Woman admits she impersonated dead 11-year-old on Zoom call with social services as mom accused of murder
A 22-year-old woman admitted that she posed as Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia during a Zoom call with social services months after the 11-year-old had already died – a charade the child’s mother allegedly orchestrated to hide her death, according to testimony…
DOJ charges Ilhan Omar’s attacker with assault and reveals new details on substance he tried to spray
The Department of Justice has filed federal criminal charges against the man who lunged at Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during a town hall meeting in Minneapolis. Anthony Kazmierczak was swiftly detained and booked by Minnesota authorities with third-degree assault after…
Houston mom and daughter wake up to find ‘intoxicated’ man falling from ceiling into their apartment
A mom and daughter say they awoke to a loud bang and found an apparently intoxicated man crashing through the ceiling into their apartment in Houston this week. Desiree Malone and her daughter woke to a frightening crashing noise Tuesday…
Alabama man in court accused of traveling to Atlanta to kill Joe Biden during CNN presidential debate
An Alabama man has appeared in court accused of traveling to a presidential debate in Georgia in the hope of sneaking in and assassinating then-President Joe Biden. On Wednesday, police arrested Adam Benjamin Hall, 23, of Alabama. He was charged…
Man accused of bludgeoning four homeless men to death ‘believed he had to kill 40 people to save his own life’
A man on trial for the brutal bludgeoning deaths of four men sleeping on New York City streets was suffering from schizophrenia and believed he had to kill 40 people to save his own life, a jury heard on Tuesday….
Utah mom who feared ‘end times’ arrested after taking kids to Croatia
A Utah woman who warned that the end times were approaching and is accused of illegally taking her four young children abroad in defiance of a custody order has been arrested in Croatia, authorities said Tuesday. Elleshia Seymour, 35, was…
Florida real estate kingpin found guilty of murdering 21-year-old who urinated on his property
A Key West real estate kingpin who shot and killed a 21-year-old former high school football star for urinating behind his strip mall after Super Bowl Sunday celebrations has been convicted of murder. Lloyd Preston Brewer III, 60, was found…
Two people arrested after a mom died while sledding behind a car in Oklahoma
Two people are facing second‑degree murder and aggravated DUI charges after a night of snow sledding resulted in the fatal death of an Oklahoma City woman. Police say the victim, Makayla Mitchell, 31, was riding on a sled tied to…
Minnesota man admits killing and dismembering pregnant sister because she was ‘no longer innocent’
A Minnesota man who decided his pregnant sister was “no longer innocent” has admitted to killing her, dismembering her body and leaving pieces of her remains in multiple locations, authorities said. Jack Joseph Ball, 24, pleaded guilty last week to…
Three arrested for trafficking elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns and other animal goods
Three people have been arrested in California after authorities seized hundreds of elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns and other animal parts from protected species. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife opened an investigation earlier this month after authorities in Fresno…