On Tuesday, the Michigan Supreme Court threw out the criminal case against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water scandal, finding that a judge who acted as a one-person grand jury had no power to indict them. In a unanimous decision, the six-judge panel found that a one-judge grand jury can …
A Texas man who was deemed insane in his father’s 2014 murder allegedly escaped from a state hospital on Sunday. The Austin American-Statesman reported that security cameras caught Alexander Ervin, 29, leaving a dorm at North Texas State Hospital. Hospital staff informed the police of his disappearance on Monday morning. In 2014, Ervin was acquitted …
On Tuesday, a New York federal court sentenced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to 20 years in prison for procuring underage girls for late billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. The New York Times reported that Judge Alison Nathan handed down the sentence, saying Maxwell “worked with Epstein to select young victims who were vulnerable” and facilitated the abuse. …
Louisiana police arrested a woman on Saturday, a day after suspected human remains were reportedly discovered under the floor of a home. Amite City Police Department said in a Facebook post that the remains were found while executing a search warrant at an unoccupied home. Officers reportedly noticed that the floor had been replaced recently, …
Illinois authorities arrested a man on Sunday for threatening R. Kelly’s victims and New York prosecutors who successfully convicted the singer last year. Christopher Gunn, 39, attended at least one day of Kelly’s federal trial in New York. A week after Kelly, 55, was found guilty of racketeering, Gunn posted a video to YouTube of …
An Amtrak train carrying at least 243 passengers reportedly derailed in Missouri on Monday. The New York Times reported that the train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago collided with a truck in Mendon, resulting in eight train cars being derailed. Amtrak said twelve crew members were on board at the time. No fatalities have …
Texas police are looking for a woman who is wanted on capital murder charges for allegedly killing her sister in March. Carmen White, 38, allegedly fatally shot Cynthia Cervantes, 37, multiple times, severing her spine, and set her body on fire on a dirt road in Houston. Cervantes’ body was discovered the following day on …
Ex-“Jackass” star Bam Margera reportedly vanished from a Florida treatment center on Saturday — marking the second time he has gone missing from the facility in two weeks. According to TMZ, Margera was last seen in Deerfield Beach after leaving LifeSkills residential facility without permission. Broward County police are reportedly looking for Margera, and have …
Buster Murdaugh was reportedly ousted from USC for low grades and plagiarism
An Arkansas man who was wanted for killing a pregnant woman’s unborn twins was fatally shot on Sunday. Isiah Smith, 19, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder for shooting the pregnant woman on June 9. On Tuesday, Little Rock police identified Smith as the man found fatally shot early Sunday, according to KARK. …
A Michigan woman was arrested on Friday after her 3-year-old son was reportedly found deceased in a freezer. The 30-year-old mother, who has not been publicly identified, allegedly tried to push police officers away as they performed a welfare check at her Detroit home. Officers called a supervisor as they were uncomfortable with the conversation …
A Texas woman was arrested on Thursday in connection with the drowning death of her 1-year-old daughter. Victoria Tristan, 21, allegedly admitted that her baby was unattended in the bathtub with running water when she texted a family member on a bed in a different. She claimed that minutes later, she leaned over to rest …
