PONTIAC, MICHIGAN — A Michigan father who brutally abused his young children, including beating and choking his 9-year-old son for falling asleep on the couch, has been sentenced to prison, according to court records and law enforcement officials. Cedric Diequell-Stevens Moore, now 39, was sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars after pleading no…
MIAMI, FLORIDA — Authorities in South Florida say a woman repeatedly accompanied men back to their hotel rooms under the pretense of consensual intimacy, only to drug them, steal valuables, and disappear while they were unconscious. According to arrest records, Sarah Jean Tavano, 39, is facing multiple felony charges, including strong-arm robbery, organized fraud, second-degree…
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — A Kentucky teenager is facing multiple felony charges after police say he orchestrated a deadly ambush that used a 15-year-old girl to lure a young man to his death as part of a calculated revenge plan. The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department announced this week that Daontez Hodges Jr., 19, has been charged…
KEY WEST, FLORIDA — A Florida man is facing multiple criminal charges after police say he stole a golf cart, took a friend on a joyride, and then abandoned him in the street after an abrupt maneuver hurled the man off the back, leaving him with a broken hip that required emergency surgery. According to…
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — A Wisconsin man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he intentionally set fire to his own apartment building because he was angry about his neighbors smoking marijuana, leaving several residents injured and dozens displaced. According to the Milwaukee Police Department, Keith Alan Luko, 44, is charged with arson of a…
TEXAS — A complex and high-impact winter weather event is setting up across Big Country Texas and the Concho Valley, with forecast data showing a multi-phase storm that will evolve rapidly from cold rain Friday afternoon into freezing rain Friday night through Saturday morning, before changing over to snow Saturday night. Forecasters warn that the…
UNITED STATES — A rapidly intensifying winter storm is drawing heightened concern across New England and parts of the Northeast Corridor, as new high-resolution RRFS (Rapid Refresh Forecast System) model guidance indicates exceptionally intense precipitation rates late Sunday night into early Monday. The latest data shows up to 0.20 inches of liquid-equivalent precipitation in just…
MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA — A dangerous and potentially historic ice storm is increasingly likely across large portions of Mississippi and northeast Louisiana, with updated forecasts continuing to show severe ice accumulations exceeding one inch in several communities. Meteorologists warn that this level of icing could result in catastrophic vegetation damage, widespread power outages lasting…
UNITED STATES — Updated 00z RRFS-A model guidance suggests that the previously anticipated major winter storm expected to impact large portions of the central and eastern United States has significantly weakened, with new data showing that a substantial portion of the system’s ice and snow footprint has been reduced. The latest projections indicate that roughly…
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — A high-impact winter storm is setting up across central and western North Carolina and parts of northern South Carolina, with widespread freezing rain, heavy sleet, and accumulating snow expected from Saturday night through Sunday night and into early Monday. Updated regional ice and sleet maps show dangerous ice accumulations exceeding one-half…