Florida police are using DNA to find the parents of three children, all dropped off at a southwest Orlando apartment complex as newborns in three separate years, the Orlando Sentinel reported. After the third child was left at the same spot last July, an Orlando detective submitted the children’s DNA for testing. The results: All …
A Dayton, Ohio, father was arrested Sunday on suspicion of felonious assault after he called 911 to say he had just shot his 15-year-old daughter. It was the second of three calls to 911 from the home of Steven Brandy, 55. The first came at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday from the daughter, who asked …
Deputies arriving at a western Missouri home on a domestic disturbance/assault call early Monday morning found a man sitting atop a 40-foot tower on his property, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office said. Chance D. Bray, 51, stayed atop the tower, which appeared to be of a type used for television reception, for nearly six hours, …
Virginia authorities cancelled an AMBER Alert Wednesday afternoon after three children missing since Tuesday were safely located and their parents were in custody, Virginia State Police said. John Varion Allison and Ruby Marie Allison vanished with 6-year-olds Cameron and Emma and 21-month-old Colin Tuesday afternoon as the Roanoke County Department of Social Services was trying …
A 27-year-old Minnesota man has been charged with killing a 19-year-old woman, dismembering her body, and dumping it in his apartment building’s dumpsters. Dystynee Avery had been missing since April 3, and she was last reported to be staying with Ethan Broad in Moorhead, across the state line from Fargo, North Dakota, KVLY reported. But …
A 29-year-old Tennessee man has been jailed after he allegedly slashed a 10-year-old boy’s throat while he was playing a video game, Tennessee River Valley News reported. The incident took place Sunday evening at a residence in rural Lewis County, about 80 miles southwest of Nashville in the central part of the state. The suspect …
A former nanny and foster parent in Pensacola, Florida, was arrested on Monday on child sex charges with at least two juveniles, and deputies there are concerned there may be more victims, according to NorthEscambia.com. Nicole Lynn Walter, 27, calls herself a self-employed porn actress, and investigators have uncovered at least three videos in which …
An armed man hijacked a Dallas transit bus Sunday morning, forcing the driver to lead police on a 20-mile chase through several Dallas suburbs before spike strips stopped the bus and the suspect was killed in a shoot-out with police, according to NBC DFW. Police identified the hijacker as Ramon Thomas Villagomez, 31, and said …
More than 13 people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting that unrolled over nearly 60 miles of Nova Scotia, Canada, beginning Saturday evening in the small, rural community Portapique on the north shore of Cobequid Bay and ending hours later and 60 miles away in Enfield when the suspect was shot …
Police in multiple Alabama jurisdictions are trying to sort out the details of a 36-hour crime spree that included murder, robbery, a shoot-out with officers, and a suspect on the run. After an overnight manhunt, Birmingham police on Saturday arrested a Georgia man, 32-year-old Derrick Lee Hightower, who was wanted for a homicide in Auburn …
Texas authorities believe they’ve found the body of a Christoval woman missing since February 26, the Kirbyville Banner reported on its Facebook page, citing a news release from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said it has sent the body for an autopsy and positive identification, but it was found in the same …
A northwestern Indiana man has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son, according to the Northwest Indiana Times. Michael J. Tunstall, 26, told police the boy woke up Thursday from a nap vomiting and became unresponsive after he carried the child to a bathtub. Tunstall said he …
