Kansas City Chiefs: Two arrested over Super Bowl parade shooting are children and more than half of victims under 16
Two of the people arrested over a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade are children, according to police, and more than half of the victims are under 16. The barrage of gunfire outside a nearby former train station in Kansas City, Missouri, sent crowds of fans at the rally running for safety […]
Suspect arrested after 16-year-old cheerleader found dead in bathtub in Texas
A suspect has been arrested after a 16-year-old cheerleader was found dead in her bathtub by her mother in Texas. Rafael Romero was located by the Edna Police Department on Saturday. The force said the “undocumented male subject” was detained in Schulenberg, about 50 miles (80km) from Edna, where the body of Lizbeth Medina was […]
Man arrested after trying to run from Florida to London in a makeshift hamster wheel
A Florida man who tried to run across the Atlantic Ocean to London using a makeshift hamster wheel has been arrested. Reza Baluchi, 44, was spotted about 70 miles off Georgia by the US Coast Guard (USCG) – and allegedly claimed he wanted to keep going all the way to the UK on 26 August. […]
Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke arrested on suspicion of child abuse in Utah
A former YouTuber who gave online parenting advice has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after two of her children were found to be malnourished. Ruby Franke, whose now defunct 8 Passengers channel followed her family, was arrested on Wednesday in Utah and taken into custody. Franke’s 12-year-old son had climbed out of […]
Mother arrested four years after baby left for dead in plastic bag
A woman has been arrested four years after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a plastic bag. Karima Jiwani, 40, faces a number of charges in the US state of Georgia, including criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, reckless abandonment and cruelty to children in the first degree, according to the Forsyth County […]
Couple arrested in South Carolina after ‘using fake pregnancy belly to conceal more than 1,500g of cocaine’
Two people have been arrested in South Carolina for allegedly trying to carry illegal drugs under a fake pregnancy belly, according to police. Suspects Anthony Miller and Cemeka Mitchem were stopped by police in April, after their car nearly collided with an 18-wheel vehicle. At the time, Mitchem appeared visibly pregnant, the Anderson County Sheriff’s […]
Deontay Wilder: Arrested boxer ‘rather be safe than sorry’ after gun allegedly found in car
Former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder said he would “rather be safe than sorry” after a gun was allegedly found in his car by police in Los Angeles. Wilder was searched by officers as part of a routine traffic stop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. He was pulled over because of an obscured […]
Texas shooting: Man suspected of killing five neighbors arrested after being found hiding under laundry pile
The search for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began on Friday after he fled from the scene of the shooting in the rural town of Cleveland. He was found hiding underneath a pile of laundry, in the town of Cut and Shoot, roughly 17 miles (27km) from his home after officers responded to a tip. The attacks […]
A couple who were among the most wanted in the US are arrested in Mexico
Washington state fugitives wanted for murder and multiple counts of child abuse have been arrested in Mexico, the US Marshals Service announced Friday, noting the first case involving a couple placed on the 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list. from the agency. Edgar Salvador Casian-Garcia, 34, and his girlfriend, Araceli Medina, 38, were arrested last week […]
Three men arrested for assaulting and robbing rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine
After rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was assaulted at a South Florida LA Fitness last week, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that three suspects have been arrested for assaulting and robbing the rapper. The three suspects, identified as Rafael Medina Jr, 43; Octavious Medina, 23; and Anthony Maldonado, 25; “They have been located, arrested and […]
