A federal grand jury indicted two men accused of running a large-scale elder fraud ring that allegedly stole millions from seniors across Western Pennsylvania and the United States, funneling the money through cryptocurrency and a Virginia bank. The six-count indictment, unsealed Monday after an arrest in Virginia, names 46-year-old Amit Kumar Jain of Vienna, Virginia, … Read more
An Illinois couple has been charged and released after detectives discovered the remains of an infant girl buried in a beer box in a Wilmington backyard. The investigation began on Thursday, December 4, when the Will County Sheriff’s Office received a tip about a possible unreported burial on the 1900 block of Roberts Road. Sources … Read more
Florida prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty for 27-year-old John Henry Walston Jr., accused of sexually assaulting a child, killing two minors, and setting their home on fire to cover the crime. Walston faces multiple charges stemming from a November incident on Flaxman Street. An Escambia County grand jury indicted him on two … Read more
A 26-year-old man was shot during an armed robbery Sunday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood, police said. Chicago police reported that around 1:15 p.m., the victim was walking in the alley in the 2600 block of East 79th Street when two men approached him on foot and demanded his belongings. During the encounter, one … Read more
Chicago police have charged a man they say fatally shot and dismembered a 68-year-old man before setting a West Side residence on fire in March. Deparris Slaughter, 32, of Munster, Indiana, was arrested Saturday by the Area 4 Homicide Investigation Support Team in the 13800 block of South Brainard Avenue in Burnham, Illinois. Slaughter faces … Read more
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested 18-year-old Cordaryl Johnson Jr. in connection with the death of 17-year-old Trevaun Johnson in October. Johnson was taken into custody on the morning of Thursday, December 4, and faces second-degree murder, armed burglary of a conveyance with assault or battery, and robbery with a firearm involving the discharge of … Read more
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) troopers are actively searching for a driver who struck a pedestrian on Boyette Road and fled the scene, leaving the man to die. Investigators say the incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 16, 2025, when a 39-year-old Wesley Chapel man was walking along the southbound edge of Boyette Road, … Read more
A federal judge has sentenced Paul Archer, 46, a former Maine resident now living in Florida, to two years in prison for tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud. Archer was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release. According to federal court records, Archer owed approximately $1 million in federal taxes following an IRS audit … 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