A judge ruled Thursday that there’s enough evidence to proceed to trial in the case of a Colorado woman accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care with the help of a far-right fringe group, according to KUSA. Cynthia Abcug, 50, was arrested in Montana on at the end of December 2019 after …
A Lexington, Tennessee, woman has been charged with burning a 4-year-old child with a hot clothes iron, WBBJ reports. Amanda Coffman, 41, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with aggravated child abuse, according to court documents, the station said. Coffman reportedly told police the child fell on the iron, causing a “severe burn.” But she …
New York police arrested a 22-year-old man Thursday and charged him with killed a teen who was stabbed and then set on fire in a Bronx apartment building on Wednesday. Winston Ortiz, 18, was stabbed three times following an argument with the suspect, who then poured gasoline on him and set him on fire and …
An 18-year-old Bronx man is in critical condition Wednesday night after he was stabbed and set on fire during a verbal dispute with another man. Police told WABC the incident took place in the Highbridge area just after 3 p.m. on the fifth floor of a building on Woodycrest Avenue. The suspect and the victim …
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected accused child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest attempt to delay release of documents from Virginia Giuffre’s now settled defamation lawsuit against her, saying she saw no “reasonable basis” to grant a request for a three week delay. Maxwell’s attorneys said Monday they had found “critical new information” related to …
Harry Rogers is also charged with 3 felonies that will go before a grand jury next month.
Body camera footage from two former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd on May 25 was released Monday by the court after media organizations argued for their release, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The full videos from cameras worn by Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng had been filed with the court …
An Ohio man has been charged with murder after his girlfriend’s 18-month-old daughter died from serious head injuries and his explanation of how the injuries happened was inconsistent with what doctors found. Devon Mallory, 31, has been charged with aggravated murder in the death of Sofia Echevarria, who died July 30, five days after she …
A vacationing Massachusetts police officer watched from his boat on Lake Winnipesaukee as an ultralight plane crashed into the New Hampshire lake Sunday afternoon and jumped into action, the Stoneham, Massachusetts, Police Department said, ultimately bringing the 78-year-old pilot to safety as his plane sank to the bottom. Joe Ponzo, a 23-year-veteran of the Stoneham Police …
A Florida homeowner shot and killed an armed man who broke into his home on Saturday, according to Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco. Ronald Fleet, 55, was apparently angry that the homeowner and his family were helping his estranged wife as the two went through a divorce, Nocco said. The wife was related to the …
Los Angeles police are asking for help finding a 7-year-old girl and her mother who vanished during a family trip to Koreatown, NBC Los Angeles reports. Ruby Alvarado and Xyla Aguirre, 24, were last seen in the 3100 block of West 6th Street around 9 a.m. Saturday, LAPD said. The family is concerned, police said. …
A 2-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the head Saturday morning in northwest Atlanta and remained in critical condition on Sunday, WSB reports. The incident took place at around 10 a.m., Atlanta police said. Atlanta police announced on Sunday they had arrested Dontavious Wells, 31, multiple counts related to the shooting. “It appears the child …
