A cop killer has been granted early release, prompting the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) to call for reform. Lee Ernest Walker fatally shot New York Police Officer Juan Andino on June 15, 1984. Andino had stopped Walker to question him about the theft of a pair of Cazal sunglasses, valued at approximately $140. The glasses …
A shootout in a Stone Oak apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas, left several officers injured and the shooter dead. NBC News reported that on Wednesday, the San Antonio Police Department received a 911 call just before 8:30 p.m. for a “suicide in progress.” Soon after the first call, a second call came in reporting …
On Thursday, detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit arrested 30-year-old Tyrell Siermons of Fayetteville, North Carolina, for the death of 25-year-old Heather Williams. The Violent Criminal Apprehension Team assisted in the arrest, according to the Fayetteville Police. As previously reported by CrimeOnline, authorities last saw Heather on January 4 in Fayetteville as she …
An elderly former pastor has been found not guilty in the cold case murder of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington from 1975. CBS News reported that on Friday, a Delaware County, Pennsylvania jury acquitted 84-year-old David Zandstra after three hours of deliberation. Authorities had accused Zandstra of murdering Harrington after reopening the cold case and uncovering evidence …
A Florida children’s book author and her engineer husband have received sentences for the abuse of their three adopted children. The New York Post reported that on Monday, Jennifer and Joseph Wolfthal pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm after reaching a plea agreement. “The State Attorney’s …
Authorities in Indiana have charged two more suspects in connection with the shooting of an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy. WDRB reported that on January 9, police arrested Victoria Howard, 35, of New Albany, on charges of assisting a criminal and false informing. Investigators believe Howard helped the shooting suspect relocate to Louisville. Officers served an …
A man is dead and a SWAT officer is injured in Roswell, Georgia, during the execution of search and arrest warrants. Fox 5 Atlanta reported that on Friday afternoon, Roswell Police detectives and North Fulton SWAT attempted to serve a warrant to Matthew Robert Taylor, 40, at a Roswell home on Ansley Drive. Authorities obtained …
A New York man in Miami, Florida, attacked several unhoused individuals, killing two. On Thursday around 6 a.m., Brenton Clarke, 36, from Inwood, New York, assaulted four unhoused people, according to WLRN. WLRN reported that Clarke was seen walking down the streets of Miami with a stick, beating those living there, as noted in a …
A 27-year-old trucker was caught with a missing 12-year-old girl over 100 miles from her home. On December 28, the victim’s mother reported her missing, according to 12News. She informed the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that she believed her daughter was with a man named Liam Wallace, 27. Law enforcement received all the information the …
Two children and one woman were the victims of a fatal stabbing at a Louisiana home Thursday. Just after 4:30 p.m., the three victims were found “stabbed to death” at a home in Amite, after police responded to “a domestic disturbance call,” according to People Magazine. WAFB reports that Deondra Robertson-Warner’s cousin, Rhonda Powell, 40, …
A former Tampa sergeant has been found guilty Thursday on 100 charges of possession of child pornography. Paul Leo Mumford, 63, a former Tampa police sergeant,was convicted after a 3½-hour deliberation, according to TampaBay.com. “It’s disappointing,” said his defense attorney, Chip Purcell. “But it’s one step in the process. We’ll start to work on the …
An Aurora, Colorado, teenage girl was fatally shot during a home invasion, and three suspects are now in custody. According to CBS News, Aurora police responded to a call just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday at an apartment in the 10600 block of East Jewell Avenue in west Aurora. There, officers found 16-year-old Audrina Arrington …
