Four guards sentenced in beating death of an handcuffed Black man at New York prison
Four prison guards have been jailed for their roles in the brutal beating death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated Black man, at an upstate New York facility last year. The incident, captured on body-cam videos, sparked widespread outrage and calls…
Megachurch with more than 1.4 millon YouTube followers fires pastor accused of child abuse
A popular Atlanta-area church with a large online following has dismissed a pastor who was arrested after being accused of hitting his stepson with an electrical cord. The 2819 Church learned last week that pastor Kenneth McFarland had been arrested…
Jets star Kris Boyd was shot after argument about what he was wearing, NYPD says
A stranger shot New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd in the abdomen after taunting him about his outfit, police say. Boyd, two of his teammates and a third friend headed to Asian fusion hotspot Sei Less in Midtown Manhattan on…
Landlord arrested two years after shooting dead tenant when argument erupted during move-out, cops say
A San Antonio landlord was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a former tenant over two years ago. The victim, Michael Obryan Martin, was shot in the face at a home owned by…
North Texas men indicted over bizarre scheme to sail to Haitian island, kill all the men and enslave the women and children
Two Texas men allegedly hatched an outlandish scheme to conquer a Caribbean island with an army of homeless mercenaries and abduct the women and children to force them to live as sex slaves. The men — 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg…
Naked Florida man found walking down the highway in freezing weather told cops he was doing a TikTok challenge
A Florida man was arrested earlier this month after being spotted walking “buck-naked” in near‑freezing temperatures, claiming he was taking part in a TikTok challenge, according to police. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a Thursday Facebook video that…
SantaCon: Teen arrested for promoting fake Christmas event on Connecticut beach to 600,000 people
A student has been arrested for promoting a fake “SantaCon” party in Fairfield, Connecticut, that attracted more than 600,000 views online. Emmet Blaney, 19, a Fairfield University sophomore from Massapequa, New York, is accused of publicizing the event on a…
California police want help finding thief they say resembles ‘Backstreet Boys’ member: ‘Quit playin’ games with our mail’
Police in Irvine, California, are asking the public to help them identify a thief who they say bears resemblance to Backstreet Boy band member AJ McLean. “We’re pretty sure this isn’t AJ McLean from the @backstreetboys, but the resemblance had…
Fentanyl dealer’s conviction tossed after only 11 jurors hand down verdict: ‘It defies logic’
A first-of-its-kind fentanyl conviction in Dallas County has been thrown out after it was discovered that the verdict was handed down by only 11 jurors, not the 12 required by the Texas Constitution, in a lapse so glaring the judge…
Richard Barry Randolph execution: Death row inmate killed his boss in brutal attack set to be put to death in Florida’s 17th execution so far this year
A man who raped and fatally beat his former manager at a Florida convenience store in 1988 is scheduled to be executed Thursday. Richard Barry Randolph, 63, is set to receive a lethal injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida…