A Florida man convicted of sexually assaulting a minor relative in the early 2000s has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. Hillsdale County Circuit Judge Sara Lisznyai sentenced Vincent Allen Payne, 60, of Valrico, Florida, on Monday to 19 to 30 years after he was found guilty of one count of first-degree criminal sexual … Read more
A man was found shot to death inside a home Monday night in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. Just before 10 p.m., officers with the Chicago Police Department responded to the 10600 block of South Forest Avenue, where the victim was discovered with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. The man was pronounced dead at the … Read more
Detectives are investigating after a man’s body was discovered Monday night underneath a trailer behind a former grocery store in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood. According to Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, officers from the Violent Crime unit responded around 8:30 p.m. to the area of Amanda Street and Wynoka Street. Public Safety officials said the man was … Read more
An overturned cement truck early Tuesday morning forced the closure of multiple lanes on the northbound Interstate 110 in Gardena. The California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert at El Segundo Boulevard, with only the FasTrak lane remaining open to traffic. Authorities said all main lanes will remain closed until further notice. Cement from the truck … Read more
A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a 1991 traffic stop is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Billy Leon Kearse, 53, is set to receive a three-drug lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Kearse was originally sentenced to death in 1991 after being convicted … Read more
Two women were convicted in federal court of stalking a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and livestreaming themselves as they followed him to his home in Southern California. Cynthia Raygoza, 38, of Riverside, and Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Colorado, were found guilty Friday. They each face up to five years in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled … Read more
A shooting Monday night in Pasadena left a police officer wounded and a suspect dead, authorities said. Officers responded around 7:30 p.m. to reports of a shooting at the Sierra Madre Villa station on Halstead Street, according to Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound … Read more
A fraudulent veterans organization operating in Marion County has been permanently shut down after members were found to be posing as military veterans to solicit donations, according to the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office. The Office of Consumer Protection secured a court order from a Franklin County Circuit Court judge to halt operations of “Your Hometown … Read more
Two men were sentenced in February in separate homicide cases as proceedings continued in Fayette Circuit Court. 15-Year Sentence in August 2022 Shooting Sean Eschol Smith, 56, was sentenced Feb. 23 to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to amended charges of manslaughter and wanton endangerment. Smith was charged in the August 2022 shooting … Read more
A former inmate at a high-security federal prison in Eastern Kentucky has been charged with killing a fellow prisoner in 2024, according to court documents. Daviian Roberts, 35, is accused of killing Michael Smith in October 2024 at USP Big Sandy, located in Martin County. The prison, built on a former surface mine, houses up … Read more