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
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