Category: Crime

Teen charged in assault on Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, police say
Above: File photo of Rick Allen (Wikimedia Commons)
By Luke Barr, ABC News
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, police have charged an Ohio teenager with felon ...

Van filled with cats stolen from Napa animal rescue
Photo: Stock / Unsplash
By Rachel Swan, The San Francisco Chronicle
Napa police are investigating the alleged kidnapping of 10 cats in a large, whit ...

AP: Man jailed in Arizona crash that killed 2 cyclists, hurt 11
By The Associated Press
GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — A suspect has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed two bicyclists and injured 11 other ...

AP: Divisive social media star Andrew Tate detained in Romania
Originally written and published by The Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, a divisive social media personality and former profes ...

AP: Grand jury probing sex assaults indicts ex-superintendent
By Matthew Barakat | Associated Press
The former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system has been indicted on three misdemeanor charges b ...

Menlo Park man sentenced to 165 years to life for molesting children
By Jason Green | The Mercury News
SAN MATEO COUNTY – A judge this week sentenced a 62-year-old Menlo Park man to 165 years to life in prison for mole ...

AP: Suspect caught in fatal shooting of 3 U.Va. football players
Above (L to R): Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D'Sean Perry
Credit: U.Va. Athletics / AP
By Sarah Rankin | Associated Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, ...

AP: Judge OKs competency exams for man held in Vegas stabbings
By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge on Monday approved a competency evaluation by state doctors for a man accused of killing ...

Death penalty sought for killer of pregnant Texas woman
By The Associated Press
NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors asked a Texas jury Wednesday to sentence a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman a ...

AP: Man accused in parade deaths removes shirt, interrupts judge
By Todd Richmond | Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man defending himself against homicide charges for allegedly plowing his SUV thr ...

Ex-Nevada deputy AG arrested in 1972 Hawaii homicide
By Scott Sonner | The Associated Press
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former deputy Nevada attorney general who ran for the state Supreme Court and was later af ...

Man charged in jogger abduction kidnapped attorney in 2000
By Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee woman jogging near the University of Memphis last week spent 20 ...

Oklahoma sheriff deputy serving eviction papers shot, killed
By The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot and killed and a second deputy wounded while the two ...

Doctor who sexually abused patients kills himself in jail
By Michael R. Sisak and Michael Rubinkam | Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist convicted last month of sexually abusing pat ...

Kidnapped girl’s escape leads investigators to 2 decomposed bodies, Alabama officials say
By Chuck Johnston and Tina Burnside | CNN
(CNN) A kidnapped girl's escape in Alabama has led to the discovery of two decomposing bodies and the ...

US: Hawaii man used $1.2M in fake checks to try to post bail
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man accused of using counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try to b ...

Federal prosecutor: Dentist confessed to wife’s safari death
By James Anderson, Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — A wealthy dentist killed his wife of 34 years with a shotgun blast at dawn on a remote African safa ...

R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
By Tom Hays and Bobby Caina Calvan | Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday ...

30 dogs, cats found dead in animal rescue CEO’s home
By Chris Williams | Fox 29 Philadelphia
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina authorities said they have arrested the CEO of a local animal rescue non-pro ...

AP: 3 more bodies found after Georgia boat crash; man charged
By The Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Searchers recovered the bodies of three missing boaters Sunday after two vessels collided on a Georgia r ...