Tag: Crime and Incidents

5 Killed ‘Execution Style’ in Texas Home, Including 8-Year-Old

An 8-year-old child is among five victims found shot to death “execution style” in a Texas home by a neighbor after the family asked the man to stop firing his gun in his yard because they were trying to sleep, police said. The incident took place in Cleveland, Texas, in the early morning hours of…


2nd Mississippi Jail Escapee Found; Arrested in Texas

JACKSON, Miss.—A man who escaped from a Mississippi jail last weekend and fled to Texas after allegedly stealing a public works vehicle has been arrested in Houston, authorities announced Thursday. Jerry Raynes was apprehended days after he and three other inmates escaped Saturday night from the Raymond Detention Center near Jackson, Mississippi’s capital, Hinds County…


Fugitive CEO Fined Record $3.4 Billion for Bitcoin Investment Fraud

A United States court has ordered a South African citizen to pay over $3 billion in fines for duping American investors through a fraudulent Bitcoin investment scheme. Cornelius Johannes Steynberg was ordered by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to pay $1.73 billion in restitution to defrauded…


Illinois Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing Neighbor Over Noisy Leaf Blower

Authorities in Illinois have charged a 79-year-old man with murder after he allegedly shot and killed his 59-year-old neighbor following an argument over a leaf blower. Ettore Lacchei was arrested without incident at his home on Tuesday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree…


IN-DEPTH: Tension Mounts at Florida School in Wake of Trans Teacher Shooting Threat

BROOKSVILLE, Fla.—On March 24, a transgender teacher allegedly confessed to having thoughts of wanting to shoot students. As tension mounts in the aftermath of the incident, teachers are condemning parents for spreading “disinformation” and defending the actions of the superintendent. According to a report filed with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, Ashlee Renczkowski “had just made concerning statements…


Illinois Man Gets 40-year Sentence for Killing Teenage Boy

URBANA, Ill.—A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing a 14-year-old boy and dumping his body in a roadside ditch. A judge sentenced Daryl Vandyke, 57, on Wednesday after the of Champaign man admitted that he used an ax or other sharp-edged garden tool to kill…


Teens Accused in Rock-Throwing Death Took ‘Memento’ Photo

DENVER—Three teens accused of driving around and throwing large rocks at passing cars, one of which investigators say killed a 20-year-old woman, circled back to take a photo of her crashed car as a “memento,” according to court documents released Thursday. Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik told investigators that Joseph Koenig slowed down so Zachary Kwak could…


3 Soldiers Die After 2 Army Apache Helicopters Crash in Alaska

Three soldiers were killed and one was injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters crashed near Healy, Alaska, on Thursday, according to Army officials. The soldiers were from the 1st Attack Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at Fort Wainwright, and they were returning from a training mission when the collision occurred. “The helicopters were returning from a…


4 Arrested After Texas After-Prom Party Shooting

Four people have been arrested in Texas in connection with a shooting that occurred at an after-prom party in Jasper County, leaving 11 people injured on April 23, according to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities have scheduled a news conference for Friday to release further details, and the suspects’ identities have not yet been…


Woman Whose Claim Caused Emmett Till Murder Has Died

JACKSON, Miss.—The woman who accused teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955—causing his lynching—has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed Thursday in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office. Her death marks the last chance for…