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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Oklahoma City — A man scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student plans to reject his chance for a clemency hearing, saying there is little hope the state’s Republican governor would spare his life. Anthony Sanchez, 44, said in a …
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During a dayslong drug bust on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reservation in North Carolina, law enforcement officers seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in drugs and made nearly 100 arrests, authorities announced this week. And during the execution of a search warrant, officers found a 2-year-old — who …
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Police in Barry County, Missouri are searching for an escaped inmate after seven prisoners staged a jailbreak on Thursday night, authorities said. According to CBS affiliate KOLR-TV, seven inmates escaped from the county’s jail early Friday morning. The prisoners allegedly assaulted two correctional officers to make their escape. The station …
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A woman was killed in the crossfire of a shooting on a Dallas street as she and one of her daughters were on their way to get a prom dress, her family said. No suspects were in custody in the deadly shootout between two vehicles over Mother’s Day weekend, police …
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On a warm day on Sept. 22, 1990, a 14-year-old boy walking near a creek bed in Opelika, Alabama, discovered the dead body of a young Black man with a single gunshot wound to his head, Opelika Police Department said. For 33 years, investigators have been trying to learn the …
Read More »A Louisiana woman accused of killing her boyfriend’s 6-year-old daughter and leaving the child’s body in a bucket outside the home where the girl’s mother lives has been jailed without bond in a New Orleans suburb, authorities said. Bunnak Landon, 43, of Harahan, was booked Wednesday on charges of first-degree …
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