By JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina officer is shown putting a black pedestrian in a chokehold in video released Monday that offers more footage of a police beating that has sparked outrage over use of force. City officials in Asheville, North Carolina, released nine body camera …
‘I thought he might be in prison somewhere based on the way he behaved in high school’
An ex-Georgia officer who reportedly had ties to drug dealers is accused of seizing money from their rivals during traffic stops then splitting the money with her shady associates. Per the Atlanta Journal-Consitution, Lori Monique Johnson, 33, is accused of conducting at least two stops between April 29, 2014, and March 13, 2015, involving drug dealers. The …
A Wisconsin man who was 68 when he forced a 5-year-old to urinate in his mouth on three occasions learned his fate last week. On Thursday, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Scott Needham sentenced Richard Zeier, now 70, to eight-and-a-half years in prison and to another eight years of extended supervision for the 2014 incidents involving …
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A psychologist at his manslaughter trial blamed his irresponsibility on family wealth, dubbing it “affluenza.”
A convicted killer who strangled a mother to death in Cardiff, England, was released from prison last month after serving half of his sentence, and apparently spotted in designer clothing and driving a new car. The Sun reports that Christopher Jones, 21 at the time, was convicted of killing 42-year-old Shirley Oliver in 2005 when …
A California man is in custody on suspicion of stabbing both his parents after they reportedly tried to console him during a bad break-up. NBC Los Angeles reports that Yihong Peng was arrested in California on Saturday on suspicion of stabbing his mother to death and critically injuring his father in a shocking knife attack. According …
Police are searching for a California woman who disappeared while en route to visit family in Washington last week. Her family reported her missing on Saturday when she failed to show up. NBC reports that Penelope Bax, 63, was scheduled to arrive at her nephew’s home in Bellingham, Washington, on Friday or early Saturday after driving from …
Authorities in New Jersey have arrested a man on suspicion of kidnapping and murder in connection with a dead body found last month in Hamilton Township. According to Fox News, 20-year-old Danny Diaz-Delgado’s remains were discovered on March 24 near the Assunpink Creek. Police say he had been shot at least seven times with wounds …
The fatal crash that killed at least five members of the same family in Northern California earlier this week appears to have been intentional, an investigating officer confirmed on Sunday. California Highway Patrol Acting Assistant Chief Greg Baart told KGW 8 News that investigators “do have reason to believe … that the crash was intentional,” …
Authorities in New York say a 41-year-old man was fatally stabbed outside of a karaoke club in the early hours of Saturday. The victim, who was not named in initial reports, was able to hail a taxi cab from the scene in Brooklyn to an area hospital, though he was pronounced dead upon his arrival, …
