Aviation experts have cast doubt on the pilot’s reported theory of what caused a fatal helicopter crash in Manhattan’s East River Sunday evening. The pilot, 33-year-old Richard Vance, was the only survivor after the sightseeing helicopter suffered engine failure, and was forced to crash land in the East River, near the Upper East Side. According …
Opening statements begin on Tuesday for Tex McIver, a former prominent lawyer accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2016. Although the defendant doesn’t dispute he shot his spouse, he’s maintained all along it was a terrible accident. The prosecution and defense are expected to make opening statements starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday …
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grandson of cult leader Charles Manson won the bizarre California court battle Monday over the killer’s body. Kern County Superior Court Commissioner Alisa Knight ruled that Jason Freeman can retrieve the remains of Manson that have been on ice in the Bakersfield morgue since he died …
The Ventura County district attorney charged actress Heather Locklear with four misdemeanors for last month’s domestic violence incident in California, where she allegedly threatened to shoot responding police. TMZ reported that Locklear, 56, was charged with four counts of misdemeanor battery on an officer and is facing a count of resisting or obstructing an officer. Locklear was …
Police said a 3-year-old Ohio girl is “hanging on by a thread” after her babysitter allegedly shook her so violently that her family says she is essentially brain dead. The Journal-News reported that Hanover Township authorities responded to Lindsay Partin’s residence Thursday amid reports regarding an unconscious child. There, they found an unresponsive Hannah Wesche, who was allegedly …
‘Incest was a normal way of life,’ the father allegedly told the children
A Florida couple accused of killing four people in two different states may have other victims, and police are asking law enforcement in the Southeastern U.S. to be aware of any “sadistic” unsolved crimes. NBC News 8 reports that Christopher Taylor (pictured left), 30, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of …
An arrest has been made in the case of Delano, Minnesota, dog who was possibly held for ransom before he was shot to death. Bounty hunter Stew Peters told KMSP that an anonymous tip led them to arrest someone Friday morning in Minneapolis. The suspect is being held on suspicion that they made threatening calls like the …
A criminal defendant’s right to be freed from jail on bond while awaiting trial is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights. The 8th amendment says a judge can’t impose “excessive bail.” But a national effort to reform bail laws is raising concern that dangerous inmates are being let out of jail where they …
CDC epidemiologist Timothy Cunningham vanished a month ago
A New York woman is facing a child endangerment charge after police say she failed to properly watch her infant daughter, resulting in the baby crawling alone along a busy road in Utica on Friday. FOX reports that Ledrika Ford, 27, was officially charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a concerned citizen spotted …
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A pilot who survived when his helicopter went down in New York City’s East River, killing five passengers, said in an emergency radio transmission that the aircraft’s engine had failed. “Mayday, mayday, mayday,” the pilot is heard saying during the crash Sunday night. “East River — engine …
