Crime

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MISSOURI — A Missouri mother and father are facing serious criminal charges after investigators say they locked their children in rooms, starved them, restricted access to food with padlocks, and punished them for vomiting from extreme hunger. Authorities described the home as “uninhabitable,” noting that the children survived under conditions of severe…

ARKANSAS — Authorities in Sebastian County are investigating a devastating triple homicide after a 40-year-old mother and her two young children were found shot to death inside their home in Bonanza, just miles from the Oklahoma border. The discovery came as the woman’s divorce from her husband — a local doctor — was in its…

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA — A horrific domestic violence incident unfolded inside a Harrisburg home on Nov. 25, leaving a 31-year-old mother dead and her husband hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt, police said. The tragedy was discovered by the woman’s 13-year-old son, who came home from school to find his mother mortally wounded on the bathroom…

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced after authorities say their premature newborn twins were discovered dangerously malnourished, having gained almost no weight in the weeks following their release from the hospital. Prosecutors say the parents repeatedly skipped medical appointments and failed to feed the infants enough to sustain healthy development. Parents…

BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, MI — A Michigan man is facing multiple felony charges after deputies say he stalked a minor he met on social media and later drove more than an hour to her neighborhood, where he allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at her family’s home, igniting small fires across the residential block. Attack Involved Multiple Firebombs,…

SIOUX CITY, IA — A western Iowa man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after stabbing his cousin in the head with a butcher knife so forcefully that the handle broke off, leaving the victim to walk nearly 20 minutes with the blade still embedded, according to court documents and local reports. Argument…

WOODSFIELD, OH — A routine banking errand turned into an unexpected criminal investigation after an Ohio man accidentally sent a baggie of methamphetamine through a bank’s drive-thru tube, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Bank Employee Discovers Meth in Drive-Thru Deposit The incident happened on Dec. 3, when an employee at a bank in…

PALM COAST, FL — A Florida traffic stop that began with a red-light violation quickly escalated into a DUI arrest involving a toddler and the discovery of plastic-wrapped Xanax pills hidden in the driver’s body cavities, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Stops Vehicle After Red-Light Violation The incident occurred on Nov. 29…

ELROY, WISCONSIN — A man from Wonewoc is facing serious charges after investigators say he attempted to meet an underage girl for sex, prompting an arrest by the Juneau County Sheriff’s Office earlier this week. Deputies Respond After Report of Suspected Meeting According to the sheriff’s office, authorities received a report on December 4 indicating…

MADISON, WISCONSIN — The family of 39-year-old Tory Medley is demanding a deeper investigation after he was found hanging from a tree at Brookfield Hills Golf Course on Nov. 13. While the City of Brookfield Police Department says their initial findings show no signs of foul play, Medley’s family — supported by an attorney and…