A California judge has rejected a claim that a juror in Scott Peterson’s trial for the murder of his pregnant wife was biased against him, allowing his conviction to stand. Peterson was convicted in 2004 of the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant with their first child when she disappeared …
A Louisiana man has been charged with cruelty to children after a 22-month-old boy suffered critical injuries while in his care. TyShawn Brumfield was rushed to a hospital on Thursday and remained in critical condition with life-threatening injuries on Tuesday, WAFB reports. Howard Youngblood, 36, told investigators he found the boy unresponsive and called 911. …
North Carolina state troopers on Monday rescued a 5-year-old girl who had been abducted from her school earlier in the day, only to discover a second child in the vehicle who had been abducted six months earlier. Jovan Orlando Bradshaw, 38, faces two counts of custodial interference in Rock Hill, South Carolina, WRAL reports, and …
An Amber Alert in Ohio has police searching for a 5-month-old baby boy — one of a set of twins who were inside a car that was stolen outside a pizza restaurant Monday night in Columbus. Police named Nalah Jackson, 24, as a person of interest in the case, describing her as 5 feet 7 …
UPDATE Southfield police in Michigan say a missing teen girl who disappeared earlier this month has been found safe, according to The Oakland Press. Original Story Michigan police are searching for a teen girl who hasn’t been seen since December 18. Brayla Miles, 15, was last seen walking near 12 Mile and Southfield roads in …
A set of Pennsylvania triplets has been found safe after their father shot and killed their mother and later killed himself. Authorities said the 39-year-old mother was found dead in northwestern Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood on Sunday night, WTXF reported. Hours later, they released an alert about the triplets, who were missing. The mother, …
Six people, including a gunman, are dead after a man in his 70s apparently targeted members of a Toronto-area condo board in a unit-by-unit rampage. Police sources told the Toronto Sun that the suspect was in an ongoing legal battle with the board, and investigators are talking with friends and relatives and combing through social …
Investigators have identified the body of a Florida woman found last week wrapped in bedding and a plastic garbage bag, floating in the Gulf of Mexico. The FBI’s Tampa office said the woman was 34-year-old Heather Rose Strickland of Pinellas County, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The bureau said she’d lived in the area for …
Colorado police are investigating a murder after a man was caught trying to break into a Colorado Springs police station Sunday morning to surrender. Carlos Trejo, 36, was arrested after he allegedly tried to break into a police substation shortly before 1:30 a.m., KMGH reported. He reportedly told police he’d shot and killed his roommate …
Former National Basketball Association star Amar’e Stoudemire has been arrested for allegedly punching and slapping his teenage daughter. A police report says that Stoudemire, a 6′ 10″ former center for the Miami Heat, accused his daughter of talking back to her grandmother. He reportedly walked into her bedroom in their Miami home and punched her …
Two people are dead after a murder suicide on a California highway on Saturday. The Fresno Bee reported that a woman called police earlier on Saturday to say that her 30-year-old boyfriend had threatened to kill her, the Fresno Bee reported. The two were in the process of separating, the paper said. California Highway Patrol …
A man charged with the murder of a Massachusetts woman last week was arrested on Saturday at a bus terminal in New York City. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department, which had been working with Massachusetts State Police, took 39-year-old Victor Carter into custody Saturday afternoon, WCVB reported. He is …
