A Texas judge sent a man to prison for 40 years for murdering another man who allegedly threatened to release naked pictures of his stepdaughter. Court records show a jury on Friday convicted 42-year-old Jessie Clifford Brown on a murder charge in the 2015 death of John Allen Franco, 24, in Liberty City, which is...
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Hit-and-run driver killed man in parking lot, washed car ‘just feet’ from dying victim before fleeing: Police
A 21-year-old man in Utah is accused of fatally striking a 63-year-old man with his vehicle in the parking lot of car wash, then cleaning his car “just feet from the victim” before fleeing the scene. Christian Palma Hernandez was taken into custody last week and charged with one count each of hit and run...
‘Killer clown’ murderer who delivered flowers and balloons to husband’s then-wife before shooting her in face gets released from prison
A woman in Florida who dressed up as a clown and murdered the wife of her current husband — while she and him were unmarried and allegedly having an affair — was released from prison over the weekend after copping a plea deal last year. Sheila Keen-Warren, 61, is officially free after spending seven years...
‘Reset to a newborn’: Mom’s fiance ‘bear hugged’ her infant son to get him to stop crying, police say
A 10-month-old Missouri boy continues to recover from critical head and body trauma allegedly suffered at the hands of his mother’s fiance. A child publicly identified only as “Baby Waylon” was released from the hospital some six weeks after cops say the suspect, 28-year-old Jordan L. Boggess, dropped the boy while tossing him in the...
Child’s father broke into home then shot the mother and grandmother: Prosecutors
After breaking into the residence, the father of an 8-year-old boy shot the mother and maternal grandmother while the child was at home, according to prosecutors in Burlington County, New Jersey. Law enforcement soon arrested Pennsylvania man Junior Edwards, 37, and charged him with crimes including murder for allegedly killing Catherine Nunez, 33, and her...
Man who wanted to have sex on beach while tied up was hit with hatchet, choked by woman and her boyfriend: Cops
A Florida man and woman are behind bars after they allegedly attacked a man who wanted to have sex while tied up on the beach. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, a “frantic” man flagged down a Volusia County Sheriff’s deputy around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Ocean Shore Boulevard in...
‘There’s just no excuse’: Nighttime hunter shot woman thinking he heard deer, deputies say
A young South Carolina man is charged with fatally shooting a woman and injuring her husband while the couple was on a nighttime walk. Kristofer Kelle McDonald, 20, allegedly thought, based on the sounds of leaves and branches, that he heard a deer, according to the arrest warrant obtained by Charleston CBS affiliate WCSC. Instead,...
‘He felt he had no choice’: Driver acquitted in third trial for road rage shooting in ‘minor traffic collision’
After two other sets of jurors struggled over the issue, a third panel has acquitted Trenton Thornton of murdering Patrick Edwards, 35, during a Feb. 4, 2020, road rage incident. This was his third trial after the first two ended in hung juries. “Of course he was very emotional and of course, so was his...
‘Chance encounter’ in wilderness led to man murdering victim with piece of wood, screw driver and an ax inside tent: Cops
Cops arrested a 41-year-old man for murdering a random victim who had invited him in his tent to have a beer out in the Montana wilderness. Daren Christopher Abbey is facing a deliberate homicide charge along with two counts of tampering with evidence in the death of 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem. According to Gallatin County Sheriff...
‘Unthinkable and reprehensible violence’: 11 suspected gang members charged in murders, attempted murders that left rivals and bystanders in their wake
Eleven suspected members of a Minnesota street gang have been charged in a federal racketeering case alleging murders and attempted murders in bloody gang violence that killed rivals and bystanders alike. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy indictment names leaders, organizers, and members of the Lows street gang and alleges “a pattern of unthinkable...