Catoosa County, GA

Georgia State

The Independent

An incarcerated man who shot and killed a 24-year-old woman working in the prison’s kitchen before turning the gun on himself was in a relationship with the victim, officials say.Jaydrekus Hart shot Aureon Grace, an employee of food service company Aramark, early Sunday morning in the kitchen of Smith State Prison in rural southeast Georgia.“During the course of the investigation, it was discovered that a personal relationship existed between Aramark employee Grace and offender Hart,” a Georgia Department of Corrections spokesperson said in a Monday statement. “A suicide note was also discovered that appears to have been left by offender...

Georgia inmate who killed worker in prison cafeteria was in a relationship with the victim

Glennville, GA

iHeartRadio

The inmate then turned the gun on himself.

Inmate Fatally Shoots Kitchen Worker Inside Prison

Florida State

Latin Times

SEATTLE - A study has shown that the misclassification of inmates by law enforcement officials can have a serious impact on how certain groups are perceived by authorities once they are in prison. In the state of Florida, at least 40,000 potentially Hispanic inmates have been classified as non-Hispanic white...

At least 40,000 Hispanic inmates have been misclassified in the Florida Department of Corrections

Wisconsin State

Irma, WI

ABC News

A 16-year-old inmate at a juvenile correctional facility in Wisconsin faces homicide and murder charges after a staff member he is accused of attacking died.

Teen inmate charged in death of juvenile prison staff member

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NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Sharpsburg, GA

The Mirror US

According to sheriff's officials in Georgia, deputies found two bodies in the driveway when they arrived at a home in Sharpsburg - before the man behind it killed himself too

Four dead in 'murder-suicide' as bodies found laying on driveway outside Georgia home

Tuscaloosa, AL

 A father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder.Justin Ross Harris was freed on Sunday — Father's Day — from the Macon State Prison, Georgia Department of Corrections records show. He began serving his sentence on December 6, 2016.Harris had moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the Atlanta area for work in 2012. He told police that on the morning of June 18, 2014, he forgot to drop off his 22-month-old son Cooper at day care. Instead, he drove straight...

Father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car

Idaho State

A 73-year-old Idaho serial killer who has been locked up for nearly 50 years has opened up on being one of many botched executions in the United States in recent years

Death row inmate thought he was 'in the afterlife' during painful botched execution

Norcross, GA

McPhersonBuzz News

A former police officer in Georgia who was charged with murder in the death of Susana Morales, 16, turned down the prosecution’s plea deal on Monday before the jury selection started. Following the girl’s death, Miles Bryant, who is 23 years old, told the court he was ready to face murder charges. In July 2022, […]

A Former Police Officer in Georgia Who is Accused of Killing a Teenage Girl Turns Down a Plea Deal

Columbus, GA

Six children, ranging from ages seven to 17, have been arrested after their friend drown in a Georgia pond, police announced. Zahmere Greene, 15, was found dead in a retention pond near the Chattahoochee River on May 29 — but authorities say he drowned on May 23 and his death was not reported for nearly a week, the police in Columbus, Georgia, said. Investigators say the kids involved witnessed his death.

Six kids, including a 9 year old, are charged after a 15-year-old Georgia boy drowns in a pond

Indiana State

Michigan City, IN

 A serial killer who admitted he was responsible for the deaths of five Alaskans, including committing the first when he was only 14, has died in an Indiana prison, officials said.Joshua Wade, 44, was found unresponsive in his cell June 14, Brandi Pahl, a spokesperson for the Indiana Department of Correction, said in an email Friday.“Despite life-saving measures being performed, he was pronounced dead,” she said.An autopsy was to be performed after Wade died at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, to determine the cause of death. An email sent to the La Porte County, Indiana, coroner...

Alaska serial killer who admitted to killing five people has died in an Indiana prison

New York Post

A Georgia inmate somehow got hold of a gun and shot dead a prison kitchen employee before turning the weapon on himself, according to officials. 

Jaydrekus Hart, who was facing at least another 19 years in Smith State Prison for voluntary manslaughter, gunned down kitchen worker Aureon Shavea Grace at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, the state’s Department of Corrections said. 

The agency provided few details, including how Hart got the weapon or why he targeted the kitchen worker, who was identified by friends as a 24-year-old mom.



“The weapon is in GDC custody at this time, and a complete and thorough...

Violent inmate manages to get gun, fatally shoots young mom working in prison kitchen before killing himself

Hinesville, GA

Two Georgia firefighters who vanished soon after ending their “toxic” relationship have been found dead nearly 400 miles away from home, according to family and cops.

The bodies of high school sweethearts Raegan Anderson and Chandler Kuhbander, both 24, were found along with Anderson’s black 2017 Ford Focus in Cocke County, Tennessee, on Sunday, according to police in their Georgia hometown of Hinesville.

Further details on the discovery – including the pair’s causes of death – were not immediately available, the authorities said.





Anderson and Kuhbander, who worked together at Liberty County Fire Services, were last seen together in Anderson’s car in the parking...

Missing Georgia firefighters and HS sweethearts found dead after ending ‘toxic’ relationship

Doraville, GA

HuffPost

Susana Morales went missing as she was walking home from a friend's house in July 2022 in Georgia.

'Cop Turned Killer' Found Guilty Of Kidnapping And Murdering 16-Year-Old Girl

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Charles

Prisons are meant to be places of rehabilitation and punishment, but some facilities in the United States have garnered reputations that make them more feared than others. Here, we delve into some of the most notorious and terrifying prisons across the country, highlighting their histories, infamous inmates, and the brutal conditions that define them.

Inside the Walls: The Scariest Prisons in America

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Oklahoma State

Execution of Richard Rojem Jr. Richard Rojem Jr., 66, was executed on June 27 for the 1985 kidnapping, rape, and murder of his ex-stepdaughter, Layla Cummings, who was seven years old at the time. As Oklahoma’s longest-serving death row inmate, Rojem received a lethal three-drug injection at 10:16 a.m. at the state prison.

Oklahoma: Death row inmate’s final meal could give you a heart attack

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Louisiana State

Yella Clark, 45, an incarcerated Black transgender person, was killed in a fight with other inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., in April. Clark’s trans identity is just being widely reported now. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The...

Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana

Luke Nelson was serving a 10-year sentence at HMP Parc in Bridgend when his cell was searched.

Extra jail time for inmate who hid drugs in cell

13WMAZ

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Inmate dead at Washington State Prison, department of corrections says

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — An inmate's body is being taken to the GBI Crime Lab after dying in Washington State Prison, according to the Georgia Department...

Inmate dead at Washington State Prison, department of corrections says

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