Businesses in and around New York City are taking precautions to protect against looters and civil unrest by boarding up storefronts, FOX 5 New York reports. The action comes amid social distancing measures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit the region especially hard. In mid-March, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered that restaurants …
A sex offender who raped a child was released from custody this week because of concerns that he could become infected with coronavirus, WBUR reports. The Massachusetts Superior Court on Friday ordered that 54-year-old Glenn Christie be released from a state treatment facility, as long as he tests negative for COVID-19. According to the report, …
Two children were found dead in West Virginia on Saturday in what police believe is a double homicide, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports. The children’s bodies were discovered Saturday afternoon in the Greenville area, about 100 miles southeast of Charleston. Identities of the victims – a toddler and another child around 8 years old – …
Seeking to profit from the global coronavirus pandemic, counterfeiters across the globe are producing phony medical masks that authorities warn are unsafe, the Independent reports. “Criminals will stop at nothing to make a profit,” Jürgen Stock, secretary-general of Interpol, told the newspaper. “The illicit trade in such counterfeit medical items during a public health crisis shows their total …
A pregnant New York City schoolteacher who was hospitalized for coronavirus alleges officials failed to heed warnings about an infection ripping through her school, the New York Post reports. “I had a lab report and a letter from my doctor. It still wasn’t good enough,” Raquel Iacurto told the Post. Iacurto, 32, says she asked authorities to close …
A man jumped from his 16th-floor luxury apartment in New York City late Friday in the midst of growing fears about the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Post reports. The 64-year-old man, whose identity has not been released publicly, lived in the Tribeca Park apartments in Manhattan. He landed in the courtyard. Authorities pronounced the man dead …
An Ohio man who allegedly murdered a young mother 29 years ago was “hiding in plain sight” in the decades since the slaying, living across the street from the victim’s home and interacting with her family members, Cleveland.com reports. Last week, police arrested 57-year-old Daniel L. Rees in connection with the death of 23-year-old Rachael M. …
A woman was arrested this week for violating a coronavirus quarantine while she was swimming in a hotel pool, the New York Post reports. The incident – at Paradise Park Hotel in Tenerife, Spain – was captured on video by other hotel guests, who did not feel any sympathy for the swimming scofflaw. A woman off-screen can be …
An Illinois woman is accused of killing her boyfriend following what she says was years of abuse, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The woman, 36-year-old April O. Turner, allegedly shot her boyfriend, 30-year-old Nicarro Laroy Drake, once in the chest. The shooting occurred Tuesday during a party at a home in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Turner is accused …
A New York police officer killed herself Friday, the second officer to die of suicide this year, silive.com reports. The woman, a 34-year-old NYPD transit cop, was found in a police locker room in the Columbus Circle subway station at 3:10 p.m. She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a gunshot wound to her head …
Four people were found dead early Sunday morning in what Texas authorities are calling a murder-suicide, KPRC-TV reports. Around 4:15 a.m. Sunday, a woman asked police to conduct a welfare check on her son’s home because she hadn’t heard from him for several hours, Fort Bend Sheriff Troy E. Nehls said at a news conference. Deputies …
New details have been disclosed about how a Montana boy was tortured and killed by his own family, the Billings Gazette reports. James Hurley, 12, was found dead February 3 at his home in West Yellowstone, Montana, where authorities allege that he was beaten and left to die on the living room floor. His grandparents, James Sasser Jr., …
