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
A casual greeting and hug inside a Williams County courtroom became the focus of a North Dakota Supreme Court appeal this week. The high court has upheld the conviction of Joshua Brock Martinez, ruling that the trial judge acted properly when he removed a juror who appeared overly friendly with the defendant’s family. Martinez was … Read more
A 17-year-old Jacksonville teen is facing murder charges after police say he fatally stabbed his father during a violent altercation Tuesday night. Deputies with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office District 4 responded to a home on Wheeler Avenue, near Blanding Boulevard, just before 7 p.m. after receiving reports of a stabbing. When officers entered the home, … Read more
The Indiana State Police say they are investigating a crash between an Amish buggy and a motor vehicle that happened around 3 p.m. Wednesday on US 20 near C.R. 1000 West. Police say their preliminary investigation showed the horse-drawn buggy, carrying 75-year-old Marvin and 74-year-old Ruby Shrock of Shipshewana, was traveling east along the shoulder … Read more
Court documents from Marshall County show that 46-year-old Damon Daniels faces multiple charges for graffiti on a Plymouth church, a residence, an attorney’s office, a truck, and damage to parked cars. Authorities charged Daniels with three counts of Criminal Mischief involving damage between $750 and $50,000 — all misdemeanors — and one count of Institutional … Read more
The Massachusetts jury hearing the case against Brian Walshe viewed a series of photos Wednesday showing items covered in what appeared to be blood, as prosecutors continued building their argument that he murdered his wife around New Year’s 2023. The evidence presentation marked the third day of witness testimony in Walshe’s murder trial. Prosecutors also … Read more
“She was wrapped like a mummy. She had no face and no ears. Her hair was gone. The only thing I could see was her toes,” Alma Ogden, Amanda Buchanan’s friend, said in court. A man accused of setting a woman on fire at a Chula Vista 7-Eleven last year—an attack that ultimately killed her—appeared … Read more
A 29-year-old Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 35 years in the Indiana Department of Correction after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting death of Jalen Hurd, according to Lake County court records. Keeon Jamarr Lee, whom investigators identified using surveillance video, vehicle records, cell-phone data, and evidence recovered from a Buick Lacrosse registered to … Read more