America Today Staff 
A federal jury has convicted 45-year-old Kyle Lee Dean of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury for a violent knife attack on the L’Anse Reservation earlier this year, authorities announced. The attack occurred on January 20, 2024, when Dean went to a residence within the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community … Read more
Miami police arrested 21-year-old Jimmy Jesus Cabrera after he allegedly attacked his pregnant girlfriend during a dispute and destroyed her phone as she tried to call for help, authorities said. Officials responded early Wednesday morning to a residence in the 1200 block of West Avenue, Miami Beach, after a woman called from a neighbor’s phone … Read more
Sweetwater police arrested 24-year-old Luis Merchan-Meron at Dolphin Mall on two felony counts related to the sale of counterfeit merchandise, authorities announced Friday. Investigators reportedly seized more than 150 counterfeit items worth thousands of dollars from the back of his truck. Court documents indicate that an undercover officer observed a transaction in the mall parking … Read more
MARSHALL COUNTY, Ind. — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department reports a multi-vehicle crash on US 31 at mile-marker 230 Wednesday morning involving an oversize trailer. A 26-year-old Rochester man driving a Chevy Impala was traveling south when traffic slowed due to a vehicle being recovered by a wrecker. The Impala rear-ended a 2013 GMC pickup … Read more
Mishawaka Police responded Thursday afternoon to a reported stabbing at an apartment in Hickory Village, shortly after 4 p.m. Officers found a man with a minor stab wound to the upper left arm. According to the victim, his girlfriend stabbed him with an unknown object during an argument before fleeing the scene. Police are continuing … Read more
A Portage woman, Angelia Nicole Cross (48), has been sentenced to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit murder in connection with the April 30, 2024, killing of Kylin Stovall-Bursey in Gary, according to Lake Superior Court records. Cross appeared in Lake Superior Court, Criminal Division 4, … Read more
Two Chicago men, Jonheym Jonathan Andrews (23) and Steve E. Mitchell (23), face multiple felony charges after allegedly stealing merchandise from a Kohl’s in Merrillville, Indiana, and fleeing police in a dangerous interstate pursuit, according to Lake County authorities. Police say Andrews, driving a blue Kia sedan, and Mitchell, his front-seat passenger, ran from the … Read more
Senators Ashley Moody (R-FL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced legislation aiming to criminalize the public release of federal law enforcement officers’ names when done to obstruct investigations. The “Protecting Law Enforcement from Doxxing Act” would amend federal criminal code to make “doxxing”—intentionally revealing an officer’s identity to hinder criminal or immigration enforcement—a felony. Violators could … Read more
n Ocala woman faces up to 20 years in federal prison after admitting she robbed a Marion County bank last spring — a crime solved within minutes thanks to a hidden GPS tracker. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced that 40-year-old Christina Gates Thagard pleaded guilty to bank robbery. According to court filings, Thagard walked … Read more
An Indiana man died Monday afternoon after falling through the ice on a private pond while trying to save his dog. Indiana Conservation Officers said emergency crews responded to the area near the 70000 block of County Road 29 in Syracuse around 4 p.m. Investigators determined that 69-year-old Phillip Hoover had walked onto the frozen … Read more