A routine traffic stop in downtown Memphis turned into a murder investigation after officers discovered a woman’s body in the passenger seat of the car they had pulled over. Police say 50-year-old Tyronne Brazille of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had been driving through multiple states with his wife’s body beside him before he was stopped for … Read more
MURRAY, Utah — A father in this Salt Lake City suburb is facing serious charges after his 6-month-old daughter died in what police describe as a basement filled with human and animal waste. Neal Colby, 32, has been charged with reckless child abuse homicide and child endangerment in connection with the death of his infant … Read more
A revenge plot gone tragically wrong has landed a Hampton County man behind bars for the next three decades. Franklin Radell Smoak Jr., 27, was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week after pleading guilty to murder in the shooting death of 32-year-old Terrance Fields, according to the 14th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. He also … Read more
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A Wisconsin man will spend nearly two decades in prison after a drunken, wrong-way crash on Interstate 43 ended a pregnant woman’s hopes of becoming a mother. Jorge Alvarez-Mathuzima, 40, was sentenced to 17 years in prison followed by eight years of probation on Friday after pleading guilty to first-degree reckless homicide, … Read more
Two workers at an Iowa care facility are facing criminal charges after authorities say they confined adults with special needs to a basement and withheld their prescribed medications for months. Praise Gahn, 22, and Zarkpa Green, 44, allegedly used a metal bar to barricade a basement door at a Balance Autism group home in Polk … Read more
EL PASO, Texas — Sunday evening brought another round of heavy weather to the Borderland, with scattered storms — some quite strong — sweeping through the region on Aug. 16 and leaving parts of East El Paso underwater once again. Residents in several East Side neighborhoods reported standing water on streets as the rain moved … Read more
FORT WORTH, Texas — What started as a verbal dispute at a residential property ended with one man dead and another hospitalized Saturday afternoon. Fort Worth police responded just after 3:30 p.m. to the 6900 block of Misty Glen Court in the city’s East Division. What happened at the scene Investigators say a resident arrived … Read more
MISSAUKEE COUNTY, Michigan — A 13-year-old girl lay critically injured inside a home. A 16-year-old boy was already gone. And the man responsible had vanished into the woods. What unfolded Friday morning in rural northern Michigan left an entire community shaken and searching for answers. What happened at the first scene Officers responded Friday to … Read more
AURORA, Minnesota — She walked through her own front door and came face to face with a rifle pointed directly at her. In the seconds that followed, the only thing that saved her life was a stumble. Landon Terrance Tuomala, 24, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison after attempting to shoot and kill … Read more
A growing number of children are being seriously injured or killed while riding e-bikes and other electrified two-wheelers, prompting officials in several states to explore an unusual response: prosecuting parents. In Southern California, one district attorney’s office has opened more than two dozen investigations into parents, with charges already filed against four. Among them is … Read more