A 42-year-old Florida man was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday, more than four years after the body of 12-year-old Naomi Jones was found in an Escambia County creek. Robert Letroy Howard, a convicted sex offender, was arrested just three days after fishermen found the body about five miles from the apartment complex …
A Florida woman has been arrested for the 2014 murder of her brother — after investigators uncovered his body buried in the backyard of a Dania Beach home. Darlene Ann Shoff-Brock is being held without bond on a single count of first-degree murder in the death of Donald Marks Shoff, WSVN reported. The Broward County …
Nashville police this week arrested a rideshare driver accused of dragging country star Claire Dunn out of her car in June and flinging her face-first into a ditch before marking the ride complete and speeding off. Albert Boakye, 46, was arrested early Tuesday morning on a misdemeanor assault warrant and was released shortly afterward on a …
The husband of a missing North Carolina woman whose body was found last week has been charged with murder. Kiara Wiggins, 39, was last seen by her family on June 9 and reported missing on June 18, as CrimeOnline previously reported. The family also reported at that time that they were unable to contact Wiggins’ …
A 22-year-old Connecticut woman took an Uber to her grandmother’s apartment on Sunday and stabbed the 72-year-old woman to death along with her 63-year-old boyfriend while the Uber driver waited outside. Harlee Swols was in violation of a protective order when she went to Maryrose Riach’s second story apartment in Enfield, NBC Connecticut reported. She …
A Las Vegas landlord was denied bail on Wednesday in his initial court appearance on charges that he settled a dispute with his tenants by shooting them. Arnoldo Lozano Sanchez, 78, is accused of killing two women and critically wounding a man in the early Tuesday shooting, the Las Vegas Review-Journal said. In the arrest …
Just hours after he allegedly killed three people on a Georgia golf course last month, Bryan Rhoden was pulled over by Chamblee police for driving without headlights. He was eventually arrested for driving under the influence, after failing a field sobriety test, and booked into the DeKalb County jail, where he stayed until he bonded …
A Georgia grand jury charged two Clayton County basketball coaches with murder and cruelty to children in the heatstroke death of a 16-year-old student-athlete following an outdoor practice in 2019. Larosa Maria Walker-Asekere and Dwight Broom Palmer were responsible “by conducting outdoor conditioning training for student athletes in dangerous heat, resulting in the death of …
A Georgia grand jury on Monday indicted 14 people on multiple counts after investigators alleged that the anti-gang and gun violence charity they were operating was using the children they were supposedly helping to raise money for their own illicit activities. The Georgia Peach Youth Club of America Inc. operated in several counties from October …
A Georgia mail carrier was shot to death Saturday while driving his route in rural Banks County. Investigators identified a suspect and later spotted the suspect’s vehicle, but he fled from an attempted traffic stop and later fired at deputies after he drove his Chevy Blazer off the road, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Deputies …
A Tennessee man was arrested Sunday night and charged with setting a fire that killed his father. John Hassey, the 25-year-old son of the victim, has been charged with arson and aggravated assault, according to fire investigators, who said Monday afternoon that “additional charges are possible,” WKRN reported. Medical crews arrived on the scene at …
A Los Angeles judge on Monday denied a request from pop star Britney Spears’ attorney to move up a hearing on removing her father from the estate conservatorship he has run for 13 years. The hearing is schedule for September 29, and attorney Mathew Rosengart asked to move it up a month to mid-August, noting that “every day matters” in the 39-year-old singer’s efforts to end Jamie Spears’ control over her financial decisions, including her career.
