Tag: Violent crime
Florida dad threatened mom, killed son; help came too late
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Court records show that a father who killed his 4-year-old son and himself had sent numerous threatening texts to the...
Months after Georgia man shot by officers, family wants info
ATLANTA — More than five months after a man was shot to death in an apartment outside Atlanta by officers serving a warrant targeting...
Driver resisting arrest drives over Evansville officer’s arm
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville police officer’s arm was run over after he was dragged by a car while trying to handcuff its driver,...
Italy orders trial for 4 Egyptians accused in student death
ROME — A Rome judge on Tuesday ordered four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces to stand trial for the abduction, torture and killing...
Defense paints Iowa murder suspect as hard-working immigrant
DAVENPORT, Iowa — The man on trial for the 2018 stabbing death of a University of Iowa student is a hard-working, family-centered immigrant from...
‘System worked’: Man wins prison release after 48 years
DETROIT — A Detroit man who spent 48 years in prison for a fatal robbery pleaded no contest to second-degree murder Tuesday in an...
Judge rejects bid to toss DNA in incapacitated woman’s rape
PHOENIX — A former nurse charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a Phoenix long-term care facility has lost...
Prosecutor won’t pursue charges Nat’l Guard shooting of cook
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville's top criminal prosecutor won't pursue charges against Louisville police or National Guard members in the fatal shooting of a barbecue...
Army Reserve reprimands 12 soldiers in sexual assault probe
A monthslong investigation into allegations that leaders of an Illinois-based Army Reserve unit mishandled sexual assault complaints has ended with the reprimand of 12...
Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers ask judge to toss new indictment
NEW YORK — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell have urged a judge to toss out a rewritten indictment against her, saying prosecutors...