TENNESSEE (DDN) – A 17-year-old man wanted for allegedly firing at a FedEx delivery truck driver in Tennessee during a road rage incident was apprehended by the US Marshals Service (USMS) on January 22. His father was also arrested as an accessory to the fugitive hunt. On December 15, 2024, around 5:20 p.m., officers from...
Wisconsin (DDN) – A Wisconsin man attempting to “look cool” while showing off his guns to his 8-year-old stepson tragically shot and killed the boy, authorities say. Steven Merkel, 52, of Lake Geneva, faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Michael Meagher, according to the Town of Geneva Police Department and...
WICHITA, Kan (DDN) – According to court records from Sedgwick County, a man from Wichita is facing four and a half years in prison for a case from last summer in which an 11-month-old daughter was discovered in a canal in Wichita. Vincent Perez, who has been identified as the father of the kid, was...
DDN – A 42-year-old New Jersey man allegedly murdered his 39-year-old wife and disposed of her body outside of the state. According to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, Jadan Sumba’s family reported her missing to the Elizabeth Police Department on January 9, after not seeing her since the day before. Officers discovered her remains in...
DETROIT (DDN) – A 23-year-old Detroit man is accused of physically and sexually assaulting a woman in a Royal Oak Township motel. Jacob Macklis faces charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to maim, strangling, felonious assault, domestic violence, and two counts of third-degree child abuse. On January 18, Michigan State Police arrived...
DDN – The guy who killed three ladies in Arizona while driving intoxicated will serve 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of second-degree murder, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Two of the women were from Clarkston, a hamlet in eastern Washington. The ladies, Abriauna Hoffman and Magdalyn “Maggie” Ogden,...
DDN – A 21-year-old man has been caught and taken to Sedgwick County Jail after an accident in November 2023 that resulted in the deaths of two Wichita State University students, based on records made public on Wednesday. Ahmed Rateb I Juma and 20-year-old Mohammed Shaafout were charged on October 22, 2024, with two counts...
DDN – Two teenage girls from South Carolina have been charged with the “vicious” murder of a 13-year-old girl who was discovered bludgeoned, stabbed, and burned in a vacant house fire. Ka’Niyah Baker, 13, who was reported missing on January 13, was discovered two days later after a house fire on Cardamon Court, approximately 20...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (DDN) – Police arrested two additional suspects in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old in August 2024. Jaylon Reaves, 20, and Tyquan Paige, 18, were arrested in South Carolina in connection with the death of Aryan Jaswel, 17. Reaves was detained in Mullins, South Carolina. Paige was arrested in Horry County, South Carolina....
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (DDN) – According to officials, an Indiana lady is accused of putting her 2-year-old child in a bag before boarding a bus. Ashley Gibson, 29, was arrested for the incident on December 12, according to WXIN. Officers examined camera footage obtained from inside the bus. The video showed Gibson getting on the bus...