Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
A Pennsylvania man reportedly killed both mothers of his children — one of whom was pregnant — in two separate shootings last month. Davone Anderson, 25, allegedly fatally shot Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, at Lyons’ home in Carlisle. Investigators reportedly believe Anderson killed Parmelee on July 5 because he thought she was …
A professional poker player whose charred body was found in a Michigan park last month was bound and sexually assaulted before she was burned alive, according to authorities. Cell phone records suggest Susie Zhao, 33, met Jeffery Morris, 60, at the Sherwood Motel in Waterford Township on July 12. Morris — a convicted sex offender …
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil lawsuit against the officers and paramedics involved in his August 2019 death. The federal lawsuit claims McClain’s constitutional rights were violated when Aurora police put him in a chokehold before paramedics injected him with 500mg of ketamine. It also stated that law enforcement subjected McClain to the …
This weekend, police in West Virginia reportedly arrested two men involved in child trafficking and solicitation. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said a multi-agency investigation into child trafficking and soliciting minors resulted in Mark Armstead and Jonathan Vazquez-Gonzales’ arrests. Armstead, 59, was allegedly caught meeting a 13-year-old boy for sex. Vazquez-Gonzales’ was taken into custody …
The slain 11-year-old reportedly had cancer and was scheduled to have her leg amputated later this month
An Alabama couple is facing criminal charges for the death of their toddler son, who police said was found dead Sunday in a hot car. Officers were dispatched to Hodges at around 4 p.m. amid reports of an unresponsive 3-year-old in a car. Franklin County police said in a statement that EMS attempted to resuscitate …
Police in Washington arrested a man on Saturday who was reportedly filmed attacking a disabled elderly man a day earlier. Spokane police said in a statement that an anonymous tip led them to Cody Hansen, 35, who they charged with assault for an incident at Red Lion Inn and Suites in Kent. Surveillance cameras apparently …
The FBI has released new surveillance images showing several vehicles located at points of interest in the ongoing investigation of missing Kentucky woman, Crystal Rogers. FBI spokesperson Timothy Beam told the Lexington Herald-Leader that the agency needs help identifying the drivers of the vehicles seen in the two photos. Beam said these drivers may have …
The University of Iowa student was reportedly unable to reenter his dorm as temperatures bottomed out at -50 degrees
A Texas toddler who was the subject of an AMBER Alert in June before his body was found in a dumpster had various injuries at the time of his death, an autopsy released Thursday revealed. Laura Sanchez, 35, (also known as Laura Villalon) was charged with first-degree felony injury to child in relation to the …
A Texas police officer who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor in his own apartment filed an appeal Tuesday to have her 2019 murder conviction overturned. Lawyers representing Amber Guyger requested the former Dallas police officer be convicted of negligent homicide instead of murder. The defense team also asked for …
