An Indianapolis nursing home resident was arrested last week and charged with the rape and murder of an 80-year-old woman living at the same facility. Court documents say that a nurse went into Patricia Newnum’s room at about 5 a.m. to dispense her medicine and found Dwayne Freeman on top of her, holding a pillow …
A Florida couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after a runaway child investigation revealed evidence that had been physical abusing their adopted 13-year-old child. Jupiter Police said they were called to a home in the Egret Landing community about a 13-year-old runaway on January 30. Tracy Ferriter, the mother, allowed one detective into …
A rapping tech CEO and her husband, the son of an Illinois mortgage broker, were arrested Tuesday and charged with laundering billions in stolen cryptocurrency. Court documents say that Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and Heather Morgan, 31, are alleged to have helped launder the proceeds of a hacker’s massive breach of the bitcoin platform Bitfinex in …
Jones County, Georgia, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call on Thursday about a dead woman found on a trail in Hitchiti National Forest, but the victim wasn’t quite what they expected. The “body” — wearing white socks, short shorts, and a crop top — turned out to be a life-sized doll, tossed aside and covered …
A Mississippi man shot and killed himself in the drive-thru of a Clinton Chick-fil-A restaurant Friday night when he got into an argument with a backseat passenger and pulled out a gun. Clinton police said that Kendarius Vaughn, 23, was driving when he and the passenger began arguing over the order, WLBT reported. Vaughn pulled …
Lexington, Kentucky, police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a 10-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that 10-year-old Landon Hayes and 22-year-old Tyrus Lathem died at the scene, WLEX reported. Investigators said Lathem pulled the trigger. Police responded to a call about shots fire around noon on Sunday northeast …
Kevin Milazzo, 41, also wounded three other people and fled the scene. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as police approached him.
A shooting that began as a domestic dispute left three people dead and one wounded at an apartment complex in Brown Deer, a suburban village north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Brown Deer Police said that a 31-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were killing in the shooting, and the suspect, a 26-year-old man, died of an …
A 38-year-old Florida man left a bar early Saturday morning and couldn’t find his car, so he stole one. Bradford Weitzel told Martin County Sheriff’s detectives he took the other car in a “good faith effort” to find his car. But before he could locate his own vehicle, he said, the stolen car stalled — …
An Alabama man whose brother allegedly gave him a motorcycle to kill his ex-wife surrendered in Texas on Saturday. Central Alabama Crime Stoppers said that Darin Christopher Starr, 54, gave up to a law enforcement officer in Hondo, Texas, at about 1:30 a.m., according to AL.com. Starr was wanted for his part in the fatal …
A Texas man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend last month, authorities say. Camerina Trujillo Perez, 38, was reported missing on January 25 by family members who said that Luis Angel Montes, 35, previously had made threatening statements about her. Authorities issued a CLEAR Alert for Perez last week and said they …
A Texas man killed four members of his family overnight, including a child, and wounded three others before shooting and killing himself. Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson said the first shooting was reported just after midnight Saturday at a home in the city, where officers found a man and a woman dead and two other …
