Florida prosecutors have charged a Tampa man with second degree murder and a hate crime enhancement for the shooting death of a gay man at a dog park last month. Gerald Declan Radford, 65, called 911 and said he had shot 52-year-old John Walter Lay on February 2 at West Dog Park. First responders tried …
A 96-year-old widow was murdered by hitmen in a plot orchestrated by a woman who was trying to fraudulently steal her California home, KTLA-TV reports. On Thursday, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Paul Brown announced that arrests had been made in connection with the killing, which occurred nearly two years ago. Violet Alberts was found dead …
A twice defeated congressional candidate and former pro wrestler has been charged with the murder of a man at a Halloween party last year in a hotel room on the Las Vegas strip. Daniel Rodimer was “flying in to address the warrant,” according to a court docket. Rodimer surrendered on teh charge and posted a …
A California mother was gunned down in the laundry room of her home, where she had run to hide from her raging ex-boyfriend with her 4-year-old son. Brittany Ligdis, 30, called 911 when Jeffrey Kendall, a US citizen and father of the boy, broke into her Pinole home on February 16, family members told KTVU. …
A 28-year-old man was arraigned Thursday on charges related to the murders of a Massachusetts mother and her 11-year-old daughter, who were gunned down while sitting in a parked vehicle on a Worcester street on Tuesday afternoon. Karel Mangual was charged with armed assault with intent to murder and carrying a firearm without a license, …
A 48-year-old ex-convict who became a counselor for at-risk youth at the Queens public defenders office is back behind bars, accused of killing a man and cutting his body up to dispose of it. Sheldon Johnson was released from prison last May and made a name for himself speaking about his former time as a …
Police in Massachusetts have arrested one suspect and are looking for another in the shooting deaths of a Worcester mother and her 11-year-old daughter. Dejan Belnavis, 27, “should be considered armed and dangerous,” Worcester Police said in a statement. Police did not release information about the second suspect, who has been arrested, saying “details about …
A Massachusetts mother and her 11-year-old daughter were gunned down Tuesday afternoon while they were sitting in a parked vehicle. Family members identified the victims as Chasity Nuñez and her daughter, Zella, WCVB reported. Worcester Police said the shooting took place at about 3 p.m. Tuesday in the city’s Columbus Park neighborhood. Neighbors told WBZ …
New documents released in the Florida case of Madeline Soto, a 13-year-old girl who went missing and was found dead days later, reveal the girl was a victim of sexual battery for years at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Stephan Sterns has been charged with sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material, …
Casey Anthony, who many people believe got away with killing her toddler daughter Caylee Anthony in 2008, is pitching a reality television program about her life. The proposal promises “an intimate window into the daily life of one of the most controversial women in America,” The New York Post reported. The show would be filmed …
The father of two young New Hampshire girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert on Friday has been charged with murder in their mother’s death. Caitlyn Naffziger was found dead from a single gunshot to the head in a Berlin apartment at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. That discovery led to the Amber Alert …
A former Missouri principal has pleaded guilty in connection with a plot to murder a St. Louis teacher who was pregnant with his child. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, former Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School principal Cornelius Green entered a guilty plea Wednesday to murder-for-hire and conspiracy …
