In a case with several layers of alleged deception, Tennessee authorities say a man called 911 claiming to be a hiker who fell off a cliff while running from a bear. But Monroe County investigators said that while they did find a dead body, this was not the real caller. The caller was actually Nicholas...
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MS-13 gang member charged with murdering ‘happy’ couple found dead in apartment complex’s parking lot
Just days ago, Tinayia Henderson lamented how someone murdered her friend Mijal Conejero-Romera, 22, as well as Mijal’s boyfriend, Diego Alexander Woollett, 22. “She didn’t deserve this,” Mijal’s best friend, Tinayia Henderson, said in a Tuesday report from Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate WUSA about the unsolved Aug. 28 murders. “It hurts knowing every day that...
‘Illegal any day of the week’: Man in MAGA hat punched elderly poll worker who told him to take it off, authorities say
A man in a MAGA hat punched a poll worker who had told him to take it off while at the voting site, according to deputies in Bexar County, Texas. The defendant, Jesse Lutzenberger, 63, is charged with injury to an elderly person, online records show. He posted a $30,000 bond on Friday. Sheriff Javier...
‘What the f— you talking about, b—-?’: Convicted killer who shot teen over Yeezy sneakers lashes out at victim’s father
Minutes after a jury convicted him of murdering a teenager over Yeezy sneakers, a young man lashed out at her father for chastising him during a victim impact statement. “What the f— you talking about, b—-?” Adrian Cosby, 23, said and jumped out of his chair, according to The Miami Herald. Prosecutors in Miami-Dade County...
‘Stone-cold killer’: Man found with blood ‘pooled’ in trunk of his car gets life in prison for murder of friend and high school classmate
A California man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the disappearance and revenge murder of a classmate who he blamed for getting him expelled from high school several years ago. Owen Skyler Shover, 23, learned his fate on Friday in the January 2019 murder of Aranda Isabel Briones, 16, who was buried somewhere in...
Middle school teacher charged with sexual assault over alleged summer ‘relationship’ with ‘underage boy who was a former student’
A North Texas middle school teacher was arrested this week for sexual crimes involving one of her former students, Lone Star State police say. Angela Barnes, 45, currently stands accused of one count each of sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between educator and student, according to a press release issued by the...
Now-former teacher arrested after allegedly being discovered in 16-year-old girl’s bedroom by her mother — after originally being charged with molesting same student
A now-former teacher in California is behind bars after he was found in a teenage girl’s bedroom, authorities said. Patrick John Mester, 65, stands accused of two counts each of arranging to meet with a minor for lewd purposes and lewd acts with a minor who is 14 or 15 years old, according to Stanislaus...
‘You have diminished this world’: Judge upbraids cardiologist who drugged, sexually assaulted women he met on dating app, sentencing him to 158 years
A Colorado cardiologist was sentenced to 158 years for drugging and sexually assaulting women he met on dating apps. Stephen Matthews, 37, learned his fate in a Denver courtroom on Friday. “Mr. Matthews, you know, you have diminished this world,” District Court Judge Eric Johnson told Matthews, local ABC affiliate KMGH reported. “You have dimmed...
15-year-old ‘systematically murdered’ his family and tried to frame younger brother, but got caught after sister played dead and told the truth: Sheriff’s office
A 15-year-old boy shot and killed his parents and most of his siblings, and then tried to frame one of the victims as the perpetrator of a “murder-suicide,” law enforcement officials in Washington state say. The alleged killer’s tale, however, unraveled because his 11-year-old sister played dead, later escaped, and told investigators the truth about...
Ex-cop told 911 he gave wife of 54 years ‘merciful ending’ from Alzheimer’s before taking his own life
An 80-year-old man in Michigan fatally shot his wife of 54 years, calling 911 and saying he was giving her a “merciful ending from her Alzheimer’s disease” before turning the gun on himself. William “Bill” A. Kitzmiller and 80-year-old Donna L. Kitzmiller were found dead inside their home last month in what authorities have deemed...