Deputy-Slaying Fugitive Caught
The man charged with murder in the shooting death of a Utah’s sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday after authorities found him asleep inside a shed. Roberto Miramontes Roman, 37, was captured around 8 a.m. in Beaver County, authorities said. Roman, the subject of an intensive manhunt, was charged with capital murder and tampering with evidence [...]
Woman Wrecks McDonald’s Over Hamburger
Police in Kansas City, Mo., are looking for a woman who went on a rampage at a McDonald’s because she didn’t like her hamburger. Police say the woman caused thousands of dollars in damage on Dec. 27 when she became upset that the restaurant wouldn’t refund her money. Employees had offered to replace her hamburger, [...]
Philly Home Had Hundreds of Dead Animals
Investigators say some kind of religious ritual may be behind the discovery of the remains of 400 to 500 dead animals at a Philadelphia house. Officer George Bengal, director of law enforcement at the Pennsylvania SPCA, says investigators spent hours combing through the home in the city’s Feltonville neighborhood Wednesday. He says the animals were [...]
Task Force to Probe Mass. Fires
A task force of state, regional and federal officials is investigating a string of suspicious weekend fires in Massachusetts, including one in which two people died. At least nine fires were reported early Sunday in houses and cars within a half-mile radius in the college town of Northampton, Mass. Authorities say they suspect arson. Officials [...]
Police Searching for Four-Year-Old New York Boy
Upstate New York police officers are reinforcing their search for a four-year-old boy who wandered away from the family’s apartment. Police say Marc Anthony Bookal vanished from the Newburgh apartment Monday. They’ve been using dogs and dive teams have been checking the nearby Hudson River but on Thursday reported no new information in the case. [...]
Search for Shot, Burned Woman Resumes
The search for a Vermont woman who was shot to death and burned in 2006 has resumed. Vermont State Police crime scene investigators are looking for the remains of Mary Wilcox, a woman who had Alzheimer’s disease and was reported missing by her family three years ago. On Thursday, police charged her daughter – 59-year-old [...]
Police Handling Missing Utah Mom as a Criminal Case
Authorities are treating their investigation of the disappearance of a mother in Utah as a criminal case, and say that her husband’s lack of cooperation has made them suspicious of him. “Every lead we’ve been offered so far would leave us to believe this is out of character (for Susan) and thus suspect foul play [...]
LA Detective Accused of Murder, Faces Hearing
A Los Angeles police detective is to appear in court to determine whether there is sufficient evidence against her in connection with the murder of her ex-boyfriend’s wife. A hearing for forty-nine-year-old Stephanie Lazarus will begin Monday. She has been charged for murder in the 1986 shooting death of Sherri Rasmussen, a director for a [...]
Yale Murder Suspect’s Floor-Scrubbing Raised Suspicion
An animal research technician charged with killing Yale graduate student Annie Le in September aroused suspicions during an investigation. He reportedly began scrubbing the floors, and also tried to move a box of bloody wipes out of view from an investigator. The body of twenty-four-year-old Annie Le was found stuffed into a wall in a [...]
Missouri Police Seek Child Abuse Clues
Authorities are planning to resume their search through a Missouri property where they plan to find bodies and jars with notes documenting sexual abuse. The property was at one point owned by two of the five family members arrested Tuesday. The five have been charged with several felonies, which include forcible sodomy, rape with a [...]