A Texas deputy died this week after he was struck by a passing truck while he was assisting with a minor traffic accident. John Hampton Coddou, who served with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for 20 years after retiring from the US Army, was lifeflighted to Memorial Herman hospital, where he died from his injuries. …
An 18-year-old Florida man has been arrested for a traffic accident last year that killed a 66-year-old woman. Alexis Maratinez Alonso was charged with vehicular homicide, the Naples Police Department said. Police said he was driving 66 mph on US 41 in Naples on December 15, 2023, and sped up to 81 mph in order …
An amended complaint against the man accused of killing and dismembering Sade Robinson earlier this month provides detailed descriptions of the movements of her cell phone, along with video and witness evidence tracking Maxwell Anderson at several of the locations mentioned in the complaint. The complaint does not mention a “sex dungeon” in Maxwell’s basement …
Police in Philadelphia are searching for a 14-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted by an unknown man while she was a on a Facetime call with her mother. Investigators say the incident took place at the intersection of K Street in Venango Street in the Kensington neighborhood just before 5 p.m. Thursday, WPVI reported. The …
The fifth suspect arrested in the death of two Kansas women who disappeared in the Oklahoma panhandle on March 30 admitted that he was involved in planning their murders. According to an affidavit, Paul Grice also admitted during a police interview on Tuesday “that he participated in the killing of [Veronica] Butler and [Jilian] Kelley …
A Nevada man charged with killing his girlfriend’s toddler son three years ago has agreed to plead guilty to first degree murder and assault on a protected person. Terrell Rhodes appeared in court Thursday to enter his plea and faces 20 years to life on the murder charge, KLAS reported. Judge Jacqueline Bluth set a …
The judge overseeing the murder case against Bryan Kohberger has lifted his order temporarily stopping a defense survey of potential jurors aimed at aiding its case for a motion for a change of venue. Public defender Anne Taylor hired a jury consultant to conduct the surveys, which consisted of several questions about the case. The …
A juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death on a Louisiana beach last month. An animal autopsy found multiple bullets in the animal’s body, including the brain, spinal cord, and heart, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. NOAA said a member of the public reported the animal stranded to the Southeast Marine Mammal …
New York’s highest court has overturned the 2020 rape conviction against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, ruling that the judge in the trial made “egregious” improper rulings. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the court’s 4-3 decision …
A Florida man was charged with aggravated animal cruelty after he was seen on video shooting a dog in the face during an argument over his allegedly infidelity. Lee County deputies were called when Farhad Deiham, 41, threatened to kill everyone in the home, including two children, the sheriff’s office said. When they arrived, deputies …
Some Christians objected Tuesday when a member of the Satanic Temple of West Michigan delivered the invocation before a meeting of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, but others said it was only right to uphold the US Constitution’s 2nd Amendment guaranteeing freedom of religion for all religions. Satanic Temple member Bendr Bones pointed out …
All four women on the US Supreme Court pushed back on Idaho’s strict abortion ban during oral arguments Wednesday on whether the law conflicts with a federal emergency care law. That included conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who accused the state’s attorney Joshua Turner of “hedging” when he said that decisions about whether a woman’s …
