Tag: Violent crime
Sheriff: Man wanted in baby’s death briefly escaped jail
LARGO, Fla. — A man accused of killing his infant son in Ohio escaped from a Florida jail but was captured within minutes, authorities...
Chauvin juror: Bodycam footage, expert led to conviction
MINNEAPOLIS — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin of murder in George Floyd ’s death says expert testimony about asphyxiation and the...
Johnson starts strong in home-state Palmetto Championship
RIDGELAND, S.C. — Dustin Johnson got off to a fast start Thursday at Congaree in his home-state Palmetto Championship, shooting a 6-under 65 that...
FBI: Perceived grievances drove Virginia Beach mass shooter
NORFOLK, Va. — A city engineer who fatally shot 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building in 2019 “was motivated by perceived workplace...
Longest serving death row inmate in US resentenced to life
HOUSTON — The longest serving death row inmate in the U.S. was resentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after prosecutors in Texas concluded...
Missouri governor: Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for Kevin Strickland is not a “priority,” even though prosecutors...
Newspaper gunman weighed ‘Timothy McVeigh-style’ attack
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper told a state psychiatrist he wanted to destroy a building “Timothy...
Suit: Indiana cop was speeding before pregnant woman killed
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant...
Georgia state trooper shoots suspect on I-285 near airport
ATLANTA — A Georgia State Patrol trooper shot a murder suspect in an exchange of gunfire off a highway near the Atlanta airport Wednesday...
Bail on hold for Virginia Tech player charged with murder
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A Virginia Tech freshman linebacker charged with second-degree murder fatally beat his victim after discovering that the person, whom he met...