CINCINNATI, OHIO — A 58-year-old Ohio man accused of shooting a mother and her two young daughters on Christmas Day is now claiming he acted in self-defense, as prosecutors prepare to present the case to a grand jury. According to the Cincinnati Police Department, James Brown, 58, is charged with three counts of felony assault…
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA — A 26-year-old woman is facing serious felony charges after police say her 1-year-old daughter died from a drug overdose inside a Charlotte motel room where narcotics were kept within the child’s reach. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, officers were called to a motel in west Charlotte shortly after Christmas Day…
WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA — A Georgia prison guard is facing multiple felony charges after deputies say he locked state social services employees inside their office building during an angry confrontation over child support payments, leaving workers shaken and fearful. According to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office, Quantraves Hall, 25, has been charged with four counts…
STEPHENS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA — A quiet Christmas afternoon in rural Oklahoma turned tragic when an elderly woman sitting on her front porch with family members was fatally struck by a stray bullet, allegedly fired by a neighbor testing out a new gun, authorities said. According to the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, the shooting occurred Thursday…
CALIFORNIA — A Northern California mother and her boyfriend are both facing murder and felony child abuse charges after police say a 7-year-old girl was found unresponsive and later died, while her 5-year-old sister was discovered injured inside the same home. Jessica Savangsy, 26, told investigators she woke up Monday morning to find her daughter,…
TEXAS — A San Antonio woman is facing a murder charge after authorities say she shot and killed her boyfriend in the chest early Christmas Eve morning following an argument over a vehicle and a cellphone — a case the sheriff described as “pretty clear-cut.” Courtney Renee Hooper, 36, was arrested and charged with murder…
VERMONT — Authorities in Vermont are searching for a woman accused of leaving her 3-month-old daughter unattended in a bathtub while under the influence of multiple narcotics, leading to the infant’s drowning. Briana Arnold, 34, is wanted on charges of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to a child resulting in death, and possession of narcotics, according to…
INDIANA — An Indiana man is being held without bond after police say he brutally beat his 81-year-old father to death, poured melted candle wax onto the victim’s face, wrapped the body in a rug, and then stole his father’s pickup truck before fleeing the scene. Bryan Pedigo, 54, has been charged with murder, attempted…
NEW YORK — A former City of Buffalo garbage truck driver who backed a 60,000-pound sanitation truck down a one-way street, striking a teenage pedestrian and leaving him paralyzed for life, has been sentenced to probation instead of jail time. Sasiya Davis-Johnson, 48, was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation after pleading guilty to…
FLORIDA — A Jacksonville man who left his 8-month-old baby in the middle of a busy intersection during a heated argument and then intentionally drove over him has been sentenced to decades in prison. Justin Golden, 21, was sentenced Friday to 30 years behind bars after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter in…