A Michigan mother whose three children died after she crashed her SUV into an icy pond while driving impaired is now facing potential prison time in connection with the deaths, the Holland Sentinel reports. Leticia Marie Gonzales, 30, was charged this week with three counts of driving while intoxicated resulting in death. The charges stem …
A man allegedly broke into his former girlfriend’s apartment in Texas, shot and killed the woman’s current boyfriend and then kidnapped her, KHOU-TV reports. The victim was eventually able to escape several hours later and ran to a police station 15 minutes away from the apartment complex. Police are actively searching for the attacker. A description …
Starbucks is planning to close at least 16 coffee shops around the country because of safety concerns, The Seattle Times reports. CEO Howard Schultz has said the stores are “not unprofitable” but have been subject to a recent uptick in problems related to crime, safety, and drug use in bathrooms. “It has shocked me that …
Authorities are said to be sitting on a “mountain of evidence” against Alex Murdaugh to support the murder charges against him in connection with the deaths of his wife and son, PEOPLE reports. A law enforcement source who reportedly has direct knowledge of the case against the now-disgraced and disbarred South Carolina lawyer told the …
An Indiana pizza delivery man rescued four children and a teen from a burning home earlier this month and is now being honored for the heroic feat, which left him with severe injuries and hefty medical bills, USA Today reports. Shortly after midnight on July 11, Nicholas Bostic was driving in a Lafayette neighborhood when …
A married father of three was gunned down early Tuesday on the set of “Law & Order: Organized Crime’’ in New York City in a real-life shooting that has shocked fellow crew members and neighborhood residents, ABC New York reports. “It was crazy,” one of the victim’s colleagues told the New York Post. The victim, …
Anguish has been a daily part of Gerry McClerkin’s life for more than five years, ever since her granddaughter Karena went missing on October 11, 2016. But McClerkin may now get some answers about what happened to Karena McClerkin after police this week announced a major development in the case, NBC 13 reports. On Monday, …
Christi Chen Dawson was reportedly excited about her honeymoon to Fiji with her husband, Bradley Robert Dawson. Now, Bradley is sitting in a jail cell in the South Pacific, accused of killing his wife, Fox 13 reports. Authorities allege that Bradley, 38, murdered Christe, 39, while staying at a resort on the Yasawa Islands. Details …
A Texas police officer whose swift actions likely prevented a mass shooting earlier this year is speaking out about the ordeal, the Houston Chronicle reports. The newspaper recently interviewed Houston Sgt. Kendrick Simpo about the incident on February 5 at The Galleria mall. A children’s dance competition was occurring at the time when Simpo, working …
A new television show is shining a spotlight on a terrifying crime called “phrogging,” where strangers secretly live in other people’s homes, the New York Post reports. The television series, called “Phrogging: Hider in My House,” premieres Monday on Lifetime. Brittany and James Campbell, one of the couples featured in the program, discovered they had …
A man in Clearwater, Florida, is accused of bludgeoning his mother with a hammer and stabbing her repeatedly after plotting the killing for a year, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Logan Lopez, 24, is facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the horrific allegations. Police were alerted to the crime after a woman dialed …
A Florida man and woman allegedly paid underage girls to have sex with them and in some cases recorded the encounters, WPTV reports. Marc Phillip Dinkels, 33, of Vero Beach, and Taylor Kathleen Brandt, 19, of Palm Bay, were arrested last week on multiple charges related to the allegations. Dinkels faces two counts of human …
