A Texas mom allegedly gave her son a mixed drink disguised in a sports bottle in an effort to prevent bullies at school from stealing the drink from her child, officials said Tuesday. Jennifer Lynn Rossi, 45, allegedly combined lemon, salt and vinegar, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said. The …
Read More »Florida man who fabricated presidential pardon sentenced in separate murder
A Florida man, already convicted on fraud charges, was sentenced Monday to more than 17 years behind bars in connection with a murder-for-hire plot, officials said. Alexander Leszczynski’s sentence will be served consecutively with a 17 1/2-year sentence he received last month on fraud charges. In the fraud case, Leszczynski …
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An 18-month-old toddler is dead after a shooting at a home in Palm Coast, Florida, police said. The shooting was reported to police at 11:45 p.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 3. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that there was a “frantic call” reporting that a baby had been shot …
Read More »“Avalanche” of evidence: How a Chevy, a strand of hair and a pizza box led police to the Gilgo Beach suspect
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney revealed details about the investigation into the arrest of Rex Heuermann, 59, saying it involved more than 300 subpoenas and search warrants. “This case is not over; it’s only beginning,” Tierney told reporters Friday afternoon of the probe into the long-unsolved killings of women …
Read More »Shooting leaves 3 dead, 6 wounded at July Fourth celebration in Shreveport, Louisiana
An annual Fourth of July celebration in Shreveport, Louisiana turned tragic late Tuesday night when a mass shooting took three lives and wounded six other people, police said. There was no early word on how many gunmen were involved, their motives or how events unfolded. Shreveport Police Lt. Van Ray …
Read More »Former guard charged with sexually assaulting 13 inmates at California women’s prison
A former correctional officer at the biggest women’s prison in California has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting at least 13 inmates over the past nine years, prosecutors said Wednesday. Gregory Rodriguez, who worked at the Central California Women’s Facility, faces 96 counts including rape, sodomy, sexual battery and …
Read More »Barry Morphew, once charged in Suzanne Morphew’s presumed death: “I’ve done nothing wrong”
A man once charged with murder in the presumed death of his missing wife denied having anything to do with her disappearance in an interview broadcast on Monday. In the interview with “Good Morning America,” Barry Morphew said authorities in Colorado have been wrong to focus on him as the …
Read More »Bob Lee was stabbed to death after argument about Nima Momeni’s sister, court documents show
Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death, apparently following an argument about the suspect’s sister, court documents obtained by CBS News on Friday said. In court papers filed by the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, prosecutors allege that Nima Momeni had a “direct and clear intent to …
Read More »Man leads Pennsylvania officers on car chase in stolen school bus with dead deer inside, police say
A Florida man was arrested after leading Pennsylvania police on a wild chase in a stolen school bus. Police charged 25-year-old Tony Saunders of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, with fleeing an officer, receiving stolen property, reckless driving and resisting arrest, the Carroll Township Police Department said in a news release. …
Read More »Buster Murdaugh releases statement on death of Stephen Smith as family searches for answers
The family of Stephen Smith, who died on a road near the home of the disgraced Murdaugh family, wants to exhume his body to aid in the investigation of the cold case. Now, Buster Murdaugh, the son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh, is speaking out about the Smith case. “I have …
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