A Utah man accused of holding his girlfriend and her family in their home for six months on a lie that “cartel” members were after them has been arrested, authorities said. Dominic Christopher Garcia, 23, faces 28 counts, including seven each of kidnapping and assault, after his arrest Saturday. He …
Read More »Court upholds conviction of man in murder of wife whose Fitbit exercise tracker helped crack case
Despite finding “improprieties” were committed by a prosecutor, the Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday upheld the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his wife in a case that drew wide attention because the victim’s Fitbit exercise tracker contradicted his statements to police. The justices ruled in a 6-0 …
Read More »Woman accused of stowing away on Delta flight from NY to Paris apprehended again, FBI says
The woman accused of stowing away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris was arrested again, this time while reportedly trying to get into Canada. Svetlana Dali had been given an ankle monitor with GPS monitoring after her bond hearing in the stowaway case. She’d been ordered not …
Read More »Star rock climber Charles Barrett sentenced to life in prison for sexual assaults at Yosemite
A Santa Rosa native and prominent professional rock climber has been sentenced to life in federal prison for sexual assaults he committed at Yosemite National Park, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Charles Barrett, 40, was found guilty in February of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of …
Read More »32 years after Sabrina Underwood’s remains were found by hunters in Arkansas, a man has been charged with her murder
A tip from an inmate and a subsequent confession from the suspected killer has led to the closure of a 32-year-old cold case, Arkansas State Police said. Rick Allen Headley, 48, was charged with first-degree murder in the 1991 death of 19-year-old Sabrina Lynn Underwood of Huntsville, state police said …
Read More »Parents, 2 children and 3 dogs found shot to death in suburban Chicago home as police search for killer
A couple, their two children and three dogs were found fatally shot Sunday in a suburban Chicago home. Police are not investigating the incident as a murder-suicide and they are searching for the killer, CBS Chicago reports. The bodies were found about 8:40 p.m. in Romeoville by officers sent to …
Read More »Stolen car hits 10 people and other vehicles in Manhattan as driver tries to flee, police say
Police say the driver of a stolen car was taken into custody after it hit 10 people and other vehicles during Tuesday evening’s rush hour in Manhattan. Police say a license plate reader tipped officers to the whereabouts of the stolen Hyundai and they followed it at a low rate …
Read More »Oklahoma executes man who stabbed Tulsa woman to death after escaping from prison work center in 1995
Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10 a.m. and was pronounced dead 13 minutes later at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. …
Read More »Man thought killed during Philadelphia mass shooting was actually slain two days earlier, authorities say
Philadelphia authorities investigating a Fourth of July holiday shooting spree that left five people dead now say the gunman killed one of the victims almost two full days before the mass shooting. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was arraigned Wednesday morning on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons …
Read More »David Crawford, ex
A former police chief in Maryland was sentenced Tuesday to eight life sentences plus 75 years for setting a series of 12 fires targeting people who he felt had wronged him, CBS Baltimore reported. Former Laurel Police Chief David Crawford’s sentences are concurrent, so his actual prison sentence is …
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