SEE IT: Former wide receiver makes spectacular catch of 3-year-old thrown from fatal apartment fire
Heroes
Other neighbors rescued the boy’s 8-year-old sister, but sadly their mother succombed
Murder
July 8, 2020
Body cam transcripts reveal frightened and nervous George Floyd during police encounter
Transcripts of body camera recordings during the arrest and killing of George Floyd reveal the 46-year-old Black man was nervous and scared, afraid the police officers who ordered him out of the car were going to shoot him. Floyd appeared to have been startled when then-Officer Thomas Lane approached and ordered him to show his …
Coronavirus
July 8, 2020
Feds file criminal charges against ‘church’ selling ‘miracle cure’ for coronavirus
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against a Florida man and his three sons over their marketing of a toxic bleach as a miracle cure for everything from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis, including COVID-19. Mark Grenon, 62; Jonathan Grenon, 34; Jordan Grenon, 26; and Joseph Grenon, 32; have been charged with conspiracy to defraud …
Shooting
July 7, 2020
Police identify father, 11-year-old daughter killed by neighbor in ‘dangerous dog’ dispute
Police in Florida on Tuesday identified the victims and suspect in a tragic shooting that left three people — including an 11-year-old girl — dead. Port St Lucie police said Guy Alexander Hansman, 55, and his daughter, Harper Hansman, were shot and killed by their neighbor, 82-year-old Ronald Delserro, after a Monday court hearing that …
Weird Crime
July 7, 2020
Kentucky dad loses arm-wrestling matches to his son, ends up in 7 1/2-hour police standoff
A Kentucky man couldn’t handle losing repeated arm wrestling matches to his juvenile son, so he got into a fight with the boy, fired two gunshots into the ceiling as his son went upstairs, and held law enforcement in a 7 1/2-hour stand-off. The son and another person who had been inside the Florence home …
Murder
July 7, 2020
Suspect in Atlanta 8-year-old girl’s fatal shooting carried AR-15: Police video
Atlanta police released video Tuesday of a suspect in the fatal shooting over the weekend of an 8-year-old girl near the site of the fatal police shooting that killed Rayshard Brooks in May. The video shows a man in a white t-shirt carrying an AR-15. Atlanta Police Lt Pete Malecki said investigators “a minimum of …
Shooting
July 7, 2020
Shotgun-wielding intruder killed at Milwaukee VA hospital
Police shot and killed a man with a shotgun who tried to enter Milwaukee’s VA hospital Monday night, the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal reported. Officials said the man, who has not yet been identified, was stopped by VA police outside the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center’s east entrance shortly after 8:30 p.m. When police told …
Child Abuse
July 7, 2020
DEVELOPING: Man punches toddler boy in the face multiple times, killing him
A 23-month-old boy was beaten to death by a male relative Monday, Chicago Police said, according to WGN9. The man allegedly punched the toddler in the face multiple times shortly after noon in the city’s southside Bronzeville neighborhood, according to preliminary information from the investigation. Police said the man was taken into custody, and charges …
Juveniles
July 7, 2020
Arrest made in killing of 8-year-old boy at Alabama mall; police release photos of other suspects
Hoover, Alabama, police announced Sunday that they had made an arrest in a shooting at the state’s largest mall last week that left an 8-year-old boy dead and three other people wounded. Royta Giles Jr was shot in the head at Riverchase Galleria in Hoover on July 3 and was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital …
Juveniles
July 6, 2020
13-year-old California girl goes missing; suspect charged with murder, rape, and kidnapping
Police in the southern California city of Bakersfield have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of a 13-year-old girl who was last seen on July 1. Armando Cruz was arrested on suspicion of murder, sexual assault, and kidnapping in the disappearance of Patricia Alatorre, according to KGET. Late Sunday night the Bakersfield Police …
Murder
July 6, 2020
Alabama detective had restraining order against man who allegedly killed her: Report
An Alabama police detective who was shot and killed overnight at her home had recently been granted a protective order against the man now in custody for her killing. Montgomery police officers responded to calls about a person shot in east Montgomery’s Park Lake neighborhood at about 2:15 a.m. Monday, WSFA reported, and when they …
Racism
July 6, 2020
Woman who called police on Black birdwatcher charged with false reporting
A New York woman who was caught on film calling police on an African-American birdwatcher in Central Park has been charged with false reporting, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said. According to the statement, Amy Cooper was issued a ticket to appear at an arraignment on October 14 on a misdemeanor charge of false reporting …