MACON, GEORGIA — A Georgia man who admitted he was drunk after plowing his speedboat into a pontoon boat full of friends — killing a 22-year-old and injuring several others — has been convicted of homicide by vessel and multiple related charges, officials said. The Bibb County jury found 61-year-old Eric Head guilty of first-degree…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A 20-year-old Walmart employee will spend the next two decades in prison after getting drunk during his lunch break and then running down a co-worker in the store parking lot, killing her, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Gabriel Rosas was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison — the maximum penalty…
VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA — A first date between two Facebook acquaintances took a terrifying turn when a 33-year-old Illinois man allegedly tried to run the woman over — twice — with a stolen car, according to police. Authorities say Alexander Lee Dennis Jr. drove from Illinois to meet the victim in the small Iron Range city…
MIAMI, FLORIDA — A 29-year-old Florida mother is facing serious charges after allegedly beating her 9-year-old son daily, abandoning him with a stranger she met online, and leaving her two other children — including a 3-month-old baby — alone at home for hours, according to police. Authorities identified the suspect as Anni Gomez, who was…
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…