Tag Archives: Crime

Connecticut socialite Hadley Palmer sentenced to year in jail for secretly recording 3 people, including a minor

A wealthy Connecticut woman whose criminal case file was sealed from public view was sentenced Tuesday to one year in jail for secretly recording three people, including a minor, in a manner involving sexual desire.  Hadley Palmer, 54, of Greenwich, was led out of the state courtroom in Stamford in …

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Mike Hollins, UVA football player wounded in shooting that killed 3 teammates, gets out of hospital

A University of Virginia football player who was seriously wounded in a shooting that killed three of his teammates has been released from the hospital. Brenda Hollins, the mother of running back Mike Hollins, tweeted early Monday: “Mike has been discharged!!! HALLELUJAH.” She asked for continued prayers “as he recovers …

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Patient’s jealous boyfriend shot two hospital workers to death, authorities say

A man fatally shot two Dallas hospital employees over the weekend after accusing his girlfriend who had just given birth of infidelity, authorities said. Jacqueline Pokuaa, a 45-year-old social worker, and Katie Annette Flowers, a 63-year-old nurse, were killed in Saturday’s shooting at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, according to police …

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Guns recovered from vehicle near Capitol; man arrested

Several guns were recovered and three people were detained when authorities investigated a suspicious vehicle near the Capitol, U.S. Capitol Police said Wednesday. The three told officers they were there to deliver documents to the Supreme Court, Capitol Police said.  Tony H. Payne, 80, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, was later …

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Bodycam video shows wounded Connecticut officer shoot suspect just after two comrades killed

In agony due to a gunshot wound from an ambush that had just killed two comrades, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal. “Shots fired, shots fired, more cars, send …

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A Hawaii grand jury on Friday indicted a former deputy Nevada attorney general on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the 50-year-old cold case of a Honolulu woman killed in 1972. Tudor Chirila, 77, is in custody in Reno, Nevada, where he is fighting extradition to Hawaii, saying his …

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Elevator video to be used as evidence against Courtney Clenney, social media model charged in boyfriend’s death

An evidentiary hearing was held Tuesday ahead of the trial of a social media model accused of murdering her boyfriend in a luxury Florida condo, CBS Miami reported. Courtney Clenney, 26, is charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the stabbing death of Christian Toby Obumseli at One …

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Constable Deborah Martinez

An Arizona constable who got the job earlier this year when her predecessor quit over frustration about serving eviction notices was shot and killed while carrying out that same duty. The gunman, his neighbor and the manager of his apartment complex also died, authorities said. The shooting happened just after 11 …

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Journalist found dead near U.S. border in Mexico, the 14th media worker killed in the country this year

An independent journalist found dead in northern Mexico was killed by a blow to the head, authorities said Tuesday, reporting the latest in 14 slayings of Mexican reporters and media workers so far this year, the deadliest in recent memory for the profession. Prosecutors in the border state of Sonora …

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Man accused of fatally shooting 2 teen daughters inside taxi claims he fled car before they were killed

A man accused of fatally shooting his two teenage daughters in a taxi in the Dallas area in 2008 told jurors in his capital murder trial on Monday that he fled the vehicle before they were killed because he thought someone wanted to kill him. A family member has said …

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