Ocala, Fla. — A White woman who fired through her front and killed a Black neighbor was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, in a case that’s put Florida’s divisive “stand your ground law” back in the spotlight. The shooting sparked widespread anger and protests. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Susan Lorincz, …
Read More »Man claiming to have “explosive device” drove truck to U.S.
A driver who declared he had explosives in his vehicle drove past state police near the U.S.-Canada border on Monday morning, leading border troopers to open fire, officials said. The driver was identified as Tony Holford, 42, from Providence, Rhode Island, Maine State Police said. The suspect displayed a sign …
Read More »Sayfullo Saipov 2017 NYC bike path terrorist, sentenced to 8 life sentences in supermax prison
The man convicted in a 2017 terror attack on a New York City bike path that killed eight people was given eight consecutive life sentences on Wednesday. Sayfullo Saipov will serve 260 years consecutive with two more life sentences to be served concurrently. The now-35-year-old Uzbekistan citizen drove a rented …
Read More »Missing teens likely among 7 people found dead in Oklahoma, authorities say, as woman identifies 4 of the victims
Authorities searching a rural Oklahoma property for two missing teenagers discovered the bodies of seven people Monday, including the suspected remains of the teens and a convicted sex offender who was sought along with them, the local sheriff said. Meanwhile, a woman said Tuesday that her daughter and three grandchildren …
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A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions faces new charges after authorities allege she handed a teller a note that said “I didn’t mean to scare you” during a recent Missouri heist. Bonnie Gooch is jailed on $25,000 bond after she was charged with one count of stealing …
Read More »A woman with a scorpion tattoo has been identified 32 years after her murder. Authorities are now looking for her daughter and her killer.
More than three decades after a woman with a distinctive scorpion tattoo was found dead in New York City, investigators have identified the victim — and they are now trying to track down her daughter and her killer. Authorities on Tuesday identified the victim as Christine Belusko of Morris County, New …
Read More »Mississippi man sentenced to prison for cross burning
A Mississippi man was sentenced to 42 months in prison for intimidating his Black neighbors by burning a cross in their front yard, according to the Department of Justice. Axel Cox, 24, was sentenced on Thursday, after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime and violating the Fair Housing Act …
Read More »Herman Lee Hobbs arrested over 40 years after Holly Ann Campiglia found dead in California cornfield
A man already serving life sentences for rape and child murder has now been arrested on suspicion of killing a woman who was found dead in a California cornfield more than 40 years ago, authorities announced. DNA evidence linked Herman Lee Hobbs to the August 1980 death of 21-year-old Holly …
Read More »Nine minors injured in Georgia gas station shooting, police said
Nine children and teenagers were shot and injured in a shooting in Columbus, Georgia on Friday night. Police were called to a Shell Gas Station on Warm Springs Road shortly after 10:00 p.m. local time. According to a statement from the police department, officers found “several gunshot victims and a …
Read More »Jurors see surveillance video of rapper XXXTentacion’s murder
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. –– Jurors witnessed for the first time Wednesday the gripping surveillance video that captured the murder of local rap star XXXTentacion, who was shot and killed outside a Broward County motorbike shop, CBS Miami reported. Prosecutors showed the silent, graphic video from June 18, 2018 documenting the …
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