Santa Cruz County, CA

Watsonville, CA

Fox News

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

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

Georgia State

Dover, OH

A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl last seen in May was found safe in Ohio and a suspect, identified as Antonio Agustin, has been arrested.

Georgia girl, 12, missing since May, found safe in Ohio; suspect arrested

Wake County, NC

Raleigh, NC

The Independent

A mom who left her two young daughters inside a sweltering hot car while she gambled inside a casino has now been jailed for their murders.Launice Battle, 31, from Wake County, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder in the deaths of Trinity Milbourne, two, and her sister Amora, three.On Thursday, she was sentenced to serve between just under eight and 10 and a half years in a state correctional facility.Back on 27 August 2022, Battle drove to the casino Vegas Style Sweepstakes in Raleigh and left her children in the car while she went inside. The...

A mom left her two toddlers in a sweltering hot car to gamble at a casino. Now she’s been jailed for murder

Alabama State

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Centre, AL

The World Around Jae and Beyond

(Alabama)- On August 15, 2024, the Alabama Department of Justice reported a former police officer was charged with participating in a scheme to plant drugs on innocent motorists to fabricate drug arrests.

Former Alabama Officer Charged in Drug-Planting Scheme Targeting Innocent Motorists

Arizona State

Tucson, AZ

TUCSON, Ariz. - Officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office say a Tucson woman who identified herself as "Queen of the South" has been returned to the U.S., years after she fled to Mexico. In a statement released on July 26, a spokesperson with the United States Attorney's Office said 33-year-old...

'Queen of the South': Arizona drug trafficking suspect back in U.S., federal officials say

Hinds County, MS

Law & Crime

Mississippi lawyer Daniel Dale was arrested Thursday after sheriffs in Hinds County said he tried to smuggle drugs — including marijuana — cellphones, a digital scale, cigarettes, cigar wraps and more contraband into a local detention center in an alleged conspiracy with two detainees.
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Attorney looks soaking wet after he's arrested for smuggling drugs, cellphones into prison

Los Angeles, CA

San Mateo County, CA

Scripps News

Peterson is pushing for a new trial in his murder case and claims a piece of duct tape could help exonerate him.

Deadline set for DNA testing of duct tape in convicted murderer Scott Peterson's case

Ventura County, CA

Back in 1977, three women were strangled and their bodies found dumped in California. For over four decades, no arrests were made and the case went cold.Now, police believe they have solved the mystery – and say that it was the work of a suspected serial killer already charged with murder across the country in North Carolina. Warren Luther Alexander was charged on Wednesday with the murders of three murders of Kimberly Carol Fritz, 18, Velvet Ann Sanchez, 31, and Lorraine Ann Rodriguez, 21, which all took place in Ventura County, California, in 1977.The three women were all strangled within...

Three women were found strangled in California. Four decades later police arrest suspected serial killer

Hillsborough, NC

Authorities in North Carolina have launched a massive manhunt to search for an escaped killer. Ramone Alston, 30, who was serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a one-year-old girl on Christmas in 2015, managed to break away from a corrections officer while he was being transported to UNC Hospital in Hillsborough on Tuesday (August 13).

Man Who Killed 1-Year-Old Escaped From Jail During Hospital Transport

Orange County, NC

Escaped murderer Ramon Jamarr Alston is 'extremely dangerous,' warns Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood, who grew up with his father. Manhunt underway.

North Carolina sheriff hunting 'Christmas Day Killer' knows him personally, warns he has 'nothing to lose'

Mississippi State

Port Gibson, MS

ABC News

Two men escaped from a Mississippi jail in early July. ABC News has since learned that the escape was not recorded and that the jail was experiencing camera issues.

Mississippi jail where murder suspects escaped had surveillance camera issues

Atlanta, GA

 Atlanta police have arrested a woman’s husband for her murder, 25 years after her remains were found dumped in a trash bag.Melissa Wolfenbarger’s family last heard from her on Thanksgiving Day in 1998 when the 21-year-old called her mother, Norma Patton, from her husband’s grandparents’ home. But no one reported the woman missing until January 2000, when her mother filed a report.Decades later, her husband, Christopher Wolfenbarger, was arrested for murder after being a person of interest in the case for years, police said at a Wednesday press conference. The arresting officers found Wolfenbarger hiding behind a dryer at...

A woman’s remains were found in a trash bag in 1999. Atlanta police just arrested her husband for murder

Kannapolis, NC

USA TODAY

Authorities in North Carolina captured Ramone Alston, an escaped inmate, early Friday morning after a dayslong manhunt.

Escaped inmate convicted of murder captured in North Carolina hotel after dayslong manhunt

Riverside, CA

RadarOnline

Authorities in California say advancements in DNA testing have helped detectives identify and arrest a woman on suspicion of killing her newborn baby girl almost 37 years ago, RadarOnline.com can reveal.According to the Riverside Police Department, an individual rummaging for recyclables found the deceased infant in a plastic bag in a dumpster behind a business in Riverside in October 1987, Front Page Detectives reported.The local coroner’s office ruled the newborn’s death a homicide.Investigators exhausted all leads in the case, and were unable to identify a suspect at the time.The Riverside Police Department formed a new Homicide Cold Case Unit and...

DNA Leads California Cops to Arrest 55-Year-Old Woman — in 37-Year-Old Cold Case of Daughter Discarded in Dumpster

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Daily Coffee Press

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

Flagler County, FL

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

Clayton County, GA

CDLLife

The third largest meth seizure in Drug Enforcement Administration history was made from a farmer’s market bound tractor trailer earlier this month.  The 2,380 pounds of meth was discovered inside of a tractor trailer hauling celery to a Clayton County, Georgia farmer’s market, reported Fox 5 Atlanta. “This is the largest meth seizure at DEA […]
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DEA’s 3rd largest meth seizure ever found in “very confident” Georgia-bound tractor trailer

North Carolina authorities continued their search on Wednesday for an escaped inmate convicted of killing a one-year-old girl in 2015. Ramone Jamarr Alston, dubbed the “Christmas Day Killer,” escaped custody from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (DAC) at around 7am Tuesday, after managing to break free of leg restraints while being transported to UNC Hospital in Hillsborough to receive medical attention, and running into the nearby woods.

Manhunt continues in North Carolina for escaped killer of 1-year-old girl

NewsBreak

Yard equipment stolen from Buncombe County elementary school, suspect sought

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office is attempting to identify a suspect involved in a larceny incident at...

Yard equipment stolen from Buncombe County elementary school, suspect sought

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