An ex-NFL player allegedly vandalized his own restaurant to make it look like a hate crime and burglary so he could collect insurance money, CNN reports. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged Edawn Louis Coughman with insurance fraud, false report of a crime and concealing a license plate. The 31-year-old former tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers …
A Bronx woman arrested after police found a man being held captive in the basement of her bodega says she had nothing to do with the kidnapping, the New York Daily News reports. On Tuesday, drug suspects being chased by police ran into Deli N’ Grocery With A Difference. The officers in pursuit reportedly asked …
A California man has been arrested after authorities discovered the suspected remains of his wife, who has been missing since July. According to the Sacramento Bee, police on Friday arrested Anthony Gumina, 44, in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Heather Gumina, 33. Deputies served him a “no bail warrant for domestic violence,” according …
Investigators say an up-and-coming country singer caused a fatal crash that took the life herself and of a young teen, who was discovered by her own EMT father. The EMT who responded to a fatal car crash involving country singer Kylie Rae Harris on Wednesday learned that his daughter was killed in the wreck upon …
A California man accused of raping and fatally beating an elderly woman will claim he didn’t kill the victim, but instead engaged in necrophilia with her dead body, The Mercury News reports. Authorities allege 39-year-old Jonathan Jackson attacked 81-year-old Sun Yi Kwon while she was on a morning walk in January 2012 in Richmond, California, …
A California father was arrested this week after his young son was shot in the head and died, the Visalia Times-Delta reports. William Stallworth, 25, was taken into custody after the shooting occurred in Visalia, California, about 45 miles southeast of Fresno. Stallworth called 911 shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday to report that his 2-year-old …
A 15-year-old Utah girl told police her parents have been torturing her for years, including chaining her to a bed at night, KTVX-TV reports. Kimberly Marie Tutt, 35, and Trev Jordan Tutt, 33, are now facing felony child abuse charges. A police officer in Ogden, Utah, interviewed the girl and noted that she appeared small …
A New Jersey toddler screamed in agony as she was tortured, raped and eventually murdered by her mother’s boyfriend, The Trentonian reports. Authorities have reportedly accused Maison Andres Torres, 25, of killing 2-year-old Lia Victoria Merino-Rodriguez in August. Torres had moved into his girlfriend’s Trenton, New Jersey, home two weeks after the couple met, according …
An Arkansas woman who died last weekend during a flood pleaded for help from a 911 operator, who told the terrified caller to “shut up” and made other disturbing comments, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Last Saturday, Debra Stevens (pictured left), 47, was delivering newspapers when floodwaters swept her vehicle away in Forth Smith, Arkansas. Newly …
Mexican law enforcement has captured the son of a former NFL player and his wife after they were found dead inside their rural Minnesota home earlier this week. ABC News reports that 22-year-old Dylan John Bennett was arrested Saturday at a hotel in Cancun, Mexico. Authorities in Minnesota have charged Bennett in connection with the deaths …
A recent college grad was allegedly carjacked, sexually assaulted and murdered after celebrating her birthday earlier this week, KTVT-TV reports. The body of Sara Hudson, 22, was found in a burning sports utility vehicle in Dallas on Monday. She died after being shot in the head, although smoke inhalation was also a contributing factor, the …
An Illinois state trooper and father of three died Friday after he was shot while serving a “high risk” search warrant, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Trooper Nick Hopkins, 33, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at St. Louis University Hospital. “It is nearly impossible to express the depth of my sadness,” Brendan …
