A 13-year-old was arrested in Indiana after a fatal gas station robbery in Marion. Marion Police said they found Byron Dennis, Jr., with a gunshot to the chest in the entryway of a Circle K station just before 8 p.m. on Monday. He was rushed to a hospital but later died, WISH reported. Security camera …
Three escaped Grenadian prisoners who hijacked a catamaran, killed the Virginia couple who owned the boat, and threw their bodies overboard were arraigned last week on several charges, including, for one of them, rape. Ron Mitchell, Atiba Stanisclaus and Trevon Robertson were being held on robbery charges on February 18 when they escaped a holding …
Police in Texas have charged the mother of a man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old son with hindering apprehension or prosecution. Terry Bryan Rivera, 27, is on the run after he allegedly opened fire through a bedroom window at his former girlfriend’s apartment on Monday, striking and killing Carlos Fernandez, KTRK reports. …
A Minnesota mother is accused of drowning her 7-month-old child after allegedly becoming angry that he had interrupted her bath, Fox 9 reports. Authorities say that on February 28, Esperanza Rae Harding was taking a bath in a hotel room in Bloomington, near Minneapolis, when the infant began crying. Court documents obtained by Bring Me …
An Alabama political operative charged with the murder of a man on Thursday has now been charged with sexual torture. It’s unclear if the new charge against 36-year-old Kyle Hayden Lewter is related to the death of Derek Franklin Walls, 54, WAFF reported. The new charge involves sexual abuse using an inanimate object. Walls was …
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 …
