Los Angeles County’s district attorney announced charges against a man who reported his 15-year-old daughter missing only to have her turn up a week later outside a television station. Jeffery Chao was arrested last week by Monterey Park Police and charged with conspiracy, child abduction, and falsifying a police report in the “disappearance of Alison …
A Maryland woman was killed Sunday when she tried to stop a man from stealing her car at a convenience store in Sterling, Virginia. A criminal complaint says that Melody Waldecker, 54, left her car running when she stopped at the 7-Eleven in the Town Center at Sterling shopping center just after 11:30 a.m., the …
Six people were arrested Tuesday on child molestation charges following a months-long investigation by multiple Georgia law enforcement agencies. The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said it executed search warrants at a home in Winder early Tuesday morning and took the six people into custody at four separate locations elsewhere in Georgia. The sheriff’s office said …
A North Carolina woman found dead in a Chatham County lake nearly a year ago had a gunshot wound to the back. The North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Monday that the gunshot was the likely cause of death for 34-year-old Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, and the manner was homicide, according to …
A Detroit mother was sentenced to 35 to 60 years in prison on Monday after she pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old son in 2022. Wayne County Circuit Judge Tracy Green said that Azuradee, 33, was also a victim — of childhood abuse, lack of mental health treatment, and a government that should have taken …
Police in North Carolina are investigating after a 19-year-old woman was found shot to death on a picnic table at a Greensboro park. Jakala Marie Goode was pronounced dead at the scene, the Greensboro Police Department said. Officers were called to the scene at about 7:30 p.m. by a caller who reported hearing what they …
Police in Ohio are investigating after two men threw “an unknown substance” on a woman hiking in a county park in Norton, causing severe burn injuries that sent her to a local hospital. Summit Metro Parks spokesperson Lindsay Smith said the incident happened on Sunday while the woman was walking on the Chippewa Trail at …
An 11-year-old boy was arrested in Virginia last week, charged with calling in more than 20 swatting calls to schools in Florida and other places. Swatting is making fake calls to emergency services to prompt a massive response from SWAT teams or other armed officers. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said the arrest followed a …
A 13-year-old boy is paralyzed and in critical condition after he was shot while playing with loaded, unsecured guns at a friend’s house. The boy’s grandparents, Elizabeth and Daniel Green, identified the child as Nathaniel Green, WESH reported. The shooting took place at about 2 a.m in Port Orange, the station said. “We allowed him …
A Georgia man was sentenced this week to six years in prison and nine years probation for ramming into a landscape worker with his 2018 Mustang, killing him instantly. Patrick Emerson Thomas, 69, was convicted last month with homicide by vehicle, reckless driving, and driving under the influence, WAGA reported. The jury found that Thomas …
A 17-year-old Maryland boy was shot and killed Saturday evening in the food court of a suburban Baltimore-Washington mall. Howard County Police identified the victim as Angelo Little and said a reward of up to $5,000 had been offered for information leading to an arrest. Police said they were called to the Mall in Columbia …
Human remains believed to belong to a teen mom who disappeared last October were found this week in central Georgia. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said the remains were found in a wooded area in Monroe County, just north of Bibb County, by a construction crew. “The remains are believed to be that of missing …
