James Lewis was convicted to trying to extort $1 million from Johnson & Johnson, but investigators never found enough evidence to charge him with murder.
One person was killed and three more wounded when a scooter-riding gunman zipped around Queens and Brooklyn apparently firing randomly at people on the streets. Thomas Abreu, 25, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon and charged early Sunday with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon, WNBC reported. Investigators don’t know what prompted …
Police in Massachusetts are searching for a 7-year-old girl who has autism and is non-verbal who disappeared from her neighborhood between 2 and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Anna is described as 4 feet 7 inches tall and about 70 pounds and was last seen wearing black shorts, a white vest, and a purple hair tie, …
State troopers looking for an escaped Pennsylvania murder suspect say they have found stockpiles and campsites which appear to be connected to him, leading them to believe he has not left the area near the New York state line where the incident began. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 34-year-old Michael Burham slipped out of a recreation …
A 14-year-old girl reported missing last month was found in a barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton outside San Diego. The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said the girl was reported missing on June 13 by her grandmother, who said she’d disappeared on June 9, KNSD reported. The grandmother said the girl had run away …
A gunman opened fire on crowds of people leaving nightclubs in Cleveland’s Warehouse District early Sunday morning, wounding nine people, one of them seriously. Cleveland Police Chief Wayne Drummond said multiple officers were on the the scene as part of a regular detail when the gunfire erupted and responded “immediately,” WOIO reported. Investigators said the …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says Leslie Van Houten “should absolutely not be released” after serving 53 years in prison for her part in the infamous Manson family murders in 1969. As CrimeOnline reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided not to appeal to the state supreme court after an appeals court in May overturned his denial …
South Dakota authorities made a disturbing discovery this week when they found parts of a man’s decomposing body sticking out of a garment bag covered in maggots and flies, the Argus Leader reports. On Wednesday, a caseworker for Southeastern Behavioral Health, a mental health agency, went to visit 63-year-old Nigussie Bulti in Sioux Falls after …
Three Georgia teens have been charged with murder after one of them repeatedly shot a man while they were egging his house, WSB-TV reports. Authorities allege that Sydney Maughon and Jeremy Munson, both 18, and 19-year-old McKenzie Davenport, went to vandalize a man’s home in Griffin, about 35 miles south of Atlanta. The teens reportedly …
If Bryan Kohberger is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho college students, sentencing him to death could be costly to state taxpayers, the Idaho Statesman reports. Kohberger, 28, faces four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with the slayings of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin …
The parents of four Colorado children reported missing earlier this week are now wanted for violating custody orders, authorities in Arapahoe County say. The four children, who range from 4 to 9 years old, were last seen on June 30. The state Bureau of Investigation issued an Endangered Missing Alert on Sunday and asked for …
Update: A 15-year-old girl missing from North Carolina and believed to be with a woman heading toward Alabama was found safe late Saturday in Newnan, Georgia. North Carolina authorities canceled an Amber Alert that had been issued for Jocelyn Jacobs, WRAL reported. Maria Gunn, 37, of Opelika, Alabama, was taken into custody in Opelike, Alabama, …
