4 sleeping passengers fatally shot on train, mayor of Chicago suburb says; suspect arrested; gun recovered
Four passengers were shot and killed while sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority train Monday morning, according to the mayor of the Chicago suburb of Forest Park. CTA workers found the shooting victim around 5:30 a.m. WLS-TV reportedForest Park police said they received a 911 call about the shooting. Three victims were pronounced dead at […]
Ritzy Florida beach town politician arrested for alleged DUI: ‘I think the mayor is drunk’
Police in Naples, Florida, arrested Mayor Theresa Heitmann on suspicion of drunk driving on August 28. Police initially responded to a home in the 500 block of 16th Avenue South after a man and his wife reported that an unknown woman in a silver car had followed them to their home from 12th Avenue and […]
Louisiana boy, 10, arrested in double homicide of former mayor, his daughter
A 10-year-old boy in Louisiana has been arrested after allegedly telling authorities he shot and killed a former mayor and his adult daughter over the weekend. Police responded to a Minden home around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and discovered the bodies of former Minden City Councilman and interim mayor Joe Cornelius Sr., 82, and his daughter, […]
Ex-Hochul aide, husband arrested in corruption probe after feds raided her LI home
A former aide to Gov. Kathy Hockal was arrested Tuesday morning along with her husband after federal agents searched their Long Island home earlier this year, the FBI announced. Linda Sun and her husband, Christopher Hu, were arrested in Long Island, the FBI confirmed to The Washington Post. The charges remain undisclosed. Sun and Hu […]
Once-deported migrant arrested after teen girl stabbed at baseball game
An immigrant who entered the U.S. illegally and was subsequently deported for allegedly committing crimes across the country has been arrested in Indiana in connection with the stabbing of a teenage girl at her brother's baseball game, police said. The suspect, 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yañez, was arrested Sunday “after an intense manhunt,” Lake County Sheriff […]
3 separate shootings being investigated on same interstate in Washington state, 1 arrested, police say
Police say five separate shootings happened on the same interstate in King County, Washington, on Monday night. Washington State Police said on social media that all five shootings happened on Interstate 5, but it was unclear whether the shootings were related. The first shooting happened on Interstate 5 northbound at 320, with one passenger reported […]
‘1,000-Lb. Sisters’ star Amy Slaton Halterman arrested at Tennessee safari for drug possession, child endangerment: police
“1000-Lb Sisters” star Amy Slaton Halterman was arrested at a Tennessee zoo and charged with drug possession and child endangerment, police said. Deputies with the Crockett County Sheriff's Office responded to Tennessee Safari Park in Alamo, about 80 miles northeast of Memphis, after a report of a guest being bitten by a camel. Upon arrival, […]
Illegal immigrant arrested after stabbing of teen girl at Indiana baseball game: police
An illegal immigrant from Honduras who was previously deported was arrested Sunday after an intensive manhunt after he was considered a suspect in the random stabbing of a teenage girl at a baseball game in Indiana, authorities said. A search began Saturday for 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yañez after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in the […]
New Jersey woman arrested, jailed over mistaken identity cannot sue due to qualified immunity, court rules
A New Jersey woman who was arrested in a case of mistaken identity and detained for two weeks cannot sue the federal marshals who arrested her because they are protected by qualified immunity, a court has ruled. Judith Maureen Henry was incarcerated at Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark in 2019 after sheriff's deputies mistakenly […]
Car kills 2 after plowing into Minnesota restaurant’s patio; driver arrested for criminal vehicular homicide
Two people were killed when a driver crashed into a Minnesota restaurant patio Sunday night, authorities said. Three more people were injured in a horrific crash at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park around 8 p.m., city police said. He said. Police said surveillance video showed the driver, described only as a man, pulling into […]