MAQUON, ILLINOIS — A 53-year-old Illinois woman will spend the next five decades behind bars for poisoning her longtime boyfriend — a former police chief — with a “copious amount” of eye drops and later hiding his body in a storage unit. Marcy L. Oglesby was sentenced Monday to 50 years in state prison after…
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA — A horrifying crime has shaken a North Carolina community after a 38-year-old father allegedly confessed to murdering four of his children and leaving their bodies stuffed inside the trunk of his car. Authorities say the man spared his 3-year-old son, who was found alive inside the home. According to the Johnston…
ELGIN, ILLINOIS — What began as a simple honk at a traffic light ended in deadly violence. An Illinois man has been convicted of first-degree murder after opening fire on a Mini Cooper carrying two co-workers heading home from work — killing one of them and injuring the other. According to the Kane County State’s…
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN — A traffic stop in southeastern Wisconsin took a compassionate turn when Pleasant Prairie police officers provided donated car seats to a family found driving with children who weren’t properly restrained. Officers pulled the vehicle over after noticing young children without approved safety seats, according to a department news release. Wisconsin law…
MADISON, WISCONSIN — The City of Madison is seeing one of its lowest crime years in nearly a decade, with major offenses down across the board in 2025, according to Madison Police Chief John Patterson. At a community update on Monday, Patterson said the city has seen a 55% drop in homicides, a 43% decline…
ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN — A Michigan nanny is accused of fatally stabbing an 83-year-old grandfather who came to check on his 3-year-old granddaughter while her mother was away, in what police are calling one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory. According to the Royal Oak Police Department, 35-year-old Samantha Rae Booth allegedly attacked…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — The Louisiana State Police are expanding their investigation into the mysterious death of 26-year-old Wisconsin tourist Edashia Caraway, whose body was found on the Interstate 10 Twin Span Bridge near Slidell after attending an NBA YoungBoy concert in downtown New Orleans. Authorities say Caraway died from blunt force injuries consistent with…
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA — A violent road rage incident just north of Miami left a married couple bloodied and bruised after two women allegedly beat them with fists and a Patron tequila bottle, shouting “You deserve this!” during the assault, according to Miami-Dade Police. Authorities said the confrontation happened around 1 p.m. Sunday near the…
SUN PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN — After more than a year of investigation, the Sun Prairie Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection with the October 2024 homicide of 24-year-old William J. Flanary on Martin Street. Police announced on Tuesday that Zachary O’Connell has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree recklessly…
PALM COAST, FLORIDA — A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Florida is facing a vehicular homicide charge after her boyfriend — who awoke from a coma and told police she intentionally crashed their car during an argument — died from complications months later. According to investigators, Leigha Mumby told Daniel Waterman, 22, moments before the deadly…