America Today Staff

Lincoln Park authorities say 58-year-old Kenneth Smith of Westchester executed ten shoplifting incidents at the Target on 555 West Webster Avenue over just 12 days, stealing more than $1,200 in merchandise. Smith, already on probation for a previous shoplifting case, is now charged with operating a continuing financial crime enterprise, a Class 1 felony applied … Read more

Florida authorities have arrested 22-year-old Y. Ramos after she allegedly sent explicit text messages and photos to a 13-year-old boy enrolled in the private Christian school where she worked as a gym teacher. The boy was attending classes virtually at the time. Ramos was taken into custody on November 26, 2025, and faces two third-degree … Read more

A 59-year-old man accused of raping a man with disabilities remained in the Broward County Main Jail Sunday after a judge denied him bond. Paul John was arrested Thursday by Fort Lauderdale police and appeared in court wearing a suicide prevention vest. According to police records, the victim went to Imperial Point Hospital on December … Read more

A Georgia man was arrested on charges of grand theft, identity theft, and money laundering after attempting a scam in Florida. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested 31-year-old Carl Anthony Needham Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia. He faces one count each of grand theft over $20,000 and under $100,000, a first-degree felony; identity theft, … Read more

A woman shot by Philadelphia Police early Sunday morning has died, authorities said. She allegedly pointed a gun at officers. Police responded just after 4 a.m. to reports of someone with a gun near North 10th Street and West Erie Avenue in Hunting Park. Sgt. Eric Gripp said officers found a 35-year-old woman holding a … Read more

At least four people were killed and 13 others injured in shootings across Chicago during the Thanksgiving weekend. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 49, according to Chicago police. Shootings from Wednesday Officers responded to the first shooting of the weekend around 9:14 p.m. in the 0-100 block of South Cicero Avenue. Two … Read more

A South Side man who was just 17 when he fatally shot a stranger following a brief shoulder bump outside an Avalon Park gas station in 2021 has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, bringing an end to nearly four years of litigation, a jury conviction, and post-trial motions. Jaebrel Miles, now 21, was … Read more

A Logan Square man who told a neighbor to “watch what I’m going to do” moments before plowing his pickup truck into a group of picnickers in 2021 was sentenced Wednesday to more than nine years in prison, according to court records. Timothy Nielsen, 62, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder during a … Read more