DNA testing has led to the arrest of a former classmate of a Hawaii high school sophomore who was found dead at the school on March 21, 1977. The Honolulu Police Department announced the arrest of Gideon Castro, now 66, last week for the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, NBC News reported. He was found …
A Kentucky man was killed last week when he was struck by a vehicle while hanging out the window of the car he was riding in. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said that Michael Orchard, 34, died from multiple blunt force trauma on January 23, according to WLKY. Louisville Metro Police initially said that the …
A California man and his girlfriend have been arrested in connection with the murder of his 97-year-old grandmother last week. A neighbor requested a welfare check on the grandmother on Friday, saying they hadn’t seen her in a while, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies arrived at the home and were greeted by the …
An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-month-old Texas boy, and police have issued a warrant for the arrest of the child’s uncle on kidnapping charges. Mateo Vazquez was last seen Saturday afternoon in northwest Harris County, KTRK reported. He is believed to be with Jason Vazquez, 25, his uncle. Another man, 21-year-old …
A Florida man was arrested on Saturday after he put an 8-month-old baby into the middle of the street and then ran over the child with his car. It’s not clear if it was intentional, but the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office charged Justin Golden, 20, with vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s …
A Georgia couple was arrested on cruelty to children and aggravated battery charges last week, nearly a year after their doctors found 29 fractures all over their infant daughter’s body. According to WSB, the 6-week-old child’s mother, Savannah Cox, and grandmother brought the baby to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in February 2024 with a …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested last week as he was getting ready to board a cruise ship, where police say he planned to sell ecstacy he was smuggling aboard in Skittles packages. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said a confidential informant bought pills in December from Francisco Melo, 36, and learned that he was about …
An Indianapolis man was arrested on Saturday after he assaulted a 14-year-old boy solely because the kid was on his motorized bike. Jason Harrell told police he yelled at the boy “about the habitual behavior” of being a kid on a bike but denied shoving and hitting him, WXIN reported, even though the entire episode …
An Illinois man is dead after he disarmed a police officer conducting a well-being check and shot himself with the officer’s weapon. The Charleston Police Department said officers were called to the home just after 1 a.m. on Saturday to check on a 22-year-old man who had called 911 himself asking for help. “During the …
The Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it had secured indictments against two Capitol Police officers involved in an August 2022 shooting that left a woman critically injured with a partially paralyzed face. Michael Rhinewalt, who is still a Capitol Police officer, and former officer Jeffery Walker were charged with aggravated assault in the shooting, …
A Florida lawyer was arrested last week after he smashed a dinner plate over the head of the father of two girls who cut in front of him in the prime rib line at a wedding reception. Mark Roher, 52, was charged with agravated battery with a deadly weapon in the January 18 incident at …
A 21-year-old American citizen has been arrested for the fatal shooting of a US Border Patrol Agent in Vermont this week. Teresa Youngblut, believed to be from Washington state, has been charged in federal court with using a deadly weapon while assaulting the border patrol agent and using and discharging a deadly weapon in that …
