Prosecutors filed a murder charge Tuesday in the death of a teenager whose remains have not been found despite an extraordinary monthslong search last year at a suburban Detroit landfill. More than a dozen Detroit police officers wearing protective suits, respirators and goggles picked through tons of rotting summer trash …
Read More »Instagram influencer charged for role in $2M romance scam targeting elderly
A popular Ghanaian social media influencer has been extradited to the U.S. from the United Kingdom after being charged for her role in a lucrative romance scam targeting elderly Americans. Prosecutors charged Mona Faiz Montrage, 30, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering, …
Read More »Washington man pleads guilty to vandalizing 4 substations and knocking out power for 14,000 people on Christmas
A Washington man pleaded guilty in federal court to vandalizing four power substations in Tacoma, Washington, that knocked out power to more than 14,000 customers on Christmas, the Department of Justice said in a news release on Friday. Matthew Greenwood, 32, of Puyallup said in his plea that he and …
Read More »Trans woman Rasheeda Williams
ATLANTA (WUPA) — Trans woman Rasheeda Williams, 35, who performed on stage under the name Koko Da Doll, was found shot to death in southwest Atlanta Tuesday night, according to police. She was found in the 2400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, near the intersection with Hamilton …
Read More »Details emerge about Nima Momeni, suspect charged with murder in death of tech executive Bob Lee
New information has emerged about Nima Momeni, the suspect who has been charged with murder in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Lee was stabbed to death on Apr. 4 in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood. Friends of Lee said he no longer lived in San Francisco, but …
Read More »Disappearance of Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury is “involuntary” and “suspicious,” police say
Police are calling the disappearance of a 26-year-old Minnesota mother “involuntary” and “suspicious” nearly one week after she went missing. Madeline Kingsbury has not been seen or heard from since she dropped her young children off at daycare last Friday. “We believe Maddy’s disappearance is involuntary, suspicious, and we are …
Read More »Adnan Syed’s conviction reinstated by Maryland appellate court
A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated Adnan Syed’s murder conviction and ordered a new hearing in the case, marking the latest development in the protracted legal odyssey chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial.” Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody. In …
Read More »Miami Beach enacts spring break curfew after 2 fatal shootings
Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew beginning Sunday night during spring break after two fatal shootings and rowdy, chaotic crowds that police have had difficulty controlling. The city said in a news release the curfew would be from 11:59 p.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. …
Read More »Third woman dies from injuries after a stampede at GloRilla concert in New York
A third woman who got caught in a crowd stampede after a GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York, died from her injuries on Wednesday night, authorities said. The woman, Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, New York, had been at the hospital in critical condition since the concert on Sunday evening, …
Read More »Buffalo shooter gets life sentence shortly after man charges at him during emotional hearing
The gunman who killed 10 people and injured three more in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last year was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without parole. The sentencing came during a tense hearing in which someone in the audience rushed at the gunman …
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