New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned on Tuesday, the same day he was scheduled to appear in federal court for campaign finance fraud. Benjamin stepped down hours after an unsealed federal indictment alleged he funneled $50,000 in state funds to Harlem real estate investor Gerald Migdol’s charity, Friends of Public School Harlem. In exchange, …
On Tuesday, South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who has said he has no intention to resign before a Senate vote. Voting 36 to 31, the state House issued articles of impeachment for Ravnsborg, 45, who in September 2020 fatally struck Joe Boever, 55, on the shoulder of Highway …
A Connecticut man who went missing in March is still unaccounted for despite his car being found on fire in New York days before his reported disappearance. According to the Daily Voice, Carlos Reyes’ family reported him missing in Fairfield County, Connecticut, on March 31, claiming they last saw him on March 28. On March 29, …
A 4-year-old Georgia boy who vanished from a home on Monday was found deceased in a pond on Tuesday, according to reports. Kyuss Williams wandered from a family member’s apartment in Stone Mountain while his relatives were inside. The family looked for the boy for about 10 minutes before calling the police, WSB-TV reported. Williams …
New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin is due in federal court on Tuesday after being charged with campaign finance fraud. Benjamin allegedly tried to offer state funds to Harlem real estate investor Gerald Migdol so he could get thousands in illegal donations funneled into his unsuccessful 2021 campaign for New York City comptroller. Migdol told …
A bus driver in Michigan was criminally charged in connection with last week’s death of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a car after she allegedly failed to use the bus’ safety stoplights or stop sign. Debra White was arraigned Sunday on charges of second-degree child abuse and failure to stop at a …
On Monday, an Idaho court found Lori Vallow-Daybell fit to stand trial in connection with the slayings of her two children. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce ordered Vallow-Daybell’s release from the Department of Health and Welfare, where she has been undergoing treatment since last summer. Boyce also wrote that she will be transferred to the …
A three-month federal operation in Louisiana has reportedly led to the discovery of 16 missing endangered children in addition to five arrests. The U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement that “Operation Fresh Start,” which was conducted from January 1 to March 31, 2022, also resulted in six children being self-returned, law enforcement finding three …
A Pennsylvania woman was criminally charged last week for allegedly holding her 1-year-old daughter’s head underwater. On March 25, Rainelle Wolfe, 21, was staying at a Robinson hotel with her daughter and a 15-year-old girl when she allegedly slapped her daughter on her stomach for soiling herself. The teen said Wolfe then threw her daughter …
A man allegedly shot and killed his estranged wife, their son, and their son’s ex-wife at a Mississippi home on Thursday before turning the gun on himself. Jackson County deputies were responding to reports of shots fired when they heard a final shot, which they believe was Thomas Griswold, 64, fatally shooting himself. He was …
A South Carolina man was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for filming himself sexually abusing a toddler. David Allison, 32, confessed to sexually assaulting the 22-month-old boy five times between September 2019 and December 2019 in instances that were live-streamed on Skype. Investigators traced the IP address of the person Allison …
Georgia authorities are investigating after a body was recently found in a rolled-up carpet in an abandoned home. According to WAGA, residents in Douglasville discovered the body, which has not been identified. A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous claimed authorities told her that the body appears to have been there since January, possibly earlier. …
