Crime

A Will County jury convicted landlord Joseph Czuba of murder and hate crimes in the October 14, 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi. He received 53 years on May 2, 2025,…

After 17 years in Mexico, Galo Herrera pleaded guilty to first-degree rape in Westchester County. On October 31, 2025, a judge sentenced him to 18 years, 20 years of supervision,…

Arizona's child-safety agency closed Melony Granados's case when her grandmother received guardianship in 2021. The disabled 13-year-old died in January 2025 after police found her in a Tempe cage. The…

Pierce County said it would close the Eastwood Avenue case after William and Eileen Vosler were found in a garage freezer and Shane Vosler and Sue Bin Lee were found…

A remodel uncovered Polaroids and tapes in an Orangevale outbuilding. Theodore Smith received 100 years. James Smith received 23 years to life. Abuse before 1988 could not be charged.

Former Quincy Elder Services director Thomas Clasby was sentenced to six months, ordered to repay $136,061.71, and later lost his city pension after admitting he stole senior-program funds.

Five Assumption University students confronted an Army specialist in a staged predator sting. A Worcester judge dismissed the kidnapping charges. Leftover counts became community service.

Santiago Duran walked off Julius Klein Conservation Camp and surrendered in Sacramento. The AEGIS Alliance is treating later camp walkaways as the same hole in the count.

Police say April Love of New Castle drove about 60 feet into Inspira Bridgeton's ambulance hallway on New Year's Eve after declining a ride to the hospital earlier that night.

Someone took the infant figure from the Old Town Square nativity in Fort Collins early on December 15, 2024. On December 19 it was left at Poudre Fire Authority Station…