Although police frequently caution against it, 4th of July celebrants often fire their guns into the air, perhaps forgetting, in their glee, that what goes up must come down. Too often when those bullets come down, the result is death. Paulette Thorpe, 74, died Saturday from just such a celebration in Durham, North Carolina, the …
An Ohio police officer responded to a call about an intoxicated man outside a Toledo Home Depot just after midnight Saturday, but the man turned and fired a single shot into his chest, the Toledo Police Department announced. Officer Anthony Dia, 26, was rushed to ProMedica Toledo Hospital, where he died, Police Chief George Kral …
An 8-year-old boy died after being shot at Alabama largest mall Friday afternoon, the Hoover Police Department said. Three other people, including a juvenile girl, were wounded in the shooting that sparked panic at Riverchase Galleria, police said. The 8-year-old’s family identified him as Royta Giles Jr and said he was shot in the head, …
A homeless Washington, D.C., man — one of 26 evicted earlier this week from a site in Franklin Square — has now been hailed as a hero after he stopped another man from stabbing a police officer. John Burrows said he saw the attack on Thursday, and it made him angry. “I was really mad …
“I don’t think she is going to get out of jail alive…I said the same thing about Jeffrey Epstein and people laughed at me.”
Two small town Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second degree murder in the death last year of a 28-year-old man they allegedly Tased more than 50 times, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced. Wilson Police Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, responded to a call regarding Jared Lakey shortly before …
A Texas woman was charged with beating her 5-year-old goddaughter to death last week and blaming the girl’s injuries on dust mites, KFDM reported. When medics responded to the home last Friday, they found Brenika Lott, 32, performing CPR on Daviana Landry, who “was completely nude and had apparent bruising on her arms, chest and …
A Michigan couple was arrested Thursday, a day after the woman was reportedly filmed pulling a gun on a mother and daughter during an altercation in a Chipotle parking lot. The Detroit Free Press reports that Jillian Wuestenberg, 32, and Eric Wuestenberg, 42, were charged with felonious assault for the incident outside an Orion Township …
Although the family of slain Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen, were given the gruesome details of her death, they chose not to tell their mother, who’s currently bed-ridden. According to the Guillen family lawyer, Natalie Kwaham, Guillen’s mother, Gloria, isn’t aware that her daughter’s remains have been found and she’s not aware of the brutal …
A criminal complaint filed at the U.S. District Court Western District of Texas provides additional insight about the disappearance and death of Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen. According to court documents, 20-year-old Guillen, who was inexplicably called into work on her day off on the morning of April 22, went to an adjacent armory room, …
A suspect was arrested Thursday morning in the two-year-old slaying of 71-year-old Georgia socialite Kay Thomasson in a northern Atlanta suburb, the Sandy Springs Police Department announced. Thomasson was killed by a stab to the back of the neck on June 27, 2018. Her body was found hours later by a family member after she …
A suspect allegedly involved in the disappearance of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen now faces federal charges in connection with the case. The US Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Texas announced that Cecily Anne Aguilar has been charged with one count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence. The charge comes after authorities uncovered …
