A Boston man in town to run the Chicago Marathon on Sunday disarmed a robber on the Blue Line train en route to the starting line and held him until police arrived. Another marathon runner video-taped Jean-Paul LaPierre, 54, as he told the would-be robber he’d have “no problem breaking your neck” and held him …
A popular St Louis area barbecue blogger was shot in a road rage incident this week with his four young children in the car, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reported, quoting St Louis County police. Scott Thomas, 46, was hit in the side and chest, KMOV reported. He was taken to a hospital, where his father …
A North Carolina woman allegedly hid a pregnancy from her husband and killed the newborn when she gave birth, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Police have charged Khrystina Marie Rice, 27, with first degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of her son on Sunday morning. WSOC reported that Rice’s …
A jury in Orlando, Florida, took less than five hours on Wednesday to return a guilty verdict for Markeith Loyd, charged with first degree murder for killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend outside her home in 2016. Loyd, 44, goes on trial next year for killing Orlando Police Lt Debra Clayton, who was shot and killed while …
A California man has been arrested after a homeowner awoke to a noise in his home and a security camera captured the intruder running away — clad only in a bra and women’s panties, the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office reported. Shaun Derrick McGuire, 37, fled the scene, jumping fences and racing through backyards before deputies …
[Updated Thursday 8:54 a.m.] The 30-year-old son of Tarzan actor Ron Ely, who played the role in the 1960s, was shot and killed by California deputies on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed his mother to death. Deputies responded to a call about a disturbance at the Elys’ Santa Barbara County home Tuesday night and reported …
Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson in her home, CBS DFW reported. The arrest came just hours after Dean, who is white, resigned ahead of being fired over the weekend incident. Jefferson, 28, was playing video games with her 8-year-old …
A 12-year-old autistic boy missing in Tennessee was found safe Monday afternoon, WKRN reported. WKRN reported earlier that 12-year-old Sean Cummings was last seen at the Stoneridge Farms at the Hunt Club Apartment complex, off of Nashville Pike in Gallatin at around 11 p.m. Sunday night. His family reported him missing just before 8 a.m. …
A toddler is hospitalized but expected to survive after he was shot in a road rage incident in Baltimore over the weekend. Javon Johnson, 33, has been charged with attempted murder, assault and various handgun related charges, Baltimore police said, according to WJZ. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told the Baltimore Sun that investigators believe the …
The caretaker of a pair of 3-year-old twins who died in a scorching hot car in Georgia last month has been arrested for murder, WSAV reported Monday afternoon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Raelynn and Payton Keyes, twins in foster care in Hinesville, were found unresponsive on September 29 in a car parked in the backyard …
A generally quiet corner of Chicago erupted in gunfire Saturday afternoon, as a gunman shot and killed four people as they had dinner in one condominium and a single woman in another, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Police took the 67-year-old suspect, a 15-year resident of the condominium building and former construction worker, into custody but …
A Utah woman reported missing in California by her family on Monday was found dead in her car on Saturday afternoon, the East Bay Times reported. Erin Valenti, founder and CEO of the app development company Tinker, last spoke with family members and a police officer on Monday in a series of phone calls that …
