A Texas man has been charged with his wife’s murder after he was found acting erratically and screaming while covered in blood “from the waist up.” San Antonio Police responded to the scene on the city’s northwest side around 7 a.m. Monday and found 44-year-old Carlos Portillo “walking up and down the sidewalk here, just …
A 24-year-old Florida man went on a shooting rampage Sunday afternoon, killing his grandfather, a Roman Catholic priest, and the priest’s sister before police killed him. Two police officers were wounded in the shoot out with Brandon Kapas, which came after attempts to subdue him with a stun gun proved ineffectual, Palm Bay Police Chief …
New York’s city council has voted to override two vetos to public safety bills by Mayor Eric Adams, including the “How Many Stops Act” that was in the news over the weekend after a city police officer pulled over a city councilman but never told him why. the 51-member council voted 42-9 to override both …
A Florida woman was arrested Sunday night after she was found naked in a St. Petersburg convenience store threatening employees with a vegetable peeler and masturbating in front of deputies. The Smoking Gun said Celia Barrett, 35, initially showed up at a Racetrac at about 6:40 p.m., when she told one employee she would kill …
A dying thief who stole a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Gardland in “The Wizard of Oz” won’t serve any prison time. Terry Jon Martin, 76, confessed to nicking the slippers from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005 because he wanted to pull off “one last score” and believed the sequin- and glass-bead-adorned …
The man injured in a DUI crash with former soap star Haley Pullos last year has amended his lawsuit against her to include the owners of a Pasadena lounge where she was working. Pullos was charged with driving under the influence after the April 29, 2023, crash that sent Courtney Wilder to the hospital for …
A California woman tried to stop thieves from making off with her valuable French bulldog last week and ended up on the hood of the getaway car for several blocks. Ali Zacharias told KTLA she was having lunch at a Whole Foods in downtown Los Angeles on January 18, her dog Onyx on leash beneath …
A Florida police dog found a missing 11-year-old girl Friday night, trapped in a locked park bathroom in Hillsborough County. The girl was reported missing just before 8 p.m. Friday, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputy Sarah Ernstes and K9 Mary Lu tracked her to a neighbor’s house, where residents reported they gave her …
A convicted sex offender escaped his Tennessee county jail on Friday but was back in jail a day later. Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris told WZTV that a door was left unlocked, allowing Jack Janes, 42, to walk out of the jail unhindered. “Anytime an inmate escapes, we obviously have made a mistake in order …
