Jon Joseph Investigators say security cameras recorded the deadly assault outside a residential hotel. OAKLAND, Calif. — Surveillance footage is expected to play a key role in the murder case against a man accused of beating his neighbor to death outside a residential hotel in Oakland, investigators said. Police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Jeffrey McMaster Jr. … Read more
Police say the suspect approached the teen and cut his neck. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police arrested a 44-year-old man after a sudden knife attack left a 13-year-old boy with a deep neck wound while he walked with his family on the Daytona Beach Boardwalk. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. on Feb. 14 as … Read more
Authorities say the suspect admitted he had been planning the killing since Christmas. LAWRENCE, N.Y. — A 21-year-old Long Island man accused of shooting his sister in the face with a crossbow had been planning the attack for weeks, prosecutors said during a court appearance in Nassau County. The woman survived the incident but suffered … Read more
LANSING, Mich. — Prosecutors say a Michigan man deliberately drove his car into a family walking along a neighborhood road before firing a shotgun at them, killing a 3-year-old girl and injuring three adults. The suspect, Alexander Lamar Banks Jr., has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder and several counts of assault with intent to … Read more
Police say Raymond Isaac Carmona stabbed 63-year-old Andrea Colgrove in Mansfield, Texas, then fled in her car with a missing 4-year-old before troopers found them in Missouri. MANSFIELD, Texas — A 20-year-old North Texas man is accused of fatally stabbing his mother, taking a 4-year-old boy from her home and driving across several states before … Read more
Investigators say disputes often determined who became a victim. ROCKVILLE, Md. — A former Maryland police chief has been sentenced to decades in prison after prosecutors said he set fires at homes connected to people he believed had wronged him. David Michael Crawford, 74, admitted to setting several fires including three incidents at the Clarksburg … Read more
Doctors said injuries were consistent with abusive head trauma. KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Medical testimony describing severe brain injuries and widespread bruising helped convict a South Carolina babysitter of homicide by child abuse in the death of a 10-month-old boy. Jurors ultimately found Jacob Ray Wescott guilty after prosecutors presented evidence that the child suffered … Read more
Prosecutors said the attacker waited outside the victim’s apartment complex. LONGMONT, Colo. — A Colorado man survived being shot six times outside his apartment complex in what prosecutors described as a planned ambush carried out by his former girlfriend. The shooting led to a lengthy investigation and a trial that ended with a decades-long prison … Read more
Investigators allege the man targeted his former girlfriend and her new partner. VASS, N.C. — A man accused of killing his former girlfriend and her U.S. Army soldier boyfriend on Valentine’s Day drove from Ohio to North Carolina before the shooting, according to authorities investigating the double homicide. The Moore County Sheriff’s Office identified the … Read more
Investigators say the 5-year-old victim was attacked inside a shared residence. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A teenager accused of killing a 5-year-old boy inside a Milwaukee home pleaded guilty this week to first-degree intentional homicide and related charges stemming from the child’s death in October 2023. The victim, Prince McCree, vanished from his residence after going … Read more