CORYDON, INDIANA — A longtime Indiana high school teacher has been arrested after police say she slapped a student for spilling water and told another that she wished she could “shoot [him] in the head.” According to investigators, 57-year-old Cherie S. Hofmann, a science teacher at Corydon Central High School, faces battery and intimidation charges…
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — A former celebrity chef once celebrated for his vegan lifestyle and cookbook success has been convicted of murdering his estranged wife and two children on Christmas Day in 2017, an attack prosecutors described as both “cruel” and “premeditated.” Anthony Milan Ross, 53, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and…
PLATTE CITY, MISSOURI — Prosecutors in Missouri say a man convinced his girlfriend to shoot and kill her former lover out of jealousy, telling her to “finish him” after learning she had slept with the victim. 35-year-old Cordero T. Cervantes now faces a second-degree murder charge in the June 2022 killing of 31-year-old Taylor Hawkins,…
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A Memphis courtroom heard emotional and shocking testimony this week as Tabatha Archie, the widow of slain pastor Brodes Perry, took the stand in the murder trial of Latoshia Daniels, the woman accused of killing Perry and shooting Archie during a 2019 confrontation that exposed a secret affair. Daniels, 44, is charged…
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO — A Colorado man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 6-year-old son nearly a decade ago is now standing trial for first-degree and second-degree murder, with prosecutors alleging he strangled the child after losing his temper. 40-year-old Darin Thrailkill was arrested in 2023 for the July 2016 death of Martin Osinski, whose sudden…
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — A 48-year-old Georgia man charged with murdering a teenager at a Walmart last month reportedly has a history of violent assaults, including a previous stabbing incident that left another victim hospitalized, according to local authorities and media reports. Delano Middleton, of Savannah, is accused of stabbing 18-year-old J.T. Schroeder multiple times during…
BOONE, IOWA — A high-ranking Iowa judge is facing operating while intoxicated (OWI) charges after witnesses reported seeing her driving the wrong way on a major highway and slumped over the wheel, according to law enforcement officials. Adria Kester, 55, who serves as the chief judge of Iowa’s Second Judicial District, was arrested late Tuesday…
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA — A 31-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a fire truck from a rural fire service station in southern New South Wales and leading police on a 220-kilometer cross-border pursuit that ended inside an Australian army base in Victoria. Authorities said the bizarre incident began around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday,…
STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA — Outrage is mounting in Oklahoma after a teenager accused of multiple violent sexual assaults was allowed to avoid prison under the state’s youthful offender law, igniting public fury, courthouse protests, and calls for the presiding judge’s removal. The controversy centers on 18-year-old Jesse Butler, who pleaded no contest to 10 sex assault-related…
GALVESTON, TEXAS — A shocking murder case out of Texas has reached trial as 18-year-old Uriah Lee Urick Jr. faces capital murder and credit card abuse charges in the February 2025 death of 63-year-old Tammy King, his girlfriend’s grandmother. According to Court TV, prosecutors allege Urick shot and killed King inside her Galveston County home,…