A 17-year-old suspect has been identified in the deaths of two teenagers who were found shot over the weekend, a North Carolina sheriff announced Tuesday. A juvenile petition has been filed against a 17-year-old for two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Devin Clark, 18, and Lyric Woods, …
Read More »Mother of 3 children who drowned in Coney Island charged with second
The mother of three children who died after being found unconscious and in critical condition on the beaches of Coney Island on Monday has been arrested and charged with murder. Erin Merdy, 30, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life and three …
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A 13-year-old girl is the latest person to be arrested in the fatal beating of a New York City cab driver. The teenager, who was not identified due to her age, was charged with gang assault and theft of services, according to police. On Aug. 13, Kutin Gyimah, 52, was …
Read More »Driver crashes SUV into North Carolina restaurant, killing 2 brothers
Two sibling customers were killed after a sport utility vehicle crashed into a chain restaurant in North Carolina on Sunday, police said. The accident, which remained under investigation when authorities shared their most recent update, was described as a single-vehicle crash. It occurred around 9:45 a.m. at a Hardee’s restaurant …
Read More »2 suspects arrested in Cincinnati shooting that wounded 9 people
Two men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in downtown Cincinnati early Sunday morning. Nine people were wounded in the shooting. Diablo McCoats was charged with 16 counts of felonious assault, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters said during a press conference Thursday, and he faces a maximum sentence …
Read More »Larry Rudolph, accused of killing wife Bianca on African safari trip, says unfamiliar shotgun accidentally went off
A wealthy dentist accused of shooting and killing his wife in their cabin at the end of an African safari trip testified Wednesday that an unfamiliar shotgun they brought with them to hunt a leopard accidentally went off, wounding her as she hurried to pack early in the morning. “I …
Read More »Police identify “Good Samaritan” who stopped Indiana mall shooting
Police on Monday provided more details about the shooting at a mall in Indiana on Sunday that left three victims dead — including the name of the “Good Samaritan” who is believed to have killed the shooter and stopped the attack. Officials called the actions of the armed civilian “nothing …
Read More »911 dispatcher charged with involuntary manslaughter for not sending ambulance to help woman who later died
A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.” A Greene County …
Read More »Riley Whitelaw, teen found dead in Walgreens break room, worried about coworker Joshua Johnson, affidavit says
A 17-year-old Colorado Springs girl whose body was found inside the Walgreens store where she worked had expressed concerns about a 28-year-old coworker who made her uncomfortable because he had a crush on her, according to a police affidavit used to secure the man’s arrest in connection with her death. …
Read More »Suspected “pillowcase rapist” Robert Koehler linked by DNA to series of rapes in the 1980s: “He didn’t kill me — but he did kill me”
Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s. Robert Koehler is currently jailed in neighboring Miami-Dade County, where he faces charges for assaulting a woman in the early …
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