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13-year-old girl, 41-year-old man shot and killed in Milwaukee in separate incidents
Milwaukee police are investigating two homicides and a squad car being shot in three separate Saturday morning incidents. Just before 4:30 a.m. in the 5200 block of North Sherman Boulevard, a 41-year-old Milwaukee man was shot and killed after an argument. No arrests have been made. About 6:45 a.m., a 13-year-old girl was shot and killed. The…
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Woman who accused Black teen of stealing phone is arrested
A woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and then tackled him at a New York City hotel was arrested in her home state of California. Miya Ponsetto, 22, was jailed Thursday in Ventura County, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office there said. It wasn’t immediately clear what charges she might…
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Ex-treasure hunter is serving five years in jail and counting — over missing gold coins
A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has not disclosed the location of 500 missing gold coins remains in an Ohio jail for the fifth year. Research scientist Tommy Thompson has been in jail for contempt of court for half a decade – well past the normal maximum limit of 18 months for such cases. Thompson…
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A senseless tragedy- teens charged as adults after woman dies weeks after being run over
POLK CITY, Fla. – A Polk County mother has died weeks after being run over by a van carrying a group of teenagers who deputies say attacked her son. The driver, 18-year-old Elijah Stansell, who is the son of a minister, is being charged as an adult with murder. The other three teens are also being charged as adults, according to…
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Detectives use DNA to solve 1999 Colorado hospital cold case murder of 23 year old Jennifer Watkins
DNA has helped crack the unsolved cold case murder of a woman found in a stairwell of a Colorado hospital 21 years ago. In November 1999, Jennifer Watkins, 23, was working as a dietary aide at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. She got the job two weeks before her death. Watkins disappeared before the end…
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Casey Goodson Jr. was fatally shot by an Ohio deputy, Feds join Columbus investigation
COLUMBUS — As federal authorities announced Tuesday they are joining Columbus police in the investigation into the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was shot by a sheriff’s deputy, many questions continue to go unanswered. U.S. Attorney David DeVillers announced Tuesday that the FBI, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and the…
