Lawyers for the Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student accused of massacring four University of Idaho undergrads in a home invasion stabbing told the judge Wednesday that they “firmly” believe their client is innocent. Bryan Kohberger, a 29-year-old from Pennsylvania, returned to the Latah County courthouse in Moscow, Idaho, for an afternoon hearing on defense efforts for a change of …
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Police departments warn high schoolers' 'Senior Assassins' game could turn deadly: 'serious consequences'
Multiple police departments are warning parents and community members that a nationwide game between high school students later this week could have deadly consequences. On social media, several police agencies are sounding the alarm on a game called “Senior Assassin,” where participants are given another player’s name who they are tasked with hunting and tagging, usually with a water gun, …
Read More »Legal expert weighs in on criminal probe of Virginia first-grader shooting: 'Enough for criminal charges'
A legal expert weighed in after prosecutors in Virginia said that a criminal investigation into staff members at Richneck Elementary School, where a 6-year-old shot his teacher, would continue into the child’s missing disciplinary files. Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital that LaQuiche Parrott, the director of Elementary Leadership, could be …
Read More »ICE arrests illegal migrants released without bail after alleged assault on NYPD at Target
Four illegal immigrants who were part of a group arrested and then released after allegedly robbing a New York City Target store – an incident during which two police officers were attacked – have been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and likely face deportation, the federal agency tells Fox News. On Wednesday, ICE picked up Venezuelan citizens Michael …
Read More »After Michigan teen's suicide, Nigerian brothers plead guilty to planning deadly sextortion scheme
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Two Nigerian brothers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys through sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” two years after one such scheme led to a Michigan teenager’s suicide. Jordan DeMay …
Read More »North Carolina man arrested after stripping in Planet Fitness women's locker room in front of minor: report
A minor was harassed at a Planet Fitness gym in North Carolina after a 38-year-old man, who claimed he identified as a woman, allegedly barged into the female locker room and stripped naked. According to the Gastonia Police Department, Christopher Allan Miller was arrested for indecent exposure following an incident April 4 at a Planet Fitness gym in Gastonia. Miller …
Read More »Indiana deputies kill man who pointed gun at them
A 54-year-old man has been fatally shot in southwestern Indiana after state police say he pointed a gun at two sheriff’s deputies. INDIANA MAN SHOT, WOUNDED AFTER REPORTEDLY FIRING AT POLICE Cameron Lee Atkins was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at the scene of the shooting in Sullivan, about 95 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Indiana deputies on Wednesday fatally shot a …
Read More »Florida man caught on camera taking off his shoes, stomping on his pit bull puppy
A Florida man was arrested after he was caught on camera “violently beating” his pit bull puppy outside an apartment complex. In a press release, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said authorities were called to the Coast Village Apartments in Estero, Florida, on Tuesday evening around 5 p.m. to investigate an animal abuse case. The caller told authorities that he …
Read More »Florida man reportedly pulled knife on boy riding bike on sidewalk because he felt his life was in danger
A Winter Springs, Florida man was arrested this week after allegedly pulling a knife out and pointing it at a child who was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, and not in the bike lane, according to police. FOX 35 in Orlando reported that 73-year-old Richard Shafer was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Shafer reportedly …
Read More »Search for missing South Carolina cruise passenger complicated by jungle terrain as family demands US help
A once-hopeful search for a South Carolina man who went missing last week during a cruise excursion in Cozumel, Mexico, is dimming. Edmond Bradley Solomon III’s family, including his daughter and wife, have been using social media and physically scouring the island with several local law enforcement agencies, but promising leads have become dead ends and theories are running dry. …
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