Kendall, FL

Columbus, OH

Okaloosa County, FL

Crestview, FL

Law & Crime

The defendant's roommate came home to discover that her expensive pet jumping spider – along with the spider's enclosure – was missing.
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Hamilton County, OH

The Independent

A man is accused of fatally stabbing his 74-year-old mom and wounding his dad after he was told he could stay at their Ohio home, according to a report.Kenneth Mortimer, 40, was arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder and felonious assault in connection to the attack.On Friday, police in Hamilton County, Ohio, were called to a home. Authorities determined that Mortimer got into an argument with his mom, Barbara Mortimer, when she told him he could not stay overnight at the home, according to WXIX.The argument turned physical and Barbara asked her husband, Thomas, to call 911.That is when Kenneth Mortimer grabbed a knife from the kitchen and approached his parents sitting on the couch, according to the report. He began to stab both of them.Barbara Mortimer ran to the door but was tackled by Kenneth and dragged back into the home.Kenneth Mortimer fled the scene after the alleged attack and was found by police. He admitted to stabbing both his parents, according to the report.A judge set Kenneth Mortimer’s bond at $2 million. His dad remains in serious condition at the hospital.

Man accused of stabbing his 74-year-old mom to death after she said he could not stay the night

Waller County, TX

Fox News

A Texas man was sentenced to four decades in prison as part of a plea agreement after pleading guilty to decapitating his newlywed wife in 2023.

Texas man sentenced to 40 years in prison for decapitating his wife, leaving her head in the shower

Toms River, NJ

HuffPost

A newly released arrest warrant details disturbing allegations related to the killing of a man at a New Jersey home allegedly used to harbor a suspect in another murder.

Woman Was Allegedly Photographed While Dismembering Murder Victim’s Body

Miami, FL

A 29-year-old man is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed a transgender girl 18 times at the Miami International Airport over the weekend. Alexander Love is facing a first-degree attempted murder charge. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, the 17-year-old girl was at the airport sitting on the floor and eating around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. For no apparent reason, Love allegedly pulled out a “long butcher knife” and stabbed the victim 18 times in the arms, shoulders, neck, face, head and legs.

Man stabs transgender woman 18 times, tries to throw her from 4th floor of airport for no apparent reason: Cops

Tennessee State

Nashville, TN

InsideEdition

"Her car was in the middle of the cemetery and she was in the back of the car wrapped up in sheets and trash bags. She was beaten to death. Her face was smashed in, her head was smashed in, she was brutally beaten," the victim's father told WLOX

Beloved Nursing Student Beaten to Death and Left in Cemetery After Ex Released From Jail Without GPS Monitor

Polk County, FL

Winter Haven, FL

A 19-year-old Florida man, Henry Maynard, was fatally shot by a Polk County Sheriff’s deputy after a bizarre and tragic sequence of events triggered by a melted Almond Joy candy bar. Maynard’s grandmother had brought him the candy bar but found him asleep, leaving it on his laptop. When...

Florida man runs over grandmother over melted candy bar, shot dead by police

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

NBC News

Florida authorities this week announced the arrests of four suspects in the slaying last month of the rapper Foolio, all of them charged with murder, and say one suspect is still at large. The slaying was fueled by an ongoing feud between rival gangs, Tampa police said in a statement...

4 suspects arrested in killing of Florida rapper Foolio, a slaying police blame on gang rivalry

Houston, TX

CBS News

A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. local time. He was condemned for the July 1997 killing and attempted rape of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three. Adleman had been brutally beaten and strangled with her own shoelace in a heavily wooded area off a jogging trail along a...

Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger

Florida State

Bartow, FL

A Florida death row inmate, convicted of a 1997 mass killing at a manufacturing facility, died on Thursday before an execution date could be set. Nelson Serrano, who had been diagnosed with a terminal condition, spent his final days confined to a wheelchair and suffering from severe health issues. Conviction...

Florida death row inmate dies before execution amid terminal illness

Riverview, FL

USA TODAY

Kim Chambliss and Val Delacruz had just returned home from Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with $3,300 in winnings when they were ambushed.

A Florida couple won $3,300 at the casino. Two men then followed them home and shot them.

Kentucky State

Erlanger, KY

Business Insider

A Kentucky jury awarded more than $2 million to the estate of a 76-year-old man who died after being scalded by 150-degree water in a motel shower.

A Kentucky motel has to pay $2M to the family of a man who died after a 150-degree shower

Mississippi State

A man from Mississippi who is 70 years old was caught in Florida for selling cocaine and having drug equipment. A deputy from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office (SRCSO) was arrested on July 10 during a traffic stop. He was pulled over for a traffic error while driving a 2021 Chevy Malibu that was registered in Mississippi.

A 70-year-old Man From Mississippi Was Caught in Florida on Charges of Drug Trafficking

Milwaukee, WI

BIN: Black Information Network

A Wisconsin man charged with the murder and dismemberment of a 19-year-old college student who he went on a first date with allegedly plotted to kill her weeks before she went missing.

Man Accused Of Plotting To Dismember Black Teen Weeks Before Their 1st Date

Georgia State

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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

Booneville, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. The Prentiss County Grand Jury has handed down indictments against two Booneville residents on charges of child endangerment, according to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department.

Two Women Indicted for Child Endangerment

Pennsylvania State

Clark, PA

The Pennsylvania man arrested for the dismemberment killing of 14-year-old trans teen Pauly A. Likens is facing additional charges following a preliminary hearing last week, the Erie Times-News and other local media reported. Likens was last seen alive on June 22 after leaving the home of a friend where she...

Pennsylvania man held for trial in murder and dismemberment of trans 14-year-old Pauly A. Likens

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Louisiana State

Harris County, TX

The family of a 12-year-old girl in Houston is asking for help as they believe the child may have been lured to a hotel by a man before being abducted. Chloie Brewer is thought to have gone missing early Monday, leaving her Houston home in her mother’s SUV and driving to a Crystal Inn and Suites on Little York in north Harris County, Texas, her family told Click2Houston.

Worried family pleads for help finding missing 12-year-old they say was lured away by a man

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

NewsBreak

Florida man sentenced to 25 years in killing of son’s neighbor over dog poop dispute

MIAMI (WSVN) — A Kendall man who shot and killed his son’s neighbor during a dispute about a dog has been sentenced to life with a...

Florida man sentenced to 25 years in killing of son’s neighbor over dog poop dispute

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