By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap then-Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 has been denied early parole. The decision announced Monday night by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole was expected after Wanda Barzee, 72, …
‘I aroused him in the morning while he was absent-minded, then used the knife.’
A man is facing criminal charges for allegedly severely beating a dog on a highway off-ramp near Toronto Monday night. According to Global News, Durham Regional Police said they responded to Highway 401 ramp in Bowmanville following reports that a man was assaulting a golden retriever on the side of the road. Police said bystanders attempted to …
Rachel Dolezal—the former head of Spokane’s NAACP chapter who grabbed national headlines when her white heritage came to light—was booked on welfare fraud charges after reporting to a Washington jail Monday. From KREM, Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was released from Spokane County jail after having her fingerprints and booking …
A North Carolina man and a pregnant woman are both listed in serious, critical condition after the male allegedly attacked her, followed by an officer shooting him on Tuesday. WRAL reports that a woman in Fayetteville called 911 a little before 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning to report a man was holding her hostage inside …
Officials said a California mother of two drowned Sunday night as she tried to save three children who were swept away by strong currents at San Francisco Bay Area beach. Aarti Senthilvel’s brother-in-law told The Mercury News said Senthilvel and 10 other people were standing in calm ankle-deep water when waves and an undertow pulled them …
A Massachusetts woman, sentenced last year to 15 months in jail for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide, is appealing her conviction on the basis that prosecutors “cherry-picked” texts used against her in the case. Michelle Carter, 21, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after her boyfriend, 18-year-old Conrad Roy III, committed suicide in July 2014, …
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A Milwaukee teen believed to have been abducted by sex traffickers in May was found safe Wednesday in Chicago by her mother and activists who reportedly spearheaded the missing persons case. The girl’s mother, Bonnie Bruno, said she suspects sex traffickers lured Armoni Chambers, 16, to Chicago after connecting with her online. Though Chambers was last …
A woman in Chester, England, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the deaths of eight babies, and the attempted murder of another six babies while working in the neonatal unit at Countess of Chester Hospital. Authorities are investigating a total of 17 deaths that occurred at the hospital between March 2015 and July …
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children released a statement indicating that a 6-year-old boy who vanished in February could be in one of several cities in Florida, and with a man considered armed and dangerous. According to WTSP, NCMEC reports that Alexander Farmer disappeared on February 15 from Marianna, Florida. He’s said to …
