Muncie, IN

Columbus, OH

Indiana State

Detroit, MI

ABC News

A man in an "intimate relationship" with a Michigan neurosurgeon has been charged in the doctor's slaying, authorities announced Wednesday.

Man in 'intimate relationship' with neurosurgeon charged in his murder

Law & Crime

Richard and Patricia Heitz allegedly kept child in camper without electricity for days before abandoning him at a mental facility and refusing to let him back home. 
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Adopted 13-year-old kept in camper without electricity, forced to use 'grocery style bags' as toilet: Police

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

Bloomington, IN

Indiana cops arrived Sunday evening at an apartment where music was blaring, where a man was beaten in a bathroom with a baseball bat and repeatedly stabbed, and where a 25-year-old woman was covered in blood and lying on a couch before she claimed “I had to defend myself, dude,” according to court documents.

‘I had to defend myself, dude’: Instead of showering together, woman allegedly stuns man with bat and breaks off blade in his body in unprovoked attack

Floyd County, IN

New York Post

An Indiana mother of three was fatally shot through her kitchen window while making a TikTok video with a friend — allegedly by a stalker ex-boyfriend who, she had ominously predicted, might kill her.

Kaitlynn Lee, 25, was “laughing, dancing and lip-synching” while filming with a friend Saturday when she suddenly turned to look at someone knocking on her window, according to the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office.

“What are you doing here?” Lee was heard asking — before a shot rang out and she fell dead to the floor, WHAS-TV News reported. 



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Mom of three gunned down while making TikTok — allegedly by ex she predicted might kill her

Lafayette, IN

A three-month-old baby has been found drowned in a sealed bucket in Indiana, with his father reportedly considered a person of interest in his death. A silver alert to search for Jacob Moneus was launched by Lafayette Police on August 10, but called off just the following day after they discovered his body in a bucket full of laundry detergent, according to reports from Journal & Courier.The bucket he was found in was reportedly beside the trash can in his mother’s residence in southeast Lafayette. In the press release asking the public for assistance in locating the baby, police explained...

Three-month-old baby snatched by father is found dead in a sealed bucket

Colorado State

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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

Loveland, CO

Fox News

A 15-year-old boy was slammed to the floor of an In-N-Out Burger for accidentally splashing water on a woman, Colorado police said.

Colorado man charged after attack on 15-year-old boy at In-N-Out Burger over splashing water

Over a decade after an 85-year-old retired Indiana farmer was found dead on his bedroom floor, a second man has been charged over his murder. Richard Taft, 39, was indicted for murder and burglary resulting in bodily harm over the 2012 death of Lowell Badger. On 8 December 2012, Badger...

A retired farmer was shot dead in his bedroom over 10 years ago. Now two men have been arrested

New Jersey State

Monroe Township, NJ

A woman was covered in acid outside her New Jersey home in what has been described by prosecutors as an alleged murder-for-hire plot. The 42-year-old victim, who has not been named, had just returned home from work and parked in her driveway in the Forrest Hills development in Monroe Township when the incident happened on July 26. As she opened her car door, she was approached by an unknown woman who threw a cup with some liquid in it to the victim.

Woman doused in acid outside New Jersey home as 3 arrested in horror 'murder-for-hire plot'

Georgia State

Atlanta, GA

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

Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Police in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, are searching for answers after a suspected murder-suicide outside a Taco Bell. The altercation reportedly occurred in the drive-thru.

Ohio man shoots 25-year-old woman outside Taco Bell in suspected murder-suicide, did not know victim: police

Irvine, CA

NewSantaAna

The Irvine Police Department’s Spectrum team was notified of a woman shoplifting at Sephora on Wednesday. When loss prevention tried to stop her, she refused to stop. As the Spectrum team arrived, loss prevention lost the suspect in the parking lot. An excellent citizen told the officers they observed the suspect enter a white Tesla and crawl into the trunk.

Shoplifter arrested after hiding in her Tesla’s trunk at the Irvine Spectrum

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

As Alfalfa in the classic Our Gang/Little Rascals comedic feature film shorts-turned-TV-series, former child star Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer brought to the screen his unique brand of humor, coupled with an unmelodic voice, freckles, and a protruding hair cowlick. The Gang/Rascals franchise was later rebooted on the big screen with a cast of new young stars.

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer: A Tragic Child Star Story of a Dog, a Few Dollars, and a Deadly Altercation

Milwaukee, WI

 Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four hotel workers with being a party to D'Vontaye Mitchell's murder after scouring video showing them piling on top of the Black man in an incident Mitchell's family says is disturbingly similar to George Floyd's death.Mitchell's family spent weeks pressuring prosecutors to charge the hotel workers in the June 30 death. District Attorney John Chisholm finally filed a count of being a party to felony murder against each of them on Tuesday.Here's what to know about Mitchell's death and the Hyatt workers, who now face sentences of up to nearly 16 years in prison...

Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man

Lauren Harris stabbed David Mark Wilcox to death, and her accomplice bludgeoned him with a bottle.

Woman jailed for murdering man who loved her

Ohio State

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

Polk County, FL

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

Massachusetts State

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Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, is still looking for a forever home for an adorable six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Still Looking For Love

Cleveland, OH

Stow, OH

A woman was shot and killed while she was picking up food from a Taco Bell drive-thru in Ohio in what police say was a horror murder-suicide. On Wednesday night, Megan Keleman was in the driver's seat of her car ordering food at a Taco Bell in Stow, when Jason Williams, 53, rammed her car from the rear, the New York Post reported.

Two teens will be tried as adults for the murder of a 15-year-old in Muncie

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