MARINETTE, WISCONSIN — A 16-year-old Wisconsin boy will be charged as an adult months after a 13-year-old boy with autism drowned when he was allegedly thrown off a pier by two older individuals, prosecutors announced this week. The victim, Jakob Bowerman, died on Aug. 23, days after he was thrown into the water from the…
LEWIS CHAPEL, TENNESSEE — An 18-year-old Tennessee man and his stepfather are facing murder charges after deputies say they brutally beat his mother to death with a baseball bat, burned her body in a backyard fire pit, and falsely claimed she had left the country. Authorities arrested Gabriel Vilchez, 18, and David Gardiner, 64, in…
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA — A Florida man is behind bars without bond after deputies say he shot and killed his father during an argument over employment, rent, and military paperwork, then told the victim he loved him after firing the final shot. Authorities say 25-year-old Melquan Stewart is charged with murder after the Monday afternoon…
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE — A New Hampshire man who fatally stabbed his father more than 20 times in 2006 is once again in police custody after authorities say he assaulted and strangled his mother just months after being released early from prison. Ian Delmore, 40, has been charged with assault – domestic violence – strangulation…
Watertown, New York — A 41-year-old man convicted of bludgeoning his elderly neighbor to death with a hammer because she refused to let him borrow her car has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, closing a case that shocked a quiet upstate community. Victim Found Dead After Brutal Hammer Attack Jonathan Melendez,…
Palmetto, Georgia — A 25-year-old Bojangles manager is facing murder charges after police say he shot and killed the father of one of his employees during a confrontation outside the restaurant Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the victim had arrived to help his teenage daughter after she called him for support. Employee Called Her Father After…
Miami, Florida — A 32-year-old man is behind bars after police say he threatened to kill a woman and her husband during a violent road rage confrontation outside their home. The suspect allegedly brandished both a knife and a gun while yelling death threats at the couple as they attempted to park their car. Confrontation…
Bexar County, Texas — A 2-year-old girl was found wandering alone in the woods at 3 a.m., wearing only a dress and no shoes, in temperatures hovering in the 40s. According to deputies, her mother and grandmother have now been arrested for putting the child and her siblings in danger and attempting to interfere with…
Coral Springs, Florida — A 53-year-old man is facing an attempted murder charge after police say he brutally attacked his elderly mother with a frying pan and tried to smother her inside their home, allegedly because he did not want to care for her as she began showing signs of early dementia. Police: Son Admitted…
ILLINOIS — A North Chicago mother is facing decades behind bars after admitting she forced her 6-year-old son under freezing cold water as a punishment the night before his birthday — a violent act prosecutors say was part of a “calculated plan against a small child.” Jannie Perry, 42, pleaded guilty last week to first-degree…