A police officer who fatally shot a homeowner who had called 911 to report intruders outside his southern New Jersey home has been indicted on a manslaughter charge. The count against Mantua Township Police Officer Salvatore Oldrati was handed up Tuesday by a state grand jury and was made public …
Read More »Rangers find dead woman in a car at Yellowstone National Park; man arrested
Rangers at Yellowstone National Park on Saturday found a dead woman inside a car on Craig Pass, which is about three miles south of Old Faithful Geyser. The car had been driven into a snowbank, and when the rangers responding to “an incident” at the scene, they saw a man …
Read More »Fired Louisville officer whose shot killed Breonna Taylor hired elsewhere as deputy
Louisville, Ky. — The former Louisville Metro Police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement. CBS Louisville affiliate WLKY-TV reports that the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office hired Myles Cosgrove, who was fired from the Louisville department in January 2021 for violating use-of-force procedures and …
Read More »Marion County, Florida, murders: 2 suspects arrested in shooting deaths of Layla Silvernail, 2 other teens; police searching for third suspect
Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting deaths of three teenagers in Florida, a sheriff announced Friday. Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said authorities are searching for a third suspect. During a press conference Friday morning, Woods said all of the suspects were male juveniles. In a statement posted to …
Read More »Chilling details emerge about how Colorado dentist allegedly killed his wife with poison: “I feel drugged”
Police believe a Colorado dentist laced his wife’s pre-workout protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide, eventually killing his spouse so he could be with a woman he was having an affair with, according to court documents. Police have called James Craig’s alleged plot a “heinous, complex and calculated murder.” Craig, …
Read More »Mormon TikTok influencer Taylor Frankie Paul charged with domestic violence and child abuse
Taylor Frankie Paul, a Mormon influencer known for her viral content on the social media platform TikTok, has been charged with domestic violence and child abuse, court records show. Paul was charged Tuesday with two felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child and one felony count …
Read More »Trial set for man accused of killing mother at sea, fatally shooting wealthy grandfather
A federal judge on Tuesday set an October trial for the man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, pleaded not …
Read More »Benjamin Foster, Oregon torture suspect, dead of self
The man accused of torturing a woman he held captive in southern Oregon last week is dead after an hours-long standoff, police confirmed Wednesday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster died from a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, police announced a press conference Wednesday. The woman Foster allegedly held captive remained …
Read More »Remains of “Baby Jane Doe” found in 2012 identified, father arrested
Since 2012, the remains of the small child found behind a mobile home in Alabama were known only as “Baby Jane Doe.” On Thursday, police in Opelika announced that they identified the girl as Amore Joveah Wiggins and arrested her father as a suspect in her death. Police Chief Shane …
Read More »Florida man accidentally shoots himself in the leg while allegedly attempting to burglarize a car
A man accidentally shot himself in the leg during an alleged attempted burglary in Okaloosa County, Florida. Justin McCall, who was out of jail on bond, allegedly stole a firearm from vehicle and was trying to break into another, authorities said. That’s when he accidentally shot himself, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s …
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