At least 11 people were injured in a drive-by shooting on Monday afternoon in Lakeland, Florida, with two of the wounded in critical condition, police said. Local authorities originally reported that 10 people sustained injuries in the mass shooting, but updated the count to 11 during a news conference on …
Read More »Brian Walshe, accused of killing wife Ana Walshe, used son’s iPad to look up ways to dispose of body, prosecutors say
Brian Walshe, the husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day, used his son’s iPad to look up ways to dismember and dispose of a body, a prosecutor said Wednesday at Walshe’s arraignment on murder and other charges. Clothes and other items belonging to 39-year-old …
Read More »Man convicted in 1984 home invasion attacks claims he doesn’t remember committing them: “If I was this monster, I hope he is dead”
A former education executive was sentenced Monday in Connecticut to 40 to 72 years in prison on kidnapping charges connected to a series of 1984 home invasion attacks on four women who say they were sexually assaulted by him. The crimes were solved in 2020 with the help of a …
Read More »3 of polygamous “prophet” leader’s 20 wives charged with kidnapping: “These women have proven that they will stop at nothing”
Federal authorities on Wednesday charged three of a self-declared prophet’s wives with kidnapping and impeding a foreseeable prosecution after eight girls associated with the polygamous group fled from state foster care. Naomi Bistline and Donnae Barlow appeared in federal magistrate court in Flagstaff on Wednesday. They remain jailed and have …
Read More »Missouri executes man over 2005 killing of police officer
A Missouri inmate convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday night. Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the state’s second execution this …
Read More »Heather Reynolds, New Jersey woman convicted of killing 17
A New Jersey woman convicted of murder in the death of her 17-month-old son 4 1/2 years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, authorities said. Judge Gwendolyn Blue also sentenced Heather Reynolds, 45, of Sicklervile last week to concurrent terms on child endangerment and …
Read More »Woman attempts to smuggle $450,000 worth of cocaine in her wheelchair at New York airport
A woman was arrested last week in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after customs officers discovered nearly half a million dollars worth of cocaine in her wheelchair. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that the woman, Emelinda Paulino De Rivas, was arrested on Nov. 10. She arrived …
Read More »Former MoviePass executives hit with criminal fraud charges
Two former leaders of the company MoviePass and its parent entity, Helios and Matheson Analytics, are facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding investors amid the once-defunct ticketing service‘s dramatic public downfall several years ago. An indictment unsealed on Friday criminally charged Theodore Farnsworth, the former CEO of Helios and Matheson, …
Read More »6 found dead after Wisconsin apartment fire suffered gunshot wounds, police say
Six people who were found dead following an apartment fire in Wisconsin last week were each found to have suffered a single gunshot wound, police said Monday. Connor McKisick, one of the people who was found dead, had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. “The details and context of all …
Read More »Raleigh shooting suspect identified as younger brother of slain victim, law enforcement source says
The suspected gunman in Thursday’s deadly mass shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been identified as the younger brother of one of the five people killed in the rampage, a law enforcement source confirmed to CBS News. The suspect, who was identified as a 15-year-old boy, is the brother of …
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