A Florida woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 21-year-old sheriff’s deputy who was struck by friendly fire while serving a felony arrest warrant early Tuesday. Cheryl Lynn Williams, 46, faces 13 felony charges after Polk County Deputy Sheriff Blane Lane was killed in the line of duty in Polk…
The Department of Justice indicted 11 pro-life activists who protested outside a Tennessee abortion clinic Wednesday, saying they violated the FACE Act. The activists, according to the indictment, organized an event blockading an abortion clinic near Nashville earlier this year. The DOJ alleges the group physically prevented both employees of the clinic and at least…
A high school golf team in Austin, Texas, had to cancel practice on Monday after they showed up to the course and encountered an adult entertainment club’s tournament. The school district sent a message to the high schoolers’ parents on Tuesday, saying that some “adults were acting very inappropriately” when the teens showed up for…
A Purdue University student was killed in his dorm room, and the victim’s roommate has been arrested, school officials said on Wednesday. Purdue President Mitch Daniels said in a statement that the victim’s roommate called authorities to report the incident and is in custody as a suspect. “This is as tragic an event as we…
A Florida sheriff’s office has released new helicopter video showing the moments leading up to a deadly crash involving three teens driving a stolen Maserati. The three teens, later identified as 15-year-old Keondrick Lang, 16-year-old Malachi Daniels and 15-year-old Mario Bonilla, stole the unlocked Maserati just before 3:30 a.m. from a driveway in St. Petersburg,…
The accused shooter in the slaying of New York father Paul Kutz, who was gunned down in the lobby of a Courtyard Marriott hotel while visiting his son at Marist College for Family Weekend, is being probed for another local murder, according to a new report. Ex-convict Roy Johnson Jr., 35, was arrested at the…
The Supreme Court ordered a lower court ruling on a Massachusetts gun control law to be vacated and directed a lower court to reconsider the case. The case in question, Morin v. Lyver, centers around a controversial Massachusetts law that imposes strict restrictions on the possession and purchase of handguns, including the need for a…
The attorneys for the family of a Los Angeles Police Department officer who died during a training exercise earlier this year say he was investigating another officer involved in the exercise for gang rape. Houston Tipping, 32, died after he was injured by the officer under investigation during a bicycle training exercise in May, a…
A North Carolina woman was arrested and faces several charges after allegedly trying to castrate her 5-year-old stepson, according to authorities. Bracey Renee Byrd, 33, was arrested Friday and charged with attempted murder, felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, malicious castration, first-degree kidnapping and three counts of felony child abuse with physical injury. The…
Violent crime continued to rise across the U.S. last, according to an annual estimate the FBI released Wednesday. Murders increased 4.3% last year, rising from 22,000 to 22,900, while rape instances rose as well. The FBI acknowledges that violent crime is at the very least matching the high levels seen in 2020, which surged nearly…