Tag: Crime and Incidents

3 People Killed When House Explodes in South Dakota

May 25, 2023
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FORT PIERRE, S.D.—The South Dakota State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a house explosion that killed a baby and her grandparents and left two young children hospitalized with burns. The house about 11 miles southwest of Fort Pierre exploded around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, Stanley County Sheriff Brad Rathbun said. The sheriff said 6-month-old Harper Hupp…

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Art Teacher Who Chased Reporters With Machete Surrenders to NYPD

May 25, 2023
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A former art professor at Hunter College in New York City turned herself in to police on Thursday after she appeared to brandish a machete at a pair of New York Post reporters on Tuesday. Shellyne Rodriguez, 45, appeared to wave a machete at a New York Post news crew who had visited her apartment…

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Teen Dies During Apparent Social Media Stunt on Los Angeles Bridge, Police Say

May 25, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A 17-year-old boy fell to his death this weekend while climbing a Los Angeles bridge in an apparent social media stunt, police said. Police were sent to the 6th Street Viaduct around 2 a.m. Saturday and found the boy, who was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name wasn’t immediately released. The teen slipped…

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Delaware Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing 3-Year-Old Daughter, Dumping Remains on Softball Field

May 25, 2023
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DOVER, Del.—A Delaware woman is facing decades in prison after pleading guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and dumping her burned remains on a softball field. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty Thursday to murder by abuse or neglect, abuse of a corpse, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors are recommending…

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Former California Corrections Officer Charged With Sexually Assaulting 13 at Women’s Prison

May 25, 2023
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A former correctional officer at the biggest women’s prison in California has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting at least 13 inmates over the past nine years, prosecutors said Wednesday. Gregory Rodriguez, who worked at the Central California Women’s Facility, faces 96 counts including rape, sodomy, sexual battery, and rape under color of…

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IN-DEPTH: With an Unexpected Boost From Republicans, More States Push for Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants

May 25, 2023
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Illegal immigrants in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Minnesota will be eligible to apply for restricted driver’s licenses beginning in 2023. That expands the number of states that permit illegal immigrants to get legal driving privileges to 19, plus the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Rhode Island and Massachusetts legislators passed their bills last year,…

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Former Seattle Man Gets 8 Years for Stealing $1 Million in Pandemic Benefits

May 25, 2023
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SEATTLE—A former Seattle man who stole over $1 million in jobless benefits and small business loans during the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison, Seattle U.S. Attorney Nick Brown said in a statement. Bryan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty…

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Convicted Murderer and Former Attorney Alex Murdaugh Facing Federal Charges of Fraud, Theft

May 25, 2023
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is facing federal charges for the first time after being indicted on 22 financial fraud charges over allegations that the disgraced former attorney schemed to steal settlement money from clients. The indictments unsealed Wednesday don’t appear to reveal any new allegations against Murdaugh, a once prominent attorney in South Carolina…

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Yellowstone Baby Bison Put to Death After Visitor Picks It Up, Leading Herd to Reject It

May 25, 2023
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.—A man who picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park caused it to be shunned by its herd, prompting park officials to kill the animal rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors. Park officials quickly defended the decision to kill the newborn bison. “We made the choice…

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Prosecutor: Fatal Shooting of Grammy Winner by Police ‘Reasonably Necessary’

May 24, 2023
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The fatal shooting of a Grammy-winning sound engineer by police earlier this year was “reasonably necessary,” a Tennessee prosecutor said on Wednesday. The decision in January’s fatal shooting of Mark Capps, 54, comes after a review of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, the autopsy and video evidence, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk…

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