MIAMI, FLORIDA — A high-ranking Florida appeals court judge is under investigation for allegedly trying to influence a prosecutor’s handling of a post-conviction case involving a notorious Miami gang leader and convicted murderer — including sending a warning that another judge would “destroy” her if she didn’t listen. According to a report from the Florida…
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — Parents and children were left shaken after a 19-year-old man allegedly entered a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant with a gun, pointed it at several people, and took one man hostage in a terrifying weekend incident that police say could have ended in tragedy. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Tavares McFadden-World…
CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA — A 26-year-old Florida woman is behind bars without bond after allegedly stabbing her 15-year-old sister 10 times during a violent outburst that police say began when the teen caught her older sibling snooping through her phone. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, Lynn My Le was arrested Sunday and charged with…
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…