A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly broke into a neighbor’s home while she was naked and left her children unattended at her own home. Haley Blunt, 24, is charged with burglary, criminal mischief and child neglect, Lake City Police said in a news release. Officers responded shortly before noon Wednesday to a home on NW Huntsboro Street to …
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NY v. Trump to resume Monday after eventful third week of testimony, thousands of dollars of gag order fines
Former President Trump’s criminal trial will resume Monday after an eventful third week that saw key witnesses testify and thousands of dollars in fines against the presumptive Republican nominee — with the possibility of additional fines looming. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges stem from a years-long investigation …
Read More »Abducted 10-month-old New Mexico girl found alive after mother fatally shot, suspect in custody
An abducted 10-month-old girl has been found alive, and a suspect is in custody after she was reported missing in New Mexico after her mother and another woman were found shot dead in a park last week, authorities said Monday morning. Eleia Maria Torres was found safe and taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, the Clovis Police …
Read More »Charlotte officer killed in line of duty remembered in memorial as man who'd give the 'shirt from his back'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Joshua Eyer was honored Friday with a procession and memorial in downtown Charlotte. “What a beautiful experience it has been to see this community come together in support of the ones who chose every day to protect us, even though most of us don’t deserve it,” Charlie Sardelli, Eyer’s best friend of 15 …
Read More »Husband of Florida woman Ana Knezevich, who vanished in Spain, arrested at Miami International Airport
Federal and international authorities on Saturday arrested David Knezevich, the husband of a Florida woman who vanished from an apartment in Spain under mysterious circumstances in February. Ana Maria Knezevich, 40, was last seen in Madrid, Spain, on Feb. 2 around 10 p.m., just 30 minutes after a man wearing a motorcycle helmet spray-painted surveillance cameras in her apartment building …
Read More »Jury convicts North Dakota lawmaker of misdemeanor speculation
A jury in North Dakota on Friday convicted a state lawmaker of a misdemeanor in connection with a state-leased building he has ownership ties to. A legislative leader said he disagrees with the verdict and plans to review the statute and rules involved. Republican Rep. Jason Dockter, of Bismarck, was charged in December 2023 with speculating or wagering on official …
Read More »Texas dad reveals chilling text he received moments before wife shot 3-year-old son
A bereaved Texas father, whose wife shot their 3-year-old, then herself amid a bitter custody battle after sending a text saying “say goodbye to your son,” said that the family court system failed the toddler. The bodies of Savannah Kriger, 32, and 3-year-old Kaiden were found in a drainage ditch with gunshot wounds to their heads at San Antonio’s Tom …
Read More »Justice Department program helps solve murders, disappearances in Native communities
It was a frigid winter morning when authorities found a Native American man dead on a remote gravel road in western New Mexico. He was lying on his side, with only one sock on, his clothes gone and his shoes tossed in the snow. There were trails of blood on both sides of his body and it appeared he had …
Read More »Wife of slain deputy US Marshal speaks of suspect publicly for first time: 'No regard for human life'
The bereaved wife of Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. “Tommy” Weeks, who was among four law enforcement officers killed last week in a shootout at a wanted suspect’s Charlotte home, spoke of her husband’s killer before hundreds gathered for his Monday memorial service, including U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. “This tragedy was the result of someone who did not have …
Read More »Nigerian journalist's arrest sparks outcry over press freedom restrictions
A Nigerian journalist’s arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press freedoms in the West African country. Daniel Ojukwu with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism went missing last Wednesday in the economic hub of Lagos. His family and employer found out on Friday that he was detained and held in a police station for allegedly violating the country’s Cybercrime …
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