PALM BAY, FLORIDA — An 84-year-old Palm Bay man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his own son in the face during a heated argument related to family tensions surrounding in-home hospice care. The incident unfolded Tuesday evening inside the family’s residence on Hawksbill Street Northwest, according to arrest documents…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO — A third man has now been formally charged in connection with the disturbing death of 28-year-old Brittany Fuhr-Storms, a pregnant Ohio woman whose body was discovered inside a sealed plastic storage tote earlier this year. Authorities say Walter Wade, 44, was indicted Tuesday on felony charges tied to the alleged handling…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A Texas man has been arrested nearly a year after authorities say he fatally stabbed a 39-year-old father during a violent fight over a stolen pair of hair clippers. Robert Adrian Aparicio, 34, is now charged with first-degree murder after investigators linked him to the January 2023 stabbing of Christopher Renteria…
JACKSON, MICHIGAN — A Michigan man who stabbed a 30-year-old father 73 times during a violent confrontation has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joshua Pirtle, 33, appeared via Zoom for his sentencing hearing, where a judge ordered him to spend the rest of his life behind bars for the…
DICKSON, TENNESSEE — A former day care employee has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after authorities say she repeatedly slammed a 13-month-old girl into a cot, causing serious injuries and sparking one of the region’s most disturbing child-abuse cases in recent years. Sarah Jo Fuson, 24, was convicted of aggravated child abuse and…
GEORGIA – A Decatur mother has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after prosecutors said she brutally beat her 4-year-old son to death because he struggled with potty training. The case, described by a judge as one of the most disturbing crimes she had ever seen, concluded Tuesday with a…
FLORIDA – Authorities in Santa Rosa County have announced a third arrest connected to the horrific death of 14-year-old Danika Troy, whose burned body was discovered in a wooded area earlier this month. The latest arrest does not involve the killing itself, but rather the man who reported finding her body—hours after he first saw…
OHIO – A 33-year-old Dayton woman accused of helping abduct a 12-year-old boy and assaulting him with bleach earlier this year has been released from custody after accepting a plea agreement that resulted in a sentence of time served. Reka Jarmon pleaded guilty on Dec. 5 to trespassing in a habitation and child endangerment, significantly…
MINNESOTA – Police in St. Cloud have charged a 23-year-old woman with second-degree murder after investigators say she fatally stabbed her boyfriend during what she later described as a “stupid argument” inside her apartment early Monday morning. According to a detailed probable cause affidavit, officers responded around 4 a.m. to an apartment on Washington Memorial…
DANVILLE, VIRGINIA — A 29-year-old Virginia man has been ruled competent to stand trial after authorities say he splashed a city councilman with gasoline and set him on fire, believing the victim was having an affair with his wife. The attack left the councilman with life-threatening burns across most of his body. Police Say Husband…