A Georgia prosecutor who received criticism for her handling of several high-profile cases — including the February 23 murder of Ahmaud Arbery — was voted out of office Tuesday. Republican Jackie Johnson lost her reelection bid for Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney to independent candidate Keith Higgins. Higgins received 52.8 percent of the more than 86,000 …
A convicted sex offender in Alabama was arrested Tuesday morning, an hour after he allegedly chased an 8-year-old girl from her bus stop. Tuscaloosa police said in a statement that a woman called 911 claiming Travis McIntosh, 35, told her daughter “come here” before chasing her from the bus stop at Forrester Gardens. The woman …
Authorities in Texas are searching for a 15-year-old boy who has not been heard from since Saturday. KHOU reported that Damani “Markell” Parker was last seen walking in the 2500 block of Old Farm Road near Westheimer. Houston police said Parker has mild autism and schizophrenia. Parker often stutters when he talks and avoids eye …
A video posted to social media appears to show an election commissioner in Mississippi fight with a supporter of her opponent on Election Day. According to the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, Sheri McClatchy and Pearlie Howell are facing simple assault charges for a filmed altercation that unfolded across the street from a polling precinct in Holly Springs. …
A Ugandan activist’s widow filed a $270 million wrongful death lawsuit against the National Park Service last month, claiming they were responsible for his wife’s decapitation at a Utah park. As NBC News reports, Ludovic Michaud, 26, and Esther Nakajjigo, 25, were reportedly exiting a parking lot at Arches National Park on June 13 when …
On Tuesday, police in North Carolina announced that they upgraded a woman’s criminal charges to murder in February’s overdose death of the woman’s 14-year-old daughter. WITN reported that Haylee Wood died after her mother, Nancy Kellum, 37, gave her and a 12-year-old relative methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office said in a …
Authorities claimed Jorden Simms slipped out of several restraints and jumped out of a moving police vehicle
On Monday, a Wisconsin judge set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha. WLS-TV reported that Monday’s hearing was held via video conference. The judge also scheduled Rittenhouse’s preliminary hearing for December 3. Rittenhouse allegedly used an AR-15-style …
A Wisconsin man who was charged Friday with killing his grandfather possibly carried out the slaying due to his grandfather’s sex offender status. Charles Luitze, 70, was found dead in his Kenosha home on August 15. A responding police officer said Luitze was lying dead on a bed and blood was splattered on the walls, …
A registered sex offender in New York was criminally charged Friday with sexually assaulting an minor girl on repeated instances. WRGB reported that Victor Dorato, 46, sexually abused the victim in Kinderhook for a seven-month period, starting when the girl was younger than 14. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Dorato on October 21, …
The teacher allegedly pushed pressure points on the kids’ shoulders and neck to get them to comply
A man who served seven years behind bars for killing someone at age 14 was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering a Massachusetts man in September. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced in a statement that brothers Billoeum Phan, 28, Billy Phan, 29, and Channa Phan, 27, are charged with murdering Tyrone Phet, 22, who was …
