Category: Crime and Incidents

Police in South Florida Arrest 3 Suspects in Memorial Day Beach Shooting

June 6, 2023
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Police in South Florida arrested two suspects over the weekend and a third on Monday following a Memorial Day shooting along a busy beachside promenade that injured nine people. Detectives from the Hollywood Police Department took Ariel Cardahn Paul, 16, into custody on Sunday night and Lionel JeanCharles Jr., 18, on Monday afternoon, the…

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Missouri Man Facing Execution for Killing 2 Jailers in Failed Bid to Help Inmate Escape in 2000

June 6, 2023
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A man who shot and killed two rural Missouri jailers nearly 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tisius, 42, is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the…

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Supreme Court Rejects Case of Woman on Alabama Death Row

June 5, 2023
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court is leaving in place the sentence of a woman on death row in Alabama who helped her boyfriend kill his two young children. The high court on Monday rejected an appeal from lawyers for Heather Leavell-Keaton. As is typical, the court rejected the case without comment. Leavell-Keaton was convicted of murder in…

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3 Killed in Iowa Building Collapse; Lawsuits Say Owner Didn’t Warn Residents of Danger

June 5, 2023
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DAVENPORT, Iowa—The bodies of three Iowa men have been removed from the site of a collapsed six-story apartment building about a week after part of the century-old structure tumbled to the ground, the city of Davenport’s police chief announced Monday. “We don’t have any other information at this time that there are any additional people…

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4 Dead in Missouri After Car Crosses Center Line, Strikes Motorcyclists

June 5, 2023
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AURORA, Mo.—Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Missouri Route 39 near the southwestern Missouri town of Aurora. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a Toyota Corolla crossed the center line of…

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Danny Masterson Convicted of 2 Counts of Rape; ‘That ’70s Show’ Actor Faces 30 Years to Life

June 5, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—“That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was led out in handcuffs from a Los Angeles courtroom and could get 30 years to life in prison after a jury found him guilty on two of three counts of rape at his second trial, in which the Church of Scientology played a central role. Masterson’s wife,…

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Danny Masterson Convicted of 2 Counts of Rape, Here’s What Happens Next

June 5, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles jury on May 31 convicted actor Danny Masterson of two counts of rape in a retrial that focused on allegations the “That ‘70s Show’ star raped three women between 2001 and 2003. The verdict sided with two of Masterson’s accusers, but the panel was unable to reach a verdict on similar…

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Store Owner Charged With Killing a Teen Shot at People He Suspected of Shoplifting Before

June 5, 2023
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—A store owner in South Carolina charged with murder after shooting a teen he wrongly thought stole water has shot at suspected shoplifters two other times in the past eight years and not faced charges, authorities said. In 2018, Rick Chow confronted a shoplifter at his Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia and the…

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San Francisco Man Convicted of Murder for Beating Roommate During Zoom Call and Burning Her Alive

June 5, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—A jury has convicted a San Francisco man of killing his 79-year-old roommate by beating her with a baseball bat and lighting her on fire. The attack was partially captured on Zoom. Min Jian Guan, 63, was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 30 for the June 14, 2020, death of Yu Quin…

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Missing Man’s Body Recovered at Iowa Apartment Collapse Site; 2 Others Still Missing

June 4, 2023
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The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been found, a city official confirmed Sunday. Branden Colvin Sr.’s body was recovered Saturday, city spokeswoman Sarah Ott said. Two other men—51-year-old Ryan Hitchcock and 60-year-old Daniel Prien— are still unaccounted for….

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