Delve into the chilling realm of crime, where murder, mystery and chaos reign, and the ultimate battle for justice that follows.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A man who has spent two decades in custody was granted bond Thursday after his conviction in the killings of a couple at a south Georgia church was overturned. Dennis Perry, 58, has been serving two life sentences for the 1985 killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, who were killed inside […] More
July 24, 2020
FROSTPROOF, Fla. (AP) — Two brothers and a woman have been arrested in connection with the “massacre” of three best friends who set out on a fishing trip at a central Florida lake last week, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Wednesday. One of the suspects, Tony “TJ” Wiggins, 26, had previously been charged […] More
July 22, 2020
A judge lifted a gag order in the case against four officers charged in George Floyd's death but did not immediately make video available. More
July 21, 2020
Attorneys representing a coalition of news organizations want to scale back a gag order to access body camera videos in George Floyd's death. More
July 21, 2020
ORIGINAL STORY 7/8/20 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he raped and killed a 13-year-old girl he met online, then set her body on fire. Armando Cruz, 24, of Inglewood, entered pleas Tuesday to a dozen charges including murder, kidnapping and rape in the July […] More
July 21, 2020
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge and wounded her husband at their New Jersey home before fleeing, according to judiciary officials. The shooting occurred Sunday evening at the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, and killed […] More
July 20, 2020
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A judge says he could decide by Friday whether a Georgia man should get a new trial in the 1985 shooting deaths of a husband and wife. Dennis Perry is serving two life sentences for the killings of Harold and Thelma Swain, who were slain inside Rising Daughters Baptist Church in […] More
July 17, 2020
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A northern Illinois woman who beat her young son for most of his life and padlocked him in his bedroom where he died alone in the dark, his head bearing the outlines of the shower head she struck him with, on Thursday portrayed herself as a loving […] More
July 17, 2020
Three Georgia men indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery are scheduled to appear in a Brunswick courtroom Friday, July 17 at 10:00 AM ET, according to a Glynn County notice. Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan are accused of fatally shooting Arbery while running in a neighborhood near Georgia’s […] More
July 16, 2020
The death of George Floyd, and subsequent criminal charges brought against the Minneapolis police officers involved, caused reverberations around the world, making it one of the most talked about criminal proceedings in recent history. (Episode 48) More
July 16, 2020
Lori Vallow Daybell pleads not guilty to 3 misdemeanor charges in Madison County in a motion filed by her attorney Mark Means. Those charges include: Resisting or Obstructing Officers Criminal Solicitation to Commit a Crime Contempt of Court In addition to pleading not guilty, she’s also requested that the court reduce her bond. Her […] More
July 16, 2020
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have accused a 23-year-old mother of driving drunk at 121 mph (195 kph) when she crashed her car into another car during the weekend, killing her infant son. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a judge on Tuesday set bail at $50,000 for Lauren Loanna Prescia after noting […] More
July 16, 2020
Body camera footage shows a panicked George Floyd pleading with Minneapolis police officers in the minutes before his death. More
July 16, 2020
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 22-year-old woman accused of helping hide the body of a slain Texas soldier pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges related to the crime. Cecily Aguilar of Killeen, near Fort Hood, entered the pleas Tuesday in federal court in Waco to three conspiracy charges […] More
July 15, 2020
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities believe rising rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February after his social media posts led five suspects to the house he was renting, police said after detectives arrested the group Thursday morning. Los Angeles police had […] More
July 9, 2020
UPDATED 7/7/20 Cecily Ann Aguilar waived Tuesday’s video teleconference hearing, according to official court documents. United States Magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske appointed Aguilar with a federal public defender, Leis Berray Gainor. Aguilar’s next hearing, preliminary/detention hearing, is scheduled for July 14, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. ET. ORIGINAL STORY 7/2/20 ATLANTA (Court TV) A […] More
July 7, 2020
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The police chief of Toledo says he is temporarily suspending use of single-officer patrols following the shooting death of an officer gunned down in a store parking lot by an intoxicated man holding a beer. Chief George Kral told reporters Monday that the suspension “can’t be forever” but will be in […] More
July 7, 2020
By JAKE BLEIBERG DALLAS (AP) — Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas, according to a lawyer for the soldier’s family. Remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belong to Spc. Vanessa Guillén and Army officials informed her family in Houston […] More
July 6, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two police officers from a small southern Oklahoma town have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of using their stun guns more than 50 times on a 28-year-old man who died. Wilson police Officers Joshua Taylor, 26, and Brandon Dingman, 34, were charged in the death last year […] More
July 6, 2020
The arrests of John Wade, 33, and Chisom Kingston, 23, were confirmed by an Atlanta fire spokesman. More
July 2, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Army investigators believe a Texas soldier missing since April was killed by another soldier on the Texas base where they served, the attorney for the missing soldier’s family said Thursday. Lawyer Natalie Khawam said the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division told her that the other soldier bludgeoned 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen […] More
July 2, 2020
Chad Daybell faces additional charges after prosecutors say he conspired with Lori Vallow Daybell to hide her children's bodies on his property. More
July 1, 2020
KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — The family of a soldier who has been missing since April believes partial remains that were found in Central Texas are her remains, the lawyer for her family said Wednesday, and the Army said it has identified two suspects in her disappearance. Pfc. Vanessa Guillen was last seen April 22 in […] More
July 1, 2020
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say the mother of two children who were found dead in rural Idaho months after they vanished in a bizarre case that captured worldwide attention had conspired with her new husband to hide or destroy the kids’ bodies. The new felony charges against Lori Vallow […] More
June 30, 2020
A judge ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. More
June 30, 2020
By DON THOMPSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the Golden State Killer and couldn’t recognize the elderly man hunched in a wheelchair as the sadistic rapist who had terrorized them 42 years earlier. In a hushed and raspy voice, […] More
June 30, 2020
A Minnesota judge warned attorneys charged in George Floyd's death that if they don't stop speaking to media, the case will need to move. More
June 29, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized the Sacramento region as a serial rapist and went on to kill more than a dozen people across California and evade capture for decades said Monday he will plead guilty to murder and admit dozens of sex assaults. Joseph James […] More
June 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd are due in court Monday. It’s the second pretrial hearing for the men. Derek Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and other counts, while Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin. Floyd died May […] More
June 29, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a former police officer, faces 13 rape-related charges and 13 murder counts stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 1980s across six counties in California. He is expected to enter a guilty plea during a hearing Monday. Authorities allege the 74-year-old is the elusive Golden State Killer, […] More
June 29, 2020
