A Minnesota man was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday for beheading his girlfriend in front of several witnesses. Alexis Saborit, 44, was found guilty in the slaying of America Thayer, 56, in July 2021. In her ruling, the judge found the “nature of the assault” proved Saborit intended to kill …
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An off-duty Walmart employee fatally shot a customer who tried to help a female employee who had gotten into a fight with the off-duty employee, Florida law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Tironie Sterling, 22, is charged with first-degree murder for Tuesday afternoon’s shooting at a suburban Ft. Lauderdale Walmart, the …
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Nearly five months after his wife’s disappearance, Brian Walshe appeared in Norfolk Superior Court Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the alleged murder of 39-year-old Ana Walshe. Norfolk Assistant District Attorney Greg Connor asked that defendant be held without bail pending trial and the judge denied Walshe’s $250,000 cash bail request. New …
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Two teenage brothers are among six people accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday party in Alabama, authorities announced. Four young people were killed in the shooting late Saturday night at a dance studio in the town of Dadeville, Alabama. A 15-year-old from Tuskegee was arrested …
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The shooting deaths of two 16-year-old girls and a 17-year-old boy may be tied to a “hybrid” or “wannabe gang,” a Florida sheriff said Tuesday. Officers found 16-year-old Layla Silvernail suffering from a gunshot wound on the side of the road in Ocklawaha on Thursday night, Marion County Sheriff Billy …
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A deputy U.S. marshal was convicted on Friday in a twisted “rape fantasy” plot that sent his ex-fiancee to jail for 88 days after she was falsely accused of sending threatening emails and sending men to rape his new wife, said the Department of Justice. Ian R. Diaz, 44, of …
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A 25-year-old Stanford University employee was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony perjury for allegedly lying about being raped twice last year on campus, authorities said. Jennifer Ann Gries, of Santa Clara, first reported a false sexual attack in August when she told a nurse at Valley Medical Center in …
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Nearly 45 years after a woman was found shot to death on a logging road in western Massachusetts, investigators have identified her through advanced genetic testing. Patricia Ann Tucker, 28, was found on Nov. 15, 1978. A group of kids playing in Granby found her body on November 15, 1978 …
Read More »Kansas City, Mo. — A Kansas City police officer was hit by gunfire and wounded at the department’s headquarters shortly after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, authorities said early Monday. The Kansas City Police Department said the officer’s injuries are not life-threatening. The source and motive of the gunfire …
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Two suspects in the massacre of six people last month in central California were arrested early Friday, one after a gunbattle, authorities said. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the suspects are a 25-year-old man who was taken into custody without incident and a 35-year-old man who was wounded in …
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