Columbus, OH

Orange County, CA

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Tega Cay Sun

Federal prosecutors announced they have charged three former law enforcement and military officers in connection with a staged raid designed to extort a businessman in Orange County, California, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced. The individuals, who allegedly posed as legitimate officers during the operation, are accused of conducting the sham raid to intimidate the victim into paying a large sum of money.

Former Law Enforcement and Military Officers Charged in Alleged Sham Raid to Extort Orange County

Irvine, CA

NBC News

Four former law enforcement and military officers are accused of conducting a sham raid on a California businessman’s home in 2019 and forcing him to sign away rights to his business worth tens of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said. The defendants, at the behest of the victim’s business...

4 former officers accused of staging sham raid to extort nearly $37 million from California man

West Sacramento, CA

A 31-year-old man was found guilty of the shooting, causing the car to crash into the river, and then climbing out and making no efforts to save her or the four children, aged 2 to 6, still inside the car. A man will face prison after the shooting death of...

Man Shot Girlfriend In Head While She Was Driving, Stood By While 4 Kids Rescued from River: DA

Illinois State

Sangamon County, IL

NewsNation

"We need to see a complete change of the system that allowed Sean Grayson to kill my daughter," Sonya Massey's father said.

‘Blood on the hands’ of system, ex-deputy: Massey family lawyer

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

New Jersey State

HuffPost

The former president's latest attempt at an insult quickly backfired.

OOPS! Trump Accidentally Hands Kamala Harris And Gavin Newsom A Major Compliment

North Carolina State

Shelby, NC

UPI News

Melissa Jean Allen Avila, a 55-year-old woman in North Carolina, has been arrested in the death of a newborn girl found in a Southern California dumpster 37 years ago, according to the Riverside Police Department.

North Carolina woman arrested 37 years after newborn's body found in California dumpster

San Jose, CA

Oakland, CA

Law & Crime

A purse snatcher was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for dragging a popular California bakery owner and activist to her death as he fled in a getaway car.
The post Purse snatcher who dragged beloved baker more than 50 feet to her death gets only 7 years; Victim’s family calls it ‘best possible outcome’ first appeared on Law & Crime.

Purse snatcher who dragged beloved baker more than 50 feet to her death gets only 7 years; Victim's family calls it 'best possible outcome'

Flagler County, FL

Fox News

A deputy in Flagler County, Florida, has resigned after witnesses say he fell asleep while guarding an inmate, allowing the inmate to escape custody.

Florida deputy was 'likely sleeping' when inmate escaped hospital: sheriff

San Diego, CA

Distractify

Anyone familiar with Suge Knight and his involvement in the East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry in the mid-1990s knows that Knight is not someone to mess with. As the founder and former CEO of Los Angeles-based Death Row Records, Knight ruled over the West Coast rap scene. The East Coast was handled by the controversial Sean "Puffy" Combs, who founded Bad Boy Records in 1993. Their artists were caught in the middle.Before he became a music mogul, Knight played football in college and then very briefly for the NFL. His rap sheet is prolific and includes multiple stints in prison,...

Suge Knight Has Been Incarcerated in a California Prison Since 2018 — What Did He Do?

Polk County, FL

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Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

RadarOnline

It has been 20 years since Scott Peterson was convicted for the murder of his wife and unborn child, but he is hoping further DNA testing of evidence could win him a retrial — an event a former California prosecutor called “unlikely" to happen, RadarOnline.com can reveal.In an order recently filed, a judge mandated DNA testing on a 15.5-inch piece of duct tape recovered from Laci Peterson's pants during her April 13, 2003, autopsy, Front Page Detectives reported.The test on the tape will be conducted by Pure Gold Forensics, Inc., along with more than a dozen physical pieces of evidence...

Scott Peterson ‘Pins Hope for Appeal’ on Duct Tape Found on Wife Laci Peterson's Body

Georgia State

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Monterey Park, CA

Irish Star

Allison Jillian Chao was last seen on surveillance video riding a blue GT mountain bike to her aunt's house in San Gabriel, California, on Tuesday night but never arrived

Californian straight-A student, 15, vanishes in Monterey Park while riding bike to aunt's house

Missouri State

ST. LOUIS — An appeals court in Missouri affirmed the $12 million damages award that had been granted in 2022 in favor of a Kansas City Southern Railway Company employee who fell off a train, which ran over his legs and and required their amputation. A 2023 judgment awarding interest is vacated.

$12M to injured railway worker

The Guardian

Death reports obtained by the Guardian show elderly people are regularly dying on the streets of LA: ‘They’re incredibly alone’

Thousands of senior citizens are dying homeless in Los Angeles, records reveal

Santa Cruz County, CA

Watsonville, CA

Lizbeth Arceo Sedano, a 25-year-old mother, was found dead near a hiking trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California on Sunday.

Missing California mother found dead near hiking trail after partner threatened 3-year-old daughter: police

Dallas, TX

DALLAS — A federal court in Texas will allow an apartment tenant to add two security companies as defendants to his suit against his apartment complex, where an intruder broke into his room while he was asleep and held a gun to his head. The court allows his suit against the trio of firms, for failure to provide adequate security, to proceed but remands it to state court because one of the security companies is non-diverse.

Apartment break-in

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

NewsBreak

Judge thins ex-attorney’s search-and-seizure claims against Yolo County sheriff

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal lawsuit filed by a former attorney with dementia against a California sheriff’s office over an improper search warrant and seizure...

Judge thins ex-attorney’s search-and-seizure claims against Yolo County sheriff

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