday, two days after thieves brazenly shot her dogwalker and stole two of the singer’s French bulldogs, NBC News reports. An unnamed woman brought the dogs to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Olympic Community Police Station around 6 p.m. Friday, according to the Associated Press. “The woman found the dogs and …
Violent Crime
February 21, 2021
One dead, several others injured during Saturday night bowling alley attack in ‘safe neighborhood’: Police
One person is dead and three others are injured after gunfire rang out Saturday night at a bowling alley in a Philadelphia suburb, WPVI-TV reports. Police responded to the Our Town Alley shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday in East Norriton, where they found four people suffering from gunshot wounds. “Everybody just started screaming and running and …
