America Today Staff

Police have taken three suspects into custody after a pair of armed home invasions in Homer Glen and Lemont that investigators believe were carried out by the same crew. According to authorities, the robbers targeted women as they pulled into their driveways, then forced their way inside the victims’ homes. Homer Glen Attack The first … Read more

A man was killed Thursday night in a fiery crash near 63rd Street beach. According to Chicago police, the vehicle struck a median in the 6300 block of South Coast Guard Drive just before midnight. No other vehicles were involved. Video from the scene shows the car completely engulfed in flames. The driver was pronounced … Read more

Chicago police are searching for a father and his young son who have been missing from the Little Village neighborhood since Wednesday. Sergio Daniel Jul Cuc, 24, and his 4-year-old son, Hassan Nicholas Coc-Jul, were last seen in the 2200 block of South Ridgeway Avenue. Sergio is described as a 6-foot-tall, 175-pound Hispanic man with … Read more

Authorities have arrested a man following a double shooting in northwest Miami-Dade. on Jan. 5. Wilmer Ulloa, 41, was charged with attempted murder and battery after allegedly shooting his nephew during an argument over women. Deputies say the dispute began while the two were driving home from work. Ulloa reportedly struck his nephew multiple times … Read more

A West Palm Beach man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him responsible for a woman’s drug overdose death. Jahvon McFarlane, 40, was sentenced Thursday in Indian River County following his conviction for unlawful distribution of fentanyl or cocaine causing death. Court records show McFarlane provided the drugs … Read more

Boca Raton police have arrested Marius St. Gerard, a manager at a tax preparation company, following a two-year investigation that uncovered an alleged $200,000 fraud targeting clients. Detective Randa White of the Boca Raton Police Department said the investigation began in 2023 after CLR Credit Services reported a suspicious alert from their bank. “We received … Read more

A Pennsylvania couple has been sentenced to jail after their premature twin infants were found dangerously malnourished—so underfed that they gained barely two pounds combined in more than a month. The children’s mother, 33-year-old C. Soyka, and father, 45-year-old M. Maddela, pleaded guilty to child endangerment for failing to properly feed or medically monitor their … Read more

A 23-year-old Florida man who lured his pregnant, 18-year-old ex-girlfriend to a remote park and shot her to death because she refused to “get rid of the baby” has been sentenced to death. A judge issued the sentence on Friday, following an 11–1 jury vote in October recommending capital punishment. The jury had already convicted … Read more