Category: Crime and Incidents

Under House Arrest, Fake Heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin Launches Podcast

NEW YORK—It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. For now, she wants to reimagine her public image…


Under House Arrest, Fake Heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin Launches Podcast to Rehab Public Image

NEW YORK—It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So she’s attempting to capture outside attention and relieving her boredom in the most quotidian way: starting a podcast. “So many people became famous for bad things and…


Baltimore Police Release Photos, Offer Reward for Info on Man Assaulting Elderly Pro-Life Activists

The Baltimore Police Department has released photos of the man suspected of beating two pro-life demonstrators outside of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic last month and is offering a cash reward for tips. The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. Eastern on May 26 outside a Planned Parenthood location on North Howard Street. The victims, 80-year-old…


Chief Suspect in Natalee Holloway Disappearance Pleads Not Guilty to Extortion Charges

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance on the island of Aruba, walked shackled into an Alabama courtroom on Friday as her parents looked on. He pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to extort money from the missing teen’s mother in exchange for revealing where to find…


Ex-Boyfriend Charged With Murder After Woman’s Body Found in Rural Minnesota

WINONA, Minn.—The former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state was charged Friday in her death. Adam Fravel, 29, was charged with second-degree murder. The charge comes two days after a deputy found the body of Madeline Kingsbury, who would have turned 27 on June…


Man Pleads Guilty to Helping 2 Others Accused in the Fatal Shooting of Rapper Young Dolph

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Friday to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery. Jermarcus Johnson, 26, pleaded guilty to three counts of accessory after the fact. Judge Lee Coffee approved a plea deal with prosecutors, allowing him to avoid trial. Johnson…


Elevated Walkway Collapses in Texas Beach City, Injuring Dozens

SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas—Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by helicopter. None of the injuries were expected to be life-threatening, Brazoria County officials said. The cause of the walkway collapse in Surfside Beach, a…


Missouri Supreme Court Declines to Halt August Execution of Man Convicted of Killing Child

The Missouri Supreme Court has turned aside an appeal by a man scheduled to be executed in August for killing a 6-year-old girl. Johnny Johnson, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder in in the 2002 death of Casey Williamson in suburban St. Louis. He faces execution Aug. 1 unless the courts intervene or Republican Gov….


Judge Weighs Challenge to Gag Order in University of Idaho Killings

A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last fall, is set to hear arguments Friday over a gag order that largely bars attorneys and other parties in the case from speaking with news reporters. A coalition of more than 30 media organizations has challenged the order,…


Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jailer’s Help Gets Life Sentence

FLORENCE, Ala.—An Alabama prisoner received a life sentence on Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail official who ultimately took her own life as police closed in following a manhunt across three states. Casey White, 39, told those gathered in the Lauderdale County courtroom that he felt like the most hated man in…