Coeur d’Alene, ID – A Spokane woman who dumped her friend’s dead body into Lake Coeur d’Alene in 2015 cannot be prosecuted for failing to notify police of the woman’s death, because doing so would have violated her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, the Idaho Supreme Court has decided. The court affirmed an earlier ruling […]

Elk Grove, CA – A 12-year-old boy was violently attacked by a group of high school students, who stole his shoes and cell phone before a passerby chased them off, a home surveillance video showed (video below). The incident occurred at approximately 4 p.m. on Sep. 28, as the eighth-grader was riding his bike on […]

Detroit, MI – A United States military veteran who shot at a car fleeing from police has been convicted of a misdemeanor reckless discharge of a firearm offense. The suspect officers were pursuing was never charged by the prosecutor’s office, WDIV reported. “It was a slap in the face,” William Eckel told WDIV on Tuesday, […]

Charlottesville, VA – Four members of a Californian white supremacist group have been arrested on allegations that they traveled to Charlottesville in 2017 to incite a riot that left one woman dead and dozens injured. According to a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) affidavit, the four men are members of the Rise Above Movement (RAM). […]

Lancaster, OH – Lancaster Police Lieutenant Brian Lowe died suddenly on Saturday, as he and another off-duty officer were preparing to practice martial arts. Lt. Lowe, 46, had gone to his fellow officer’s home for their workout routine, where he was struck by a “exercise-induced” medical event, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette reported. “They were just […]

Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office K9 Fang was murdered in the line of duty while pursuing an armed carjacking suspect early Sunday morning, police said. The incident began at approximately 2:30 a.m., when 17-year-old Jhamel Paskel allegedly approached two women as they were sitting in a red sedan at a 7-Eleven gas pump, WJXT […]

Mason City, IA – The body of a just-retired Arkansas police sergeant who disappeared in 2008 has been discovered in a wooded area in Iowa, police confirmed on Tuesday. Former Pea Ridge Police Sergeant Cerilla Doyle was 51 years old when she vanished on Oct. 28, 2008, KFSM reported. She retired shortly before her disappearance. […]

Waldo, WI – A routine pizza delivery turned into a rescue mission for a Domino’s driver on Sep. 27, when he went to drop off an order at a home and spotted a woman wordlessly begging him for help. “[I] gave him his pizza, and noticed behind him was his girlfriend,” Domino’s employee Joey Grundl […]

Syracuse, NY – Dunkin’ Donuts said it has fired the employees who made a video of themselves pouring a pitcher of water on a homeless man in the dining area of the restaurant (video below). The video, which was posted on social media on Sunday, showed the man, who goes by both Jeremy Dufresne and […]

Liberty Hill, TX – Real County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Cox died in the line of duty on Sep. 25, when he suffered a heart attack as he was training to become a K9 officer. Deputy Cox, 57, “did his best every day to do the right thing for the people of his community,” according to […]

Chicago, IL – Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The jury also found Officer Van Dyke guilty of 16 counts of aggravated battery. The jury found the officer not guilty of a single count of official misconduct. On October 20, 2014, at […]

Bridgeport, CT – A New York woman who falsely accused two Sacred Heart University football players of raping her during a college party in 2016 has been sentenced to prison. Nikki Yovino, 20, appeared to roll her eyes as one of her victims told the court about how her lies had caused severe negative repercussions […]

Portland, OR – Protesters are expressing their outrage over the fatal police shooting of a documented Crip gang member on Sunday after he was involved in the shooting of 2 men in downtown Portland. Portland officers from the Central Precinct and the Gang Enforcement Team were patrolling the downtown entertainment district when they heard sounds […]

Masontown, PA – The man who rushed to help an injured Masontown police sergeant during a shootout at the district courthouse on Sep. 19 was one of many defendants who were waiting for their hearings that day. Xuan Sayles said he witnessed the shooter, later identified as 61-year-old Shaun Dowdell, as he opened fire inside […]

Tippah County, MS – An off-duty Mississippi state trooper was murdered, and a second man was injured, during an early-morning shooting on Sunday. The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) was dispatched to Hatchie Bottom near the border of Tippah County and Alcorn County at approximately 12:45 a.m., The Daily Corinthian reported. It was unclear why the […]