Waterbury, Conn. — A Connecticut man who said he was held captive for 20 years was rescued after setting fire to his room and telling first responders he did it to gain his freedom, police said Wednesday. The man’s stepmother was charged with cruelty and kidnapping. Waterbury first responders rescued …
Read More »Former Hawaii lawmaker Suzanne Chun Oakland remembers arriving at school one morning in 1977 to an eerie buzz. The 15-year-old had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu’s McKinley High School when she learned a student named Dawn Momohara had been found dead on the second floor …
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MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — Police in Wisconsin fatally shot a student who had pointed a pellet rifle in their direction outside a middle school, according to the state’s Department of Justice. On Saturday, the Wisconsin DOJ released an update to its ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting outside Mount Horeb Middle …
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NEWARK, N.J. — Members of a mosque are devastated after their imam was shot and killed Wednesday morning. Imam Hassan Sharif was fatally shot outside his mosque on South Orange Avenue and Camden Street in Newark at around 6:15 a.m. Officials said they do not believe it was motivated by bias or …
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HELMETTA, N.Y. — The FBI manhunt for Gregory Yetman, wanted in connection with the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, entered its second day Thursday in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Investigators said Yetman fled while being served a warrant. He allegedly hopped a fence and ran toward train tracks near …
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NEW YORK — The NYPD says Brian Dowling, an 18-year-old Brooklyn man, has been charged with murder in the deadly stabbing of public policy activist Ryan Carson. Dowling faced a judge Thursday night, arraigned on a second-degree murder charge. The judge denied bail. Only CBS New York was on the scene …
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Two people were charged with animal cruelty and child endangerment after police found the bodies of dozens of dogs at a home in southern New Jersey this week. Investigators believe up to 100 dogs died in the home, including many believed to have been buried on the property. Officers found …
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Alabama authorities announced on Friday that Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell, a 25-year-old nursing student, was charged with two misdemeanors for falsely claiming that she was kidnapped earlier this month. Russell was charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident, said Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis. Both charges …
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A man has been charged with multiple counts of murder in connection with the unsolved killings of women whose bodies were found on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach more than a decade ago, according to court documents released Friday. The suspect was identified as Rex Heuermann, of Massapequa, Long Island. The …
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A North Carolina state trooper who stopped to help a motorist stranded on an interstate Monday evening was shot by the driver but returned fire and killed him, authorities said. The state highway patrol said Trooper Jeffrey Dunlap was aiding Wesley Scott Taylor, 57, of Leicester, N.C. on I-26 in …
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