Daily Misfortune Friday October 31, 2014 ---
Month October 2014 Timeline ---
At least 15 people were killed and nine others were injured in accidents and a fire connected to the festivities in the past few days, in states from California to New York, and Washington to Maine.
12 incidents 6 killed 7 injured
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- 1 killed 1 injured, ruled accident October 31, 2014 Greece NY police ID boy killed while trick-or-treating
- 1 injured, suspect fled October 31, 2014 Man Swings Ax at DC Officer Car Window in Unprovoked Attack
- October 31, 2014 Woman blinded as a child can see again after hitting her head on a coffee
- 1 killed October 31, 2014 Man killed in shooting on Indianapolis north side
- 3 killed suspects escaped October 31, 2014 3 trick-or-treaters killed by speeding Hit and Run car in California 2 Sought in Halloween Crash That Killed 3 Teens Santa Ana trick-or-treaters killed in hit-and-run identified
- 1 house damaged October 31, 2014 Walnut Creek explosion caused by illegal pot drug lab
- 1 injured October 31, 2014 Teen injured, suspect on lam after Madison High stabbing
- 1 killed October 31, 2014 update October 24 shooting Teen victim in Washington state high school shooting dies, becoming fouth fatality
- October 31, 2014 Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting
- October 31, 2014 update Plane That Steered and Crashed Into Kansas Building Showed No Issues: NTSB
- October 31, 2014 2 injured 1 arrest DUI Woman charged after 2 men riding on trunk fell off turning car
- October 31, 2014 Suspect in custody after argument leads to Steiner Ranch Steakhouse stabbing
- 1 robbery October 31, 2014 Armed men rob Alexdria MN home on Halloween
- 4 killed October 31, 2014 Mom, 3 kids killed at Illinois train crossing heading to Halloween parade
- 1 threat 1 arrested October 31, 2014 Text message threat sets off brieflockdown at Seattle Pacific University
- 2 injured October 31, 2014 Houston wrong way driver remains hospitalized after head-on crash with trooper
- 2 shooting attacks on govt building October 31, 2014 Drive by shooters fire two times, four bullets into Roy WA City Hall, no motive City Hall in Roy shot up in drive-by attacks on Halloween
- October 31, 2014 New York Daily News Flight attendant allegedly killed by boyfriend she brought to home on Halloween
- October 31, 2014 Wanaque NJ police: Man held machete to boy's head on Halloween
- Florida toddler hit, killed by bus during first Halloween October 31, 2014
- 1 killed 3 injured October 31, 2014Washington man arrested for v-assault Halloween crash that killed girl Irvine, Calif., man was killed while taking his young son trick-or-treating.
- 15 killed 9 injured in multiple incidents October 31, 2014 Deadly Halloween Across the Nation - NYTimes.com Nov 2, 2014 - At least 15 people were killed and nine others were injured in accidents and a fire connected to the festivities in the past few days, in states from California to New York, and Washington to Maine.
- 1 killed 1 injured, ruled accident October 31, 2014 Greece NY police ID boy killed while trick-or-treating Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Halloween ended with tragedy in Greece after one child was killed and another significantly injured after being struck by an oncoming car on Latta Road on Friday. Tayvier Granderson, 3, of Murray Street and Nicole Moore, 16, of Snug Harbor Drive were trick-or-treating and crossing the two-lane road when a westbound vehicle hit both of them. The 77-year-old driver of the car is cooperating with police, and no tickets have been issued. The 77-year-old driver that struck them was with his wife driving home from dinner.
- 1 injured, suspect fled October 31, 2014 Man Swings Ax at DC Officer Car Window in Unprovoked Attack Man swings ax at window of officer in marked police car, attack is ambush, no evidence of terrorist attack, but not being ruled out, like NYC attack that was declared terrorist. Officer minor injury, suspect escaped after struggle. Ax attack on D.C. cop prompts warnings
- October 31, 2014 Woman blinded as a child can see again after hitting her head on a coffee table The Independent A woman who hasn't been able to see since she was 11 years old had her sight restored after an accident in which she hit her head on a coffee table.
- 1 killed October 31, 2014 Man killed in shooting on city's north side WRTV Indianapolis INDIANAPOLIS - An unidentified adult male was killed in a shooting on the ... Theshooting was reported in the 3000 block of Washington Boulevard ...
- 3 killed suspects escaped October 31, 2014 3 trick-or-treaters killed by speeding car in California CNN A speeding vehicle struck and killed three girls Friday night, including twins, who were trick-or-treating in Southern California, authorities said. Driver Sought in Crash That Killed 3 on Halloween ABC News 3 Girls Killed in Hit-and-Run While Trick-or-Treating in Santa AnaNew York Times Highly Cited:2 Men Ditch SUV After Hitting, Killing 3 13-Year-Old Girls Trick-or-Treating ...KTLA October 31, 2014 2 Sought in Halloween Crash That Killed 3 Teens ABC News Police are looking for two people who abandoned their SUV after the vehicle fatally struck three teenage girls who were trick-or-treating in the Los Angeles area. Santa Ana trick-or-treaters killed in hit-and-run identified KABC-TV A memorial of flowers and balloons continues to grow near the scene of the crash where three 13-year-old girls were killed after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana Friday night.
- 1 house damaged October 31, 2014 Walnut Creek explosion caused by illegal drug lab abc7news.com criminal investigation after police say this was not a gas explosion, but from a drug lab making hash oil - a concentrated form of pot.
- 1 injured October 31, 2014 Teen injured, suspect on lam after Madison High stabbing Chron.com 10th-grader was hospitalized in a violent attack near the campus. The shelter-in-place order was triggered about 1 p.m. following a stabbing on a sidewalk just off the school campus... assailant also was a Madison High student. He was last seen fleeing toward the nearby woods
- 1 killed October 31, 2014 update October 24 shooting Teen victim in Washington state high school shooting dies, becoming fouth fatality Fox News Zoe Galasso, 14, was killed during the shooting Oct. 24 by a popular freshman at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Gia Soriano, also 14, died Sunday at the Everett hospital.
- October 31, 2014 Federal civil rights charges unlikely against police officer in Ferguson shooting Washington Post Justice Department investigators have all but concluded they do not have a strong enough case to bring civil rights charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., law enforcement ...
- October 31, 2014 update Plane That Steered and Crashed Into Kansas Building Showed No Issues: NTSB plane that crashed into a Kansas building Thursday underwent two maintenance flights before takeoff and wasn’t malfunctioning in any way, investigators said Rescue crews were also hindered from getting into the building Friday to recover the bodies of the four victims. All three witnesses said the plane drifted to the left before the plane took a “steep” left turn and hit the building shortly after takeoff, Lindberg said. Four people who were injured inside the building were treated and released October 30 crash.
- October 31, 2014 2 injured 1 arrest DUI Woman charged after 2 men riding on trunk fell off turning car Las Vegas Review Two men sitting on the trunk of a car driven by a 19-year-old female were seriously injured when they were thrown from the vehicle when it turned Garcia and three other people were returning from a bonfire in a desert area near Las Vegas High School just before 5 a.m. Two men, ages 18 and 19 years old, were sitting on the trunk of a Hyundai sedan driven by Garcia, who was giving them a ride back to their car that was parked near Morning Cloud Lane. Both men were thrown from the vehicle when it suddenly veered to the left on Sahara.
- October 31, 2014 Suspect in custody after argument leads to Steiner Ranch Steakhouse stabbing KVUE - Oct 31, 2014 The Travis County Sheriff's Office says the stabbing started with a group of 20 customers who were there to eat dinner around 7:30 p.m. Two people started arguing, which turned physical. Austin police said just before 1 a.m. Friday, David Estrada, 23, stabbed two people with a three inch knife. James Murray Shelton, 24, was stabbed in the stomach and arm. Christopher De la Rosa, 25, who attempted to break up the fight, was stabbed in the chest, police said. In 2008, the restaurants manager was waiting for the store to open when a former employee shot and killed him with a semi-automatic handgun. The shooter's body was found days later in a wooded area.
- 1 robbery October 31, 2014 Armed men rob Alexdria MN home on Halloween 14 year old boy hands out candy when four masked men entered through back door demanding drugs and guns, left with 3 long guns
- 4 killed October 31, 2014 Mom, 3 kids killed at Illinois train crossing heading to Halloween parade Chicago Tribune A mother and three of her children on their way to a Halloween parade were killed and a fourth child seriously injured when their vehicle was hit by a hit at a crossing with gates down by a freight train in southern Illinois, police said on Friday
- 1 threat 1 arrested October 31, 2014 Text message threat sets off brieflockdown at Seattle Pacific University KING5.com A SPU student received the message from a former girlfriend, who reportedly said she would kill him and his friends. The lockdown was lifted once authorities confirmed the woman was in Skagit County, north of Seattle, and posed no threat to the school.
- 2 injured October 31, 2014 Houston wrong way driver remains hospitalized after head-on crash with trooper Victoria Advocate Department of Public Safety trooper is out of the hospital, but a 68-year-old Houston man remains hospitalized after a head-on collision Friday night. James Lawson Linn, of Houston, was driving a 2007 Lincoln Towncar the wrong way in the northbound lane. He hit the trooper head-on.
- 2 shooting attacks on govt building October 31, 2014 Drive by shooters fire two times, four bullets into Roy WA City Hall, no motive Nothing to suggest dry run terrorism as motive. On Halloween, somebody shot up city hall when it was closed and police don't know why, and they don't know who did it.... first two rounds were fired around 4:00 a.m. through the glass doors at the City Hall's main entrance. One of the rounds went through a wooden door leading to the council chambers; another ricocheted off a wall and hit a secure door in the rear of the building near police offices.Then around 10:00 p.m. Halloween night, a truck pulled up outside City Hall and two more rounds were shot into the building, this time through windows in the mayor's office. City Hall in Roy shot up in drive-by attacks on Halloween
- October 31, 2014 New York Daily News Flight attendant allegedly killed by boyfriend she brought to home on Halloween New York Daily News Flight attendant killed by boyfriend she brought to home to meet her family: police Kelly Turner, 43, and her boyfriend Joseph Frederick Karr, 53, flew to Austin to meet her family in Texas. Karr was charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her on Halloween night during an argument while her family was in another room. ‘I can't believe I killed her,’ he reportedly told them while holding the knife.
- October 31, 2014 Wanaque NJ police: Man held machete to boy's head on Halloween NorthJersey.com WANAQUE - A Halloween argument has resulted in weapons charges against a local man accused of holding a machete to a juvenile's head.
- Florida toddler hit, killed by bus during first Halloween October 31, 2014 New York Daily News toddler dressed as Captain America was hit and killed by a bus Little Dohntae Vasquez, 2, hopped out of a stroller his chaperone dropped his phone in the road and went back to retrieve it. The tragedy was one of several around the country Friday involving youngsters celebrating Halloween. Three teen girls trick-or-treating were hit and killed by an SUV driver who fled the Southern California crash scene. A group in Washington state was critically injured after a car jumped a curb, 3-year-old boy was killed in Greece, N.Y., and an Irvine, Calif., man was killed while taking his young son trick-or-treating.
- 1 killed 3 injured Washington man arrested for v-assault Halloween crash that killed girl.KCPQ Nov 3, 2014 - She was killed when a driver jumped a curb and plowed into her and other trick-or-treaters. ... A Vancouver, Wash., man accused of slamming his car into a group of trick-or-treaters, killing a 7-year-old girl and critically injuring a 6-year-old and an adult, was booked into jail Monday on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault, KPTV reported. Police said Duane Abbott, 47, of Vancouver, drove over a curb and hit a group of people at 8:15 p.m. on Halloween Two adults and two girls were struck. Seven-year-old Cadence Boyer died at the hospital on Sunday.
- Irvine, Calif., man was killed while taking his young son trick-or-treating.
- 15 killed 9 injured in multiple incidents Deadly Halloween Across the Nation - NYTimes.com Nov 2, 2014 - At least 15 people were killed and nine others were injured in accidents and a fire connected to the festivities in the past few days, in states from California to New York, and Washington to Maine.
On Halloween in 2014, Norgaard allegedly stabbed Briles 12 times in the back while he was sitting at his desk. Briles is seeking $500,000 in economic damages and $2.5million for pain and suffering, including psychological trauma . Norgaard was charged with attempted murder, first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon after the incident and is awaiting trial By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 6 November 2015 On October 31, 2014, Briles returned to his room at about midnight and sat at his desk, with his back to his roommate. At that moment, Norgaard attacked, stabbing his roommate at least 12 times, the lawsuit said. Briles (left) was 18 when he was living in the Juniper Hall dorm complex when he grew uncomfortable with his roommate, 22-year-old Eric Norgaard (right). After sending in multiple complaints about Norgaard, Briles claims he was stabbed at least 12 times in the back by his roommate 'During the ensuing struggle, Mr. Norgaard coldly uttered, "Happy Halloween", to Mr Briles,' the suit states. 'Mr Briles was somehow able to crawl into the hallway outside of his dorm room where he was seen by other Juniper Hall students.
'Fortunately, one of these students called 911 when the student realized that this scene was not a Halloween prank - Mr. Briles was near death.'
COCC dorm stabbing suspect appears in court KTVZNov 1, 2014
Stabbed COCC student intends to sue college - Bend Bulletin The Bend Bulletin Apr 12, 2015
COCC stabbing defendant undergoes psychological ...bendbulletin.com Aug 28, 2015
Attack Aftermath - The Broadside thebroadsideonline.com Dec 5, 2014 - 1, James Briles and Eric Norgaard, were in the dorm room they ... 1 Juniper Hall stabbing as stated to The Broadside on Nov. ... James Briles was new to Central Oregon Community College fall term and Eric Norgaard was in ...
Student stabbed at Juniper Hall now in fair condition - The ...
thebroadsideonline.com ov 1, 2014 - Bend Police responded to the reported stabbing in the residence hall at ... Eric Norgaard, 22-year-old Juniper Hall resident was arrested in his dorm ... “A Central Oregon Police Chaplain responded to the scene in order to ...
Stabbing At COCC Dorm | MyCentralOregon.com ov 1, 2014 - Officers were quickly able to identify Eric Norgaard as the person responsible for stabbing Briles. Norgaard was contacted in his dorm room and ...
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- October 17, 2014 arrest "Denver Teens Chatted Online With ISIS Recruiter, Report Says" NBC news SITE Intelligence Group issued a report indicating the social media accounts of the three girls showed radical leanings as well as a shift toward extremism... "For a 15-year-old girl to have 9,000 tweets means they are constantly online. When you see these numbers, you understand these girls lived their lives on social media."
- October 23, 2014 5 hurt 3 vehicle crash near Pine Island MN - KTTC.com Five people, including several children, were hurt in a three-vehicle crash Thursday night on Highway 52 just north of Pine Island
- October 23, 2014 The 2014 New York City terror attack that dare not speak its name Mark the date: Oct. 23, 2014. It was the end of an era that began on Sept. 12, 2001. It ended in blood when Muslim convert Zale Thompson pulled out a hatchet and attacked four cops in Queens... Thompson’s hatred for white people and cops is now being emphasized, but his Internet rants made his motives clear. He was a jihadist, radicalized by the butchers of the Islamic State, and he fulfilled their call to strike Americans at home, especially law-enforcement officers.
- October 24, 2014 Jack Broughton, 89, Dies; Top Thud Pilot in Vietnam Turned Critic of Leaders Led F-105 strikes over North Vietnam, but accused in 1967 of covering up strafing of a Soviet ship by ordering destruction of gun camera film. Author Thud Ridge, Rupert Red Two, critic of McNamara bombing restrictions.
- October 28, 2014 Austrian ISIS fanboy arrested planning to bomb train station New York Times October 30, 2014. Austrian boy with Muslim Turkish roots told police he wanted to fight for Islamic extremists, and researched how to build bombs on the internet.
- October 29, 2014 Austria: Boy, 14, Held for Islamic Terrorism Train Bombing Plans New York Times October 30, 2014. Austrian boy with Muslim Turkish roots told police he wanted to fight for Islamic extremists, and researched how to build bombs on the internet. He was arrested on suspicion of planning to place a bomb in a busy Viennese train and could be charged with belonging to a terrorist organization.
- October 29, 2014 21 killed Mali: French Commando Dies in Fighting New York Times A French soldier and about 20 Islamist militants had been killed during a fierce clash in northern Mali
- October 30, 2014 Van passenger dead, one hurt after van hits road maintainer KTTC a worker was grading the shoulder when a van ran into the back of the road maintainer.The driver of the van was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center, while the passenger died at the scene.
- October 30, 2014 German Shopping Spree Brings Terrorism Charge New York Times The authorities were watching Ismail Issa when he returned to Germany last year for an unusual shopping spree for Syrian terrorist fighters. The items, among others, were found in bags and backpacks in a red Ford station wagon that Mr. Issa and a friend were driving to Syria when the police stopped them at a rest area on suspicion of supporting a terrorist group. A fighter is wounded in Syria and ordered to return to Germany to shop for supplies where he is busted for helping Islamist terrorists.
- October 30, 2014 Suspect charged after Oklahoma man nearly beheaded Fox News Police in central Oklahoma said Thursday they had charged a suspect with homicide after finding a man with his head "almost entirely severed from his body." Isaiah Marin, 21, was charged in the murder of Jacob Andrew Crocket, Fox-25 Oklahoma City reported. Police had no motive, but said Marin, who lives in Stillwater, confessed to the killing and told them he planned to commit murders one at a time. Marin called police to report his own crime, and they found Marin jogging with a long knife covered in blood the beheading victim is the son is a highway patrol trooper, but that does not appear to be a motive. came one day after a man with a history of psychiatric problems beheaded his mother in her Long Island, N.Y., apartment and dragged the body and head out onto a street, tags: beheading, family connection, police targeted, confessed
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Boeing employees were evacuated after several reports of an armed man at the Everett plant Monday night. Police said at 7 p.m. that two employees reported that they saw a man with a rifle in the middle of the plant. One thousand Boeing workers were escorted out. Police told KIRO 7 ...
Police are investigating the theft of firearms from a Lakewood gun shop Monday night. At about 11:30 p.m. Quantico Tactical, located at 12314 Pacific Highway Southwest, was burglarized. Approximately 30 Springfield Armory pistols in calibers 9 mm, .40 and .45 were stolen along with several upper and lower receivers for ...
Critics say the Washington State Supreme Court has just made it harder for victims to get justice in rape cases. In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the justices reversed earlier rulings they said were “incorrect and harmful.” The earlier rulings said that when a defendant charged with using "forcible compulsion" claimed ...
There's a new, high-tech way of finding transportation in downtown Seattle. Only thing is, you have to go inside to get it. At 11:30 a.m., the Seattle Municipal Tower lobby became the first and only place so far, with TransitScreen. The two television screens show you which buses are coming, the light-rail ...
The city of Bellevue is getting blamed after an employee stole more than a $100,000. Finding "internal controls at the city were not adequate to safeguard public resources," state auditor Troy Kelley told KIRO 7 on Thursday that Bellevue is partially to blame for an employee's recent embezzlement. “In certain ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story said that Metro is locked into the same higher prices. Metro has clarified that they are in a contract, but their fuel rates fluctuate with the market and they are currently realizing savings as prices drop. Gas and diesel prices continue to ...
A 9-year-old boy, who has been missing since September and was last seen in Ballard’s Shilshole Bay Marina, was located safe by local authorities in Niue, an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, said officials with the FBI. Billy Hanson was last seen with his father Jeffrey Ford Hanson. ...
The Washington attorney general says a man used heavy machinery to fill and alter the course of the Tahuya River near his home without permits. William Cayo Sr. reportedly conducted hydraulic actives in connection with altering a channel of the river in February 2013. The AG's news release says Cayo used an excavator and ...
At a match between rivals, Arlington High School’s volleyball team broke tradition Wednesday night to honor their opponents from Marysville Pilchuck High School, after Friday’s shooting that left three dead and two wounded. Instead of the usual “senior night” for Arlington High School players, they wore red ribbons and red ...
It only took one minute. That's how much time went by between when an Amber Alert message appeared on 15-year-old Camryn Wood's phone and her call to 911 saying she and her dad were following the suspect's car. That led to the arrest of Cassandra Wilhelm on assault and kidnapping ...
A lockdown at Federal Way High School has been lifted after police located a woman who made a threat against a student or students, the school district said. The lockdown started earlier this morning after a woman who made a threat was then seen on campus, the school distrist spokesperson ...
The same day that that a teen gunman shot himself and several others at Marysville Pilchuck High School, their football team was scheduled to play Oak Harbor for the Wesco 3A North title and a berth in the Wesco Championship game. Instead, Oak Harbor players took second place, and went ...
Police said a group of women helped officers track down a groper near Pioneer Square Wednesday afternoon. At about 12:45 p.m. Seattle police received reports of a man groping women on the street as he walked south from Second Avenue and James Street. According to police, several victims and eye ...
A shooting near Avon Street and Beacon Avenue nearly claimed the life of a nine-year-old. The little girl was playing by a window-- minutes before a stray bullet came smashing through. Her brothers 21-year-old Curtis Hudson and 14-year-old Kendall Williams rushed outside when the glass broke, thinking someone vandalized their ...
Police are investigating seven different school threats made in the wake of last Friday’s Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting. The latest incident happened in Poulsbo at North Kitsap High School on Tuesday. Active shooter training expert Jesus Villahermosa says police expect copycat crimes after mass incidents. “There is in fact a ...
Police said a group of women helped officers track down a groper near Pioneer Square Wednesday afternoon. At about 12:45 p.m. Seattle police received reports of a man groping women on the street as he walked south from Second Avenue and James Street. According to police, several victims and eye ...
Someone murdered John Wesley at the corner of Wende and East Ferry streets in the middle of the day.
A homeless man has been arrested in connection with the attempted rape of a 27-year-old woman near Columbia University, police said. Allen Taylor, 27, was taken into custody Friday. He’s accused of trailing the woman, who is affiliated with the Ivy League University, then attacking her in the vestibule of her apartment building. […]
A man has been banned from deliberately lying on the ground anywhere in England and Wales to stop his “attention seekingâ€.
A North Texas man has been charged with capital murder after police say he sexually assaulted a 67-year-old mental health patient and squeezed her until she died.
Police are still trying to figure out who shot and killed a woman inside her Butler County home.
At least six people were wounded in shootings across the city Thursday.
An off-duty Chicago Police sergeant was beaten and had his service weapon stolen during a robbery Thursday afternoon in the Loop.
Federal authorities are searching for two men who wore Halloween masks to rob a Minneapolis-area bank. The FBI said the men robbed a U.S. Bank in Little Canada as it was being opened around 7 a.m. Thursday.
Two people are now believed to be missing after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Stafford.
Defense officials are fearful that their personnel may be targeted after receiving public threats from terrorists operating in the Middle East
District of Columbia police are searching for a man they say attacked a police officer with an ax. The officer was not hit by the ax, but was being treated at a hospital for hurting his shoulder during a scuffle with the man who attacked him early Friday morning. Police say the officer was attacked in the 3800 block of 13th Street in the city's Northeast, near the Catholic University campus. Police recovered the ax.
Cops arrested a Florida man who was seated in a barber’s chair getting a haircut, just hours after he murdered his roommate and then had sex with her corpse, police allege.
Police do not know the victim's name or age.
Three people were injured in a triple stabbing in San Jose’s Evergreen neighborhood Thursday evening, according to police.
Cops weren't able to contain a reckless gang of 50 fast and furious bikers who took over a California highway earlier this month, but the marauders left a trail on social media about as obvious as a tire burnout.
Survivalist found in abandoned hangar
SALT LAKE CITY – The National Park Service says it has found more graffiti in some of the West's most scenic locations in a case that sparked an uproar on social media last week.
A bald spot under a father's 8 and 11-year-old daughters' window caused him to make a disturbing discovery
The investigation of the fatal police shooting of Kajieme Powell will take longer, Police Chief Sam Dotson said Thursday.
Shannon Hall's dear friends said she loved a night out with the girls. So that's just what her friends planned, a night out to celebrate Hall's life.
Authorities executed a search warrant on the 1800-block of McCurdy Street Thursday and arrested a 51-year-old man.
TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WJLA) – A mother is facing criminal charges, after police say she careened into a concrete pillar, while drunk, with her two young children in the car. Montgomery County District Court documents show Veronica Jackson, 34, of Takoma Park, picked up her 4-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son from their bus stop on the afternoon of Oct. 6. Yet instead of preparing dinner or helping them with homework assignments, Jackson allegedly allowed her son to sit in her lap and drive...
A Hertford County man was taken into custody Tuesday in connection to a cocaine investigation.
Thursday, October 30 WFLD An off-duty Chicago Police sergeant was beaten and had his service weapon stolen during a robbery Thursday afternoon in the Loop.
Almost seven years to the day 17-year-old Robert M. Cummings was shot in the back and dumped in a vacant lot, his killer was sentenced Thursday to 50 years in prison, according to the State Attorney's Office. Roland Stanley Mainor, 23, could have been sentenced to life. He was convicted of second-degree murder Sept. 12. Two weeks later, co-defendant Justin R. Graham, who had pleaded guilty in 2009, had his second-degree murder charge dismissed, court records show. read more
Firefighters are attempting to rescue a parachutist who got stuck on the wires of a radio tower in the 5400 block of Butler Hill Road tonight.
Thursday, October 30 KCNC Police in Longmont are investigating a theft that may have involved one of their own. Now the Boulder County Sheriff's Office is taking over the case of who took cash out of a deadly car crash victim's purse.
“…justice will be served.”
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WJLA) – It was a case that shocked the region and changed where parents let their children play. Fourteen years ago, a stranger stabbed 8-year-old Kevin Shifflett to death, as he played outside his great-grandparents’ Alexandria home. More than a decade after the horrifying murder of her little brother, Heather Huntington is breaking her silence. “You can’t just take a life of an innocent child and say, ‘OK, I’m cured now,’” she sa...
Prince George's County Police are looking for a man and woman accused of trying to abduct an 8-year-old boy at gunpoint. It happened around 7 a.m. Thursday in the 2900 block of Brinkley Road in Temple Hills. Police said the boy was walking to his school bus stop when a car pulled up in front of him. They say a man got out of the car and pointed a gun at the boy. Then, a woman got out of the passenger's side and told the boy to get in the car. Police said instead of getting in, the boy...
When Salem police tried to arrest a sex offender on a parole violation Tuesday morning, they were in for quite a surprise.
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) — A man suspected of child-rape and a cross-country crime spree will return to Massachusetts to face charges after waiving … More »
Thursday, October 30 WTHR A federal program designed to crack down on Medicare waste and fraud may be backfiring, triggering unintended consequences for seniors nationwide. As doctors, seniors and whistleblowers speak out, 13 Investigates shows how the elderly are being targeted, and how you are paying for it.
After numerous drug arrests were made at one house in an unincorporated area of Milwaukie, police raided the home and found 18 people living in an apparent drug den.
Two people were found dead in a Northeast Portland home Thursday and police are calling their deaths suspicious.
The 77-year-old woman suffered eight broken ribs when she was attacked by two suspects at the One Stop Convenience Store in Central Falls.
Restaurants, bars and law enforcement are preparing for what they say could be the busiest night of the year downtown. Patrick Nelson explains how they plan to handle the crowds and excitement on Halloween on a Friday night.
Thursday, October 30 KCNC The mother of a murder victim has been waiting a long time for her son's killers to face a judge. Now two men investigators believe committed the murder will finally go before a judge.
A Texas woman was arrested after allegedly breaking into the home of her husband's friend and sexually assaulting him, police said.
The National Park Service says it has found more graffiti in some of the West's most scenic locations in a case that sparked an uproar on social media last week.
I need to see someone dressed as a zombie to divert me from the living-dead hysteria of Ebola. So far, one person has died from Ebola in the U.S. But as my friend Liz Nacinovitch points out, the disease is a perfect misdirection from the true epidemic of gun violence in America, epitomized in Marysville, Wash., last week by yet another school shooting.
"The security guy tried to grab the bag and the male guy who was stealing, punches him in the face. And that caused the suspect to drop the bag."
Civil rights groups are asking Maryland's highest court to strike down a state law capping the amount of money plaintiffs can receive after successfully suing a local government, saying larger penalties are necessary to ensure justice in police brutality cases.
A Mesquite man trying to avoid being served a warrant barricaded himself in a house for several hours Thursday. About 2:20 p.m., police and U.S. Marshals went to the 120 block of Brunswick Lane, near Scyene Road and Military Parkway, … Continue reading →
One man was fatally shot outside a Subway restaurant in a Plano strip mall Thursday. Police said there was an altercation between two men who knew each other outside the restaurant in the 3100 block of Custer Road, near the … Continue reading →
Thursday, October 30 KOIN Police said the inside of the house, at 3915 SE Risley Ave., was littered with drug paraphernalia and items suspected to be stolen.
San Francisco upheld two baseball traditions Wednesday night: Winning the World Series in even-numbered years, and setting the city on fire in celebration. Spread across the city, but overwhelmingly present in the Mission District, rioters vastly outnumbered the residents begging them to stop and telling photographers that the people setting couches, trash cans, mattresses and the ride-sharing company Lyft's signature pink mustaches on fire did not represent San Francisco Giants fans. P...
A 20-year-old Reservoir Hill woman was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for what prosecutors called an act of vigilante justice when she led a group beating of a sex offender that turned fatal. Her father was also sentenced to jail time for his role.
A Milwaukee man whose stun gun was used in the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin in January has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison.
An 80-year-old man says he shot and killed a fleeing woman whom he had caught burglarizing his home, despite her plea that she was pregnant. "She says, 'Don't shoot me, I'm pregnant
A judge made sure a man who killed his wedding date and her unborn baby in 2012 will have no hope of release from prison. Updated throughout.
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DENVER - Two women were killed in a shooting late Wednesday night near the border of Denver and Aurora. Denver police arrested Jose King, 22, in connection with the homicides. |
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Plano Police investigate a scene after a male suspect shot another male several times in the parking lot in front the Subway sandwich shop on the corner of Custer Road and Parker Road in Plano on Thursday night. |
| On Thursday, crowds of young Palestinian men and boys blocked off streets near where Hejazi was killed with rubbish skips and lit fires. |
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| Chicago Sun-Times | - 17 hours ago | |
U.S. Marshals had evacuated some floors of the building and sealed off the surrounding area following the threat. A man phoned in a bomb threat to the Kluczynski Federal Building at 230 S. Dearborn about 7:15 a.m., police News Affairs Officer Janel ... |
| Washington Post | - 7 hours ago | |
The St. Louis County prosecuting attorney said Thursday that he has investigated accusations that grand jurors leaked information about their investigation of police officer Darren Wilson and has found no evidence to support these claims. |
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| NPR (blog) | - 6 hours ago | |
Eric Frein, the suspect wanted in the shooting death of a state trooper and the wounding of another officer at a police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania, is now in police custody, Pennsylvania State Police said on Thursday. |
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| New York Times | - Oct 29, 2014 | |
Among the items lost in the Antares explosion were a suite of student experiments arranged by NanoRacks, a small company in Houston that flies commercial payloads to the space station. |
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| The Guardian | - 16 hours ago | |
Photographs on Twitter and a video on YouTube showed a dramatic scene, with fireworks shooting out of the building and thick plumes of black smoke. |
| The Star-Ledger | - 18 hours ago | |
KINNELON - A 29-year-old man faces several charges stemming from an incident Wednesday night in which he allegedly stabbed a relative in the garage of his family's Kinnelon home. |
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| The Seattle Times (blog) | - 10 hours ago | |
Snohomish County law enforcement officials on Thursday released recordings of radio communications between police and dispatchers following last Friday's shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. The recordings were released by the Snohomish ... |
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| NBCNews.com | - 11 hours ago | |
After a 48-day manhunt, suspected cop killer Eric Frein was captured Thursday in Pennsylvania and carted away in handcuffs used by a state trooper he is alleged to have killed. Prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty. Col. Frank Noonan ... |
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| NBC Southern California | - 2 hours ago | |
A man shot and killed on the patio of an Altadena hamburger stand on Thursday has been identified. Christopher Walker, 26, died after being gunned down on the patio outside Fair Oaks Burger at 2560 Fair Oaks Ave. |
| Aljazeera.com | - 16 hours ago | |
Activists in Syria told Al Jazeera that 40 people were killed as the bombs were dropped on a camp near al-Habeet in the northern province of Idlib on Wednesday. |
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| New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV | - 1 hour ago | |
ELMHURST (PIX11) - Police are investigating a shooting that killed a woman and injured two others in Elmhurst Friday morning. |
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| Streetsblog New York (blog) | - 11 hours ago | |
Drivers have killed two New York City pedestrians since Wednesday. One of the victims was the fourth pedestrian to be fatally struck by an MTA bus driver in the last two months, and the crash occurred at the same intersection on the Brooklyn-Queens ... |
| Authorities say two brothers charged in the Nash County courthouse shooting are cooperating with their investigation. Brandon Morris turned himself in at the Nash County Sheriff's Office this morning, while his older brother, Demond, was captured ... |
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| CBS Local | - 13 hours ago | |
MONROEVILLE (KDKA) - Students at Gateway High School have been evacuated due to a bomb threat. According to police, the school was evacuated shortly after noon. |
| BBC News | - 12 minutes ago | |
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