HASTINGS, Minn. — The mother of a 3-year-old boy who died of a fentanyl overdose in 2020 was sentenced Wednesday to four years probation, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office announced. Queenetta McDaniel, 36, of Maplewood, pled guilty to one count of manslaughter in the second degree on July 24, 2023. The …
Read More »Vermont armed robbery suspect who eluded capture using a car, bike, tractor, sailboat and kayak is arrested
A Vermont armed robbery suspect who police say eluded capture in the past week in a vehicle, on a stolen bike, on foot and in a stolen sailboat was arrested Thursday after he was spotted in a kayak on a river, authorities said. Eric Edson, 52, was wanted on accusations …
Read More »Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison without parole in “doomsday mom” murder case
Lori Vallow Daybell, whose children’s 2019 reported disappearance sparked a nationwide search before their bodies were discovered months later buried on her husband’s Idaho property, was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no possibility of parole, the maximum sentence, in the murders of 16-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua …
Read More »Eli Weinstein, con man whose sentence Trump cut short, facing new charges: “Brazen and sophisticated crimes”
Trenton, N.J. — A New Jersey man who was twice convicted of defrauding investors out of $230 million and whose lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump is once again facing fraud charges, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced Wednesday. Eliyahu “Eli” Weinstein, 48, of Lakewood, who is …
Read More »Man, woman charged with kidnapping, holding woman captive for weeks in Texas
Police in Texas arrested a pair accused of kidnapping an 18-year-old woman and holding her captive for about a month, officials said Monday. The victim escaped on Sunday night, Harris County Constable Mark Herman said. The suspects had left the home for a short time, giving the woman a brief …
Read More »Death penalty sought against man charged with abducting and killing Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher during her morning jog
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her, a district attorney said Thursday. Cleotha Abston is charged with snatching Eliza Fletcher from a street near the University of Memphis on Sept. 2 and forcing …
Read More »3 elderly people stabbed to death inside Boston
NEWTON, Mass. — The Nonantum neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, is on high alert after police say three elderly people were killed inside a home Sunday morning. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said there is evidence of forced entry at the home and the victims suffered stab wounds and blunt force …
Read More »Melody Sasser accused of trying to hire hitman to kill wife of man she met on Match.com
A Tennessee woman has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on dating app Match.com, according to a federal criminal complaint. Melody Sasser is charged with murder for hire, according to the complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court …
Read More »Officer who fatally shot homeowner who called 911 seconds after arriving at scene charged with manslaughter
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 …
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