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, […]
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 […]
Owner of popular Hamptons summer rental pleads guilty to homicide after fire kills Maryland sisters
The owner of a luxury vacation rental in the Hamptons, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after two sisters died in a fire caused by shoddy electrical work. Peter Miller, 56, admitted to installing an illegal outdoor kitchen that overloaded the electrical system of an $8,000-a-week apartment in Sag Harbor that killed Jillian Weiner, 21, […]
Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford’s son, Brent Clifford, charged in California-Nevada homicide
The son of Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford has been charged with murdering his California girlfriend, who disappeared six days before her body was found on the side of a Nevada highway. Brent Clifford, 55, was booked into the South Placer County Jail on a murder charge in connection with the death of Patricia […]
NYC homicide remains 20% above pre-pandemic levels — even as national average drops below
A new large-scale national crime survey finds that New York City’s murder rate remains higher than it was before the pandemic in 2019, even as the national average has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels and is even below them. According to the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ), the homicide rate is expected to increase by […]