LAKE COUNTY — A man was shot by an Indiana State trooper when he brandished a firearm during a pursuit in a stolen vehicle across northwest Indiana, authorities say. Indiana State Police say the 18-year-old Chicago man was shot on Interstate 80 in Gary and then jumped off the 30-foot Cline Avenue bridge embankment before … Read more
An 18-year-old North Chicago man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in what authorities say was a gang-related shooting death of a 14-year-old boy killed Sunday afternoon in North Chicago. A bond hearing for Amireon C. Williams is scheduled for Tuesday morning in Lake County. The victim, Lavon’ta Brown of North Chicago, … Read more
TEXAS – The parents of a 2-year-old boy who was found dead at home have been arrested, according to the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office. On Monday, Rebecca Lynn Hart was arrested on a capital murder warrant in connection to 2-year-old Daniel Escamia’s death. His father, Eddie Escamia, was charged with the endangerment of a child … Read more
Joanne Shreeves, 51, allegedly hurled a boulder, threw missiles and destroyed a custom-built potting shed in a feud in east London with Trevor Dempsey and Sandra Durdin Sandra Durdin, 58, and Trevor Dempsey, 62 from Chingford, leave the court ( Image: PA) A woman has been described as “like a person possessed” during a feud … Read more
The sun still rises in the east, and, equally as shocking, quality-of-life policing in the subways still works, now that we’re trying it again. Mayor Eric Adams’ push to prevent big crime in the subways by stopping small crime yielded several quality arrests last week — but these “successes” point up a failure: The arrestees … Read more
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Brittanee Drexel was a 17-year-old Gates-Chili High School student on spring break with friends when she went missing on April 25, 2009. It took more than 13 years for police to arrest the man they believe to be responsible, charging him with murder, kidnapping, and criminal sexual conduct. 2009 On April … Read more
HOUSTON – Within weeks of a Langham Creek High School teacher being charged with sexual assault of a child under 17 years of age — a second former teacher is facing allegations of having an improper relationship with a student. READ: Former Langham Creek HS teacher charged for sexual relationship with student after parents find … Read more
A cybersecurity incident that left Elgin County’s website and email services offline through the month of April resulted in thousands of county documents, some containing highly sensitive personal information, being posted to the dark web, Elgin’s chief administrative officer confirmed on Monday. Officials in the county southwest of London, Ont., have kept mum about the … Read more
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A judge has denied bail a second time for former MMA fighter Cain Velasquez, who is facing charges after allegedly shooting at a man accused of molesting his relative. Velasquez was in a San Jose courtroom Monday morning for a bail motion hearing that the judge denied. According to a … Read more
ATLANTA — Georgia’s parole board on Monday declined to halt the execution of a man who killed an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. killed the girl and raped her 10-year-old friend after abducting them as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, on May 4, 1976. He … Read more
