A co-defendant of the so-called “Central Park Five,” whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape were thrown out more than a decade later, is set to have his conviction on a related charge overturned. A hearing was scheduled for Monday afternoon in the case of Steven Lopez, who was arrested …
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Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot more than 40 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday by the medical examiner’s office in Summit County. Dr. Lisa Kohler, the Summit County medical …
Read More »“Yellowstone” actor Q’Orianka Kilcher has been charged with illegally collecting nearly $97,000 in disability benefits while working on the TV show, authorities announced Monday. Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood, is charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to a statement from the California Department of Insurance. …
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Hours after a gunman opened fire on a suburban Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people and wounding two dozen, police detained 21-year-old Robert Crimo III. Crimo, who is known as Bobby, was charged Tuesday with seven counts of first-degree murder. Lake County State’s Attorney Eric …
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A Baltimore police sergeant attempting to make a traffic stop was struck by the vehicle he was trying to pull over dragged roughly two blocks Tuesday night, CBS Baltimore reports. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the driver accelerated, dragging the sergeant and hitting another vehicle along the way. The …
Read More »A suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his estranged wife saying, “If I can’t have them, neither can you,” prosecutors said Wednesday. The note was mentioned during a bond hearing for Jason E. Karels, 35, of Round Lake Beach, …
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Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels and who stabbed and injured the driver of a prison transport bus last month when he escaped custody not far from their small …
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A suspect in a 1988 sexual assault and killing of a 79-year-old woman in a small northern California community has been identified thanks to advanced DNA testing done on scrapings from the victim’s fingernails, authorities said Tuesday. The district attorney said finding the evidence was like discovering a “needle in …
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A Vermont man has been accused of killing his mother, who has been missing since a boat the two were on sank in 2016, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Nathan Carman has also been accused by family members of shooting and killing his wealthy grandfather in 2013. Carman, 28, …
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A fired Philadelphia police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors said Monday was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced first- and third-degree murder charges against former Officer Edsaul …
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