Clayton County police in Georgia say that officers shot and fatally wounded a man they were investigating for sexual assault after he initiated gunfire toward them. According to 11Alive News, the shooting happened Thursday at the intersection of Crystal Lake, off Riverdale Road. The suspect, who has not been identified, was accused of sexually assaulting …
Illinois police confirmed on Wednesday that a body found in a pond a day earlier was a 17-year-old girl who vanished last week. WMAQ reported that Brissa Romero suffered no significant injuries and her death was consistent with a drowning. Romero’s body was recovered from the same pond in Vernon Hills where her car was …
Police arrested a man in Pennsylvania, reportedly in connection with the University of Idaho slayings last month that left four students dead. A 28-year-old person of interest is in custody in Monroe County. According to what independent sources told the outlet, he was arraigned Friday morning in front of a Monroe County judge. According to …
Verdicts have been reached in the trial of Paul Flores and his father, Ruben Flores, in connection with the 1996 disappearance and presumed death of California Polytechnic University student Kristin Smart. A jury at the Monterrey County Superior Court in California found Paul Flores guilty of murder, The Tribune reports. The defendants’ trials were held …
An EMT in New York died on Thursday after she was stabbed while responding to a call, according to reports. Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that the 61-year-old woman, who works at Station 49 in Astoria, Queens, was stabbed in the neck. She died about 40 minutes later at a hospital. According …
Ex-Marine Raymond Samuel “RJ” McLeod, Jr. who was wanted on murder charges, has been captured after staying under the radar for six years. McLeod, who has been on the U.S. Marshal’s “15 Most Wanted” fugitive list since 2016, was captured after spending years on the run in Central America, Fox News reports. He was reportedly found …
FAIRFAX, Va. – The jury in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial reached a verdict in the case on Wednesday. The seven-panel jury ruled in favor of Depp and determined Heard defamed him; he was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The judge reduced the punitive damages …
On Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service announced that escaped Alabama inmate, Casey Cole White, and the assistant director of corrections for northwestern Alabama’s Lauderdale County, Vicky White, could have an AR-15, handguns and a shotgun with them after they fled from prison last week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police issued a warrant for Vicky White’s …
Southern California officers found three decomposing bodies inside an upscale home in a gated community in Irvine, according to local reports. According to KTLA, officers with the Irvine Police Department arrived at 58 Riverboat at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday Extended family members in Canada contacted local authorities after they couldn’t reach the family, prompting …
An armed suspect claiming to have bombs has reportedly taken a rabbi and at least three others hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. A SWAT team had descended around the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue northeast of Fort Worth around 2 p.m. local time. No injuries have been reported thus far, …
Police say a man arrested Tuesday is a person of interest in the tragic shooting deaths of an Illinois father and his two young sons. According to police, U.S. Marshals arrested 24-year-old Alize Smith on Tuesday, on unrelated charges. He’s now considered a person of interest in connection with the deaths of a father and …
Convicted California murderer, Scott Peterson, was re-sentenced today to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. On November 23, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo had Peterson transferred from San Quentin prison’s death row to the San Mateo County Jail, where has been awaiting Wednesday’s sentencing for …
