HEMPSTEAD, Texas – The latest on the investigation into the death of a woman in a Texas jail cell (all times local): 8:30 a.m. A Texas TV station says it has obtained a voicemail from a call Sandra Bland made from jail in which she told a friend that she …
Read More »Montana fugitive's brother serving life sentence for separate murder conviction in same town
The brother of a Montana man who is on the run after allegedly shooting four people to death in a small-town bar has a brother who is currently serving a life sentence, Fox News Digital has confirmed. William Brown was sentenced to 110 years in prison in 2002 for the …
Read More »Manhunt for Tennessee homicide suspect, possibly armed, shifts away from western Virginia
A manhunt for a Tennessee homicide suspect is no longer focused on a county on the western edge of Virginia, authorities said Wednesday. But they declined to release further information “because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation.” Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons said in a statement Wednesday evening that …
Read More »Confrontational blogger 'Turtleboy' hit with witness intimidation charge in MA homicide case
A confrontational blogger known as “Turtleboy” was charged Wednesday with witness intimidation and conspiracy related to a criminal case against a woman accused of running over and killing her boyfriend, a Boston police officer, with her vehicle. Aidan Timothy Kearney wore a hoody emblazoned with the message “Free Karen Read” …
Read More »Hundreds of confessions, interviews lost in Milwaukee PD video malfunction
MADISON, Wis. – Hundreds, maybe thousands, of Milwaukee criminal cases could be compromised due to a malfunction in January of a contracted video system used for capturing interviews and confessions of suspects, multiple sources tell Wisconsin Watchdog. Among the interviews lost is that of Darmequaye D. Cohill, 21, who was …
Read More »Derek Chauvin 'seriously injured' in prison stabbing, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison confirms
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison addressed Saturday the stabbing of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of murdering George Floyd. Ellison expressed upset at the violent attack on the former police officer, saying that Chauvin had the right to serve his sentence “without fear of retaliation …
Read More »Mother charged with murder for allegedly drowning disabled, non-verbal 9-year-old daughter
A California mother has been charged with murder for allegedly drowning her wheelchair-bound, 9-year-old daughter in a bathtub and leaving her body there for several days. Khadiyjah Aliyyah Pendergraph, 32, was charged on Tuesday with one felony count of murder after her daughter was found dead in their Westminster apartment …
Read More »Tennessee father charged in death of 23-month-old son who overdosed on fentanyl
A Tennessee man has been charged with the death of his 23-month-old son who died in October from a fentanyl-related fatal overdose, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has announced. Kelvin Blaylock Jr., 22, was issued with criminal homicide and aggravated child neglect warrants on Thursday by youth services detectives …
Read More »Alabama judge greenlights hitman's experimental execution: 'not guaranteed a painless death'
Despite his legal team’s best attempts to halt the process, an Alabama judge ruled that Kenneth Eugene Smith will be the first human being to be put to death via nitrogen hypoxia later this month. Smith, now 58, was sentenced to death in 2022 for the 1988 contract killing of …
Read More »John M. Riggi, convicted leader of New Jersey crime family believed model for 'Sopranos,' dies
EDISON, N.J. – A convicted leader of a New Jersey crime family long believed to be the model for “The Sopranos” has died. He was 90. Corsentino Home for Funerals says John M. Riggi died Monday at his home in Edison. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Riggi was the …
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