Category: Crime and Incidents

Pennsylvania Police Searching for Escaped Homicide Suspect Find Possible Campsites Near Jail

WARREN, Pa.—A homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail is likely still in the area and someone may be helping him to evade capture, police said after discovering possible campsites in nearby woods. Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday by climbing on exercise equipment, climbing…


Drive-By Shooting Kills 9-Year-Old Chicago Boy at His Grandmother’s Birthday Party

FRANKLIN PARK, Ill.—A 9-year-old boy attending his grandmother’s birthday party in a Chicago suburb was killed in a drive-by shooting, police said. Ulysses Campos had been playing with a group of children in an alley late Saturday when four to six shots were fired from a moving vehicle, Franklin Park police director Michael Witz said…


Former US Army Financial Counselor Charged With Defrauding Gold Star Families

A former U.S. Army Reserves officer who worked as a financial counselor with the Army was criminally charged on July 7 for defrauding Gold Star families by losing $3.4 million of their investments while he collected $1.4 million in commissions. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Caz Craffy, 41, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, through…


Philadelphia Shootings May Have Begun Nearly 2 Days Earlier Than Police Thought

PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia authorities investigating Fourth of July holiday shootings that left five people dead now say the gunman killed one of the victims almost two full days before the mass shooting. Kimbrady Carriker, 40, was arraigned Wednesday morning on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and weapons counts of possession without a license and…


Gunman on Scooter Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder, for Series of New York City Shootings

NEW YORK—A Brooklyn man accused of killing an 86-year-old and injuring three other men in a series of shootings while riding a scooter in New York City is charged with murder and attempted murder, police said Sunday. In all, six apparently random shootings occurred in Brooklyn and Queens on Saturday, according to police. The motive…


Police Link Man to Two Women Whose Bodies Were Found in Different Minnesota Storage Units

ST. PAUL, Minn.—The body of a Minnesota woman who had been missing for two years was found in a storage unit, and St. Paul police said Friday that her death has been linked to a man who was charged after another woman’s dismembered body was found in a different storage unit in another Minneapolis suburb….


Los Angeles Police Arrest Suspect in Apparent Random Shootings at 3 Locations With 1 Person Wounded

LOS ANGELES—Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following what appeared to be a series of random shootings that wounded one victim Saturday morning, a news report said. The suspect allegedly fired randomly at people in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, with shootings reported between 6:20 a.m. and 7:20 a.m., KTLA-TV reported. The suspect,…


Crews Continue to Battle Cargo Ship Blaze That Killed 2 New Jersey Firefighters

NEWARK, N.J.—Fire crews on Saturday continued to battle flames that have smoldered inside a cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port, days after the blaze claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters and injured five others. Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr. were killed in the Wednesday night…


1 Man Arrested, 1 Sought in Connection With Kansas Nightclub Shooting

WICHITA, Kan.—A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a mass shooting a week ago inside a Kansas nightclub, and police have identified a second man being sought. Wichita police arrested the man Friday as a suspect in the shooting on July 2 at City Nightz in downtown Wichita. Nine people suffered gunshot wounds…


Man Accused of Crashing Into Police Cars During Chase, Killing 19-Year-Old Officer, Faces Charges

RUTLAND, Vt.—A Vermont burglary suspect who led police on a high-speed chase and crashed his truck into two police cruisers, killing a 19-year-old officer and injuring two others, will be arraigned Monday on charges related to the crash, state police said. Tate Rheaume, 20, is facing charges of grossly negligent operation and attempting to elude,…