Authorities in Montana have a person in custody they believe murdered a man found dead with “chop wounds” inside a tent in a killing initially reported as a bear attack. The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday in a Facebook post that a suspect in the slaying of 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem is in jail on...
Video footage released by police in Washington state this week shows a pair of alleged killers strolling up to a family home — pausing for a moment as a neighbor drives by — before opening fire on the residence and killing a mother of five. Carolynn Williams, 45, was in the middle of getting her...
A convicted murderer and self-proclaimed “serial killer” who once declared in court that he was “Michael Myers” will spend the rest of his days behind bars for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Carolyn L. Addison on Thursday ordered Joshua Dotson to serve a sentence of 102 years...
More than two years after a Labor Day weekend boat crash killed a 17-year-old girl in Florida, the real estate developer operating the boat with 12 teen girls aboard while celebrating his daughter’s birthday now faces a homicide case that could put him in prison for a decade and a half. George Pino, now 54,...
A Mississippi mother and her 10-year-old daughter allegedly formed a “suicide pact” and decided to take several pills. But only the girl followed through, police say. And it nearly cost the girl her life. Now the mother, Brittney Leigh Hensley, is behind bars. She’s charged with aggravated child abuse. The Ocean Springs Police Department responded...
An Arizona teenager walked out into a field with his mother, killed her, then faked her kidnapping, police in the Grand Canyon State say. The timeline of events appears to be what led law enforcement to believe the 18-year-old defendant was the culprit in the homicide case. On Wednesday morning, a jogger discovered the body...
A 52-year-old grandmother in Minnesota has been arrested for allegedly getting drunk and leaving her infant grandchild in a roadside ditch while it was cold, rainy, and windy outside. Anastasia E. Vaughn was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one count of child endangerment — placing a child in a situation that could...
A Florida day care worker was arrested after she allegedly shook a playhouse so violently that a 4-year-old boy fell headfirst to the ground. De’Neishia Garner, 30, is charged with aggravated child abuse, records show. The Alachua Chronicle obtained an arrest report that detailed the incident, which occurred shortly before noon Monday at O2B Kids...
A 61-year-old man in Florida driving around with his adult grandson on Monday was gunned down in broad daylight — taking four bullet rounds to his back after being thrown down in the street — during an “execution-style” road rage shooting, police say. “A Sunday afternoon turned into a nightmare that cost a life, leaving...
A Florida bail bondsman is behind bars after authorities say they uncovered a yearslong scheme where he would pay to get women out of jail in exchange for sex. Russell “Bruce” Moncrief, 75, of Moncrief Bail Bonds is facing charges of racketeering and human trafficking, according to the Central Florida based Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation...