A Virginia couple has been arrested after police checked out a call about possible child neglect and found two young boys chained by their ankles in a Fairfax County home. Wedni Del Cid Rodriguez, 47, and Franklin Viera Guevara, 29, were both charged with two counts each of child neglect, child cruelty, and abduction, WTTG …
A woman and two of her children were found shot to death in their Texas home on Sunday. A third child, 8 months old, was wounded and remains hospitalized in stable condition. Bullard Police identified the victims as Tatyanna Smith, 25; Madilynn Evans, 4; and Maison Evans, 2, KETK reported. The baby was identified as …
A 4-year-old Georgia girl is dead after she found her brother’s loaded, unsecured handgun and shot herself in the head. The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that a 911 call came in early Friday morning about a child who had fallen and needed medical attention. When medics and deputies arrived on the scene, however, …
A Florida mayor was arrested last month with a DUI after she allegedly followed a couple home, hit their mailbox, and parked her car on the grass. Naples police said Teresa Heitmann, mayor of Naples, was arrested on Wednesday after agreeing to field sobriety tests and completed two breath tests at the Naples Jail Center …
A Utah woman was found dead and her husband arrested just hours after a 911 caller requested a welfare check for her. An affidavit says that St. George police responded to the home but were unable to contact anyone, KSL reported. The caller was so concerned, however, he went to the house himself and found …
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 3-year-old granddaughter in Pittsburgh. Denise Johnson, 56, was arrested Sunday and charged with homicide, aggravated assault, abuse of a corpse, and corruption of a minor, WTAE reported. The complaint says that Ayla Miller’s injuries did not appear to come from “everyday accidents.” …
A Kenyan man wanted for the murder of his girlfriend in Massachusetts has been extradited to the United States. Kenya Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga said that Kevin Kangethe left Nairobi on Sunday on his return to Boston, The Associated Press reported. “I wish to reiterate my commitment and support, whenever needed, to the …
A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a top college gymnast at her off-campus apartment on Friday. Kara Welsh, 21, was killed just before midnight at her apartment less than amile from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus, WISN reported. A 23-year-old man was arrested at the the apartment, Whitewater Police said, saying …
A 63-year-old Alabama man was arrested last week for the murder of Georgia pharmacist Julie Ann McDonald, who was found dead in her home on June 11, 2000. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Clerence George was arrested at this home in Birmingham and was being held in the Jefferson County jail pending extradition …
A South Carolina man was arrested this week and charged with the death of a woman last seen in 2022 after her remains were found outside her home in June. Sheridan Dirk Fogle, 54, has been charged with murder of Penni Whiteside and ordered held without bond on Friday, WPDE reported. Whiteside and Fogle had …
A 4-year-old Louisiana boy found a loaded, unsecured handgun in the glove box of a car and shot himself to death with it. According to WAFB, the incident took place just after 8:30 a.m. Sunday in Brusly. The Brusly Police Department said the gun was in a holster in the glove box. The boy shot …
A Missouri man is in jail after he used an 11-year-old girl as a “human shield” and then pummeled a police officer who tried to arrest him. Jeffrey Price has been charged with kidnapping, assault, and other charges after the late Thursday night incident that involved two police calls, KSDK reports. “We were able to …
