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Jury seated to hear triple homicide case in Kenosha County
Jury seated to hear triple homicide case in Kenosha County

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been selected in Kenosha County Circuit Court to hear the case against a man charged with killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting at a crowded bar. Twenty-five-year-old Rakayo Vinson is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted first-degree intentional […] More

January 11, 2022

Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
Supreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror group, but then decided she wanted to return to the United States. The justices declined without comment on Monday to consider the appeal of Hoda Muthana, who was born in New Jersey in October 1994 to a diplomat from Yemen and grew up in Alabama near Birmingham. More

January 11, 2022

Ex-inmate admits role in federal prison smuggling scheme
Ex-inmate admits role in federal prison smuggling scheme

Another former inmate at a federal prison in New Jersey has admitted his role in a scheme to use drones to smuggle drugs and other contraband to inmates into the facility. Johansel Moronta, 29, of Linden, pleaded guilty Monday to possessing and obtaining contraband while in prison and violating his federal parole. More

January 11, 2022

Fitchburg man pleads not guilty to child rape charges
Fitchburg man pleads not guilty to child rape charges

A Fitchburg man has pleaded not guilty to 14 charges, including multiple counts of child rape and assault and battery on a child under age 14, according to authorities. Stephen R. Goodsell, 32, was held on $5,000 bail at his arraignment Monday in Worcester Superior Court More

January 11, 2022

Springfield man sentenced to life in prison in death of baby
Springfield man sentenced to life in prison in death of baby

A 29-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison in the 2019 death of a 7-month-old baby. Marc Carrier (Greene County Jail)The Springfield News-Leader reports that child's mother and prosecutors asked for the life term before 31-year-old Marc Carrier was sentenced Friday. More

January 11, 2022

Judge sets bail at $1M for man accused of killing roommate
Judge sets bail at $1M for man accused of killing roommate

Judge set bail at $1 million for a man who reportedly believed he was demonically possessed and admitted to killing a Marysville resident, saying "voices" told him to do it. Anthony Boggess was booked into the Snohomish County Jail in Everett for investigation of second-degree murder and first-degree attempted arson in the death of former roommate, James Thrower More

January 11, 2022

Search finished at Harmony Montgomery’s last-known residence
Search finished at Harmony Montgomery’s last-known residence

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police finished their search of the last known residence of Harmony Montgomery on Monday as they investigate the disappearance of the New Hampshire girl, who vanished in 2019 at age 5, but was not reported missing until late last year. Police searched the Manchester property once at end of last year, […] More

January 10, 2022

Convicted ex-officer waives parole hearing under plea deal
Convicted ex-officer waives parole hearing under plea deal

White former Nashville police officer Andrew Delke waived the right to a parole hearing under a plea deal for fatally shooting a Black man from behind who was fleeing on foot while holding a gun. Delke appeared remotely from jail. Last July, Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2018 death of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick as part of an agreement with prosecutors and received a three-year sentence. More

January 10, 2022

Awaiting trial in cop’s death, sentenced on weapons charges
Awaiting trial in cop’s death, sentenced on weapons charges

A man awaiting a state trial in the 2018 death of an Alabama police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on federal weapons charges. Marco Perez faces a state capital murder charge in the 2018 death of Mobile police officer Sean Tuder. More

January 10, 2022

Man gets 30 to 60 years in strangulation slaying, arson
Man gets 30 to 60 years in strangulation slaying, arson

A man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the strangulation slaying of his girlfriend's mother whose body was found after a 2019 Pennsylvania fire. A Dauphin County judge on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. to 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder and a consecutive term of 10 to 20 years for aggravated arson. More

January 10, 2022

Man arrested in Alabama accused of using app to arrange rape
Man arrested in Alabama accused of using app to arrange rape

Alabama man accused of trying to hire someone on an app to kidnap and rape a Wisconsin woman he met online.. Matthias Jacob Edward Mann was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping and attempted coercion after a person he believed was willing to assault a woman turned out to be a police officer working undercover. More

January 10, 2022

Las Vegas judge denies bail to men accused of crime spree on New Year’s Eve
Las Vegas judge denies bail to men accused of crime spree on New Year’s Eve

Two men facing murder charges in connection to a crime spree on New Year’s Eve appeared in court for their bail hearing on Monday. Jesani Carter, 20, and Jordan Ruby, 18, faced a Las Vegas judge for the second time after the two were arrested for several robberies and shootings around town at the end of 2021. More

January 10, 2022

Prosecutor: Child rape suspect may have victims in 10 states
Prosecutor: Child rape suspect may have victims in 10 states

A man arrested on child rape charges last month in Tennessee could have victims in nine other states, a prosecutor said Monday .Ryan Andrew Meyung, 30, was charged in December with child rape, aggravated kidnapping and other related counts, Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston said in a statement. More

January 10, 2022