Tag: Crime & Public Safety

Alabama Woman Who Disappeared After Reporting Child on Highway Returns Home Following 2-day Search

HOOVER, Ala.—A 25-year-old Alabama woman returned home late Saturday after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family members who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who was walking along a highway. Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell had returned to the home she shares with her…


Homicide Suspect Captured After Using Bed Sheets to Escape Pennsylvania Jail

YOUNGSVILLE, Pa.—Looking dirty, wet, and “worn out” from living in the wilderness to evade arrest, a homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape a northern Pennsylvania jail has been captured, authorities said. Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County jail in the late evening hours of July 6 by climbing on exercise equipment, going…


Murder Suspect Captured After Using Bed Sheets to Escape Pennsylvania Jail

YOUNGSVILLE, Pa.—Looking dirty, wet, and “worn out” from living in the wilderness to evade arrest, a homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape a northern Pennsylvania jail has been captured, authorities said. Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County jail in the late evening hours of July 6 by climbing on exercise equipment, going…


Authorities Search for Man Suspected of Killing 4 People in Georgia

HAMPTON, Ga.—Authorities in Georgia spent hours Saturday hunting for a man suspected of gunning down three men and a woman in a suburban neighborhood south of Atlanta. Andre Longmore, a 40-year-old from Hampton, is believed to be armed and dangerous, Hampton’s police chief, James Turner, said during a news conference. The shootings happened late Saturday…


Long Island Serial Killer Probe Not Over After Architect Is Charged in 3 of 11 Deaths

RIVERHEAD, N.Y.—Authorities on Long Island are vowing to continue investigating a string of killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders after charging an architect in the deaths of three of the 11 victims. Rex Heuermann, 59, is accused of killing Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Costello over a decade ago. He is also considered…


A New Look at an Old Clue Helps Investigators Arrest the Man Accused of Gilgo Beach Murders

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y.—The first find was startling: a woman’s skeletal remains cast into the dunes along a remote Long Island highway. Then came the shock. Days after that discovery in December 2010, police discovered parts of three more women nearby on a spit of sand known as Gilgo Beach. The remains of six other people…


Armed Suspect Arrested Near Obama’s Residence Indicted on 6 Counts

A native of Washington state, who was arrested near the residence of former U.S. President Barrack Obama with hundreds of rounds of ammunition last month, has been indicted on six counts of firearms charges and involvement in the 2021 U.S. Capitol breach. A grand jury in the District Court for the District of Columbia indicted…


Officer Killed and 2 Police Injured in Shooting That Also Left Suspect Dead on a North Dakota Street

FARGO, N.D.—One police officer died and two others were critically injured after a suspect began shooting on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, on Friday afternoon, police said. Officers returning fire killed the suspect during the shooting that occurred before 3 p.m. A civilian also was seriously wounded, police said in a late-night statement…


Man Killed by Iowa Police After Homicide and Carjacking Had a ‘Hit List,’ Authorities Say

OMAHA, Neb.—Police in Omaha say they found a “hit list” at the home of a Nebraska man suspected of a homicide and carjacking before being fatally shot by police in western Iowa over the weekend. Investigators said they found two guns in the stolen car driven by Matthew Briggs, 41. When detectives searched his home…


Rising Crime Rate Spurs Increased Demand for Highly-Trained Protection Dogs

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Connor Rafferty has been bitten dozens of times by canine “Ditto,” though he’s not shy when it happens. Wearing a padded safety suit, Rafferty, a professional “bite trainer” at K9 Defense in Scottsdale, Arizona, waited for Ditto to make a go at him on July 11. And Ditto, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, was quick…