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The woman found not guilty by reason of insanity after running over a Chicago police officer with his own squad car is now asking the court to let her start anew—by changing her name. Whitley Temple, who was acquitted last year of attempting to murder Officer Ed Poppish during a bizarre 2022 West Side encounter, filed a petition on July 11 to legally change her first name to “Michelle,” according to Cook County court records. Temple fled the scene in the patrol car, briefly stopped at a gas station, then continued onto the Eisenhower Expressway, reaching speeds of 97 mph...

A 79-year-old Army veteran was brutally murdered on Monday during a carjacking in Southern California. James Norman was at a gas station in Norco, California, cleaning his Chevy Trailblazer with the engine running when 29-year-old Ryan Hewitt jumped in the driver’s seat and drove off. Norman was hanging out the back door and was dragged and then thrown from the vehicle. His family said he was just too frail to get out in time. Hewitt was charged with felony carjacking and second-degree murder. He is being held on $1 million bail. ... James Norman is survived by his beloved wife,...

Two career criminals – one an ex-con and high-risk sex offender who served time for rape – were charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting an off-duty NYPD cop while apparently trying to swipe his neon green BMW his Queens over the weekend, police said Monday. Denzel Brown, 29, and Marvin Dankwah, 26, also face charges of first-degree robbery and criminal possession of a weapon in the 6:30 a.m. Sunday violence that left the 25-year-old officer with a graze wound on his leg, according to authorities and sources. Investigators are probing whether the arrested pair were attempting to carjack the...

A beloved Missouri mother refused to get out of the car she was in with her teenage daughter just before two teen thugs shot her during an attempted carjacking. Kay Johnson, 38, was pulling into her driveway in Mt. Pleasant - a suburb of St. Louis - with her 14-year-old daughter Evelyn on January 24, 2023 when Deshaun Harris and Brian Wellington approached the vehicle with guns in their hands.

A Venezuelan criminal gang that for the past few years has been extending its operations and causing havoc throughout Latin America has made an appearance in South Florida, police say, claiming that at least one of its members was involved in a recent Miami murder. José Luis Sánchez Valera, a 43-year-old retired Venezuelan police officer who lived in Doral, was lured by women into a hotel room in Miami in late November and killed after he was abducted in the parking lot. Yurwin Salazar, 23, a Venezuelan immigrant who lives in South Florida, has been charged with the murder. According...

A Bethesda teenager pleaded guilty to a felony explosives charge Wednesday, admitting that he had chemicals, switches and igniters in his bedroom that readily could be made into a bomb. "We cannot know for certain what Collin McKenzie-Gude would have done if law enforcement had not acted," said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. "What we know for certain is that he made and exploded pipe bombs and had the components to build new explosive devices." The plea was the latest step in a case that captured national attention last year after Montgomery County officials said a map of Camp David,...

A map of President Bush's motorcade to Camp David was found last week in the possession of a teenager accused of stockpiling weapons and bomb-making materials, according to prosecutors. With the possibility that the motorcade was a target, federal authorities have joined police in investigating Collin Matthew McKenzie-Gude, 18, who allegedly was storing the weapons and materials just outside Washington, D.C., at the Bethesda, Md., home where he lives with his parents. MyFOXDC.com reports that Assistant State's Attorney Peter Feeney disclosed the discovery of the map of Camp David during a court hearing on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. The map...

This is an urgent plea for help from Prairie Lady; these are her posts: [copied] I JUST got off the phone with my neice. It seems my sister (her mother) is missing since yesterday between 3pm and 4:40pm yesterday from the SouthCarolina area. She headed north as far as we can track, but then nothing. This is TOTALLY uncharacteristic of her. We need to know if she is on her own willingly making decisions, or if she has been abducted and is in need of help. Is there anybody from that area that can help? ---------------------- ok, she spoke to...

Update: For those who remember, there is news regarding Fulks and Basham. They murdered my sister Alice Donovan from South Carolina,, a girl from West Virginia named Samantha, attempted to kill a policè officer, attempted to carjack a teenager, stole guns, checkbooks, credit cards and much more. We just got news that the ⅖ DOJ wants to commute the death penalty sentences of Fulks and Basham. This goes against the Jury AND the US Supreme Court as well as the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court, not to mention that those who died don't receive a commutation of their sentences of death,...

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A 90-year-old veteran was killed after he was shot – and then run over with his own car — during a violent carjacking outside a Houston retirement home over the weekend, cops said. Grandfather of five [and six great-grandchildren], Nelson Beckett, was in the parking lot of the Lone Star Living assisted living complex Saturday around noon when the unidentified suspect approached the elderly man and started attacking him, Houston police said, according to reports. “He had his little shopping cart and a scuffle ensued,” neighbor Rod Boson told KHOU 11. "They say he put up a good fight. That’s...

A young Ohio mother was brutally killed by three black thugs during a carjacking as she tried to protect her young child. In a tragic turn, she was run over by her own car, with her 6-year-old still inside. ... Alexa Stakely, 29, was slaughtered during a carjacking in Columbus, Ohio. Thugs stole her car and ran then her over with it while her 6-year-old son was still in it. She was a speech therapist for Canal Winchester Schools. Police hunting for three Black males caught on video. ... Columbus police are looking for two male suspects in connection with...

Two deputy U.S. Marshals thought to be guarding Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s home in Washington, D.C. shot a suspected carjacker who pulled out a gun last week, officials said. The U.S. Marshals office said that suspect Kentrell Flowers, 18, allegedly walked up to one of the deputies’ cars at around 1:15 a.m. on July 5 and pointed a gun at the bodyguard. The Marshal fired four shots, hitting Flowers in the mouth. Flowers was taken to hospital for treatment and arrested. “The Deputy U.S. Marshals involved in the shooting incident were part of the unit protecting the residences of...

According to the Milwaukee Police Department, an officer shot two people and an unborn child is dead following an armed carjacking and pursuit on Wednesday, June 20. Around 2:23 p.m., officers tried to stop a vehicle near 17th and Vliet. The vehicle was wanted in an attempted carjacking near Broadway and Clybourn, as well as a carjacking at Jackson and Clybourn. The driver led police on a chase that went onto I-43. The SUV had 6 people inside, and police say it was stolen. Police say the car drove into a construction area, and officers told them to stop the...

CHICAGO — A group of armed men is responsible for committing at least seven robberies and carjackings across the city since Memorial Day, according to Chicago police. Victims are being targeted as they exit their vehicles during late night and overnight hours, according to a CPD community alert. Police said cars were taken from two victims, and the men “forcibly accompanied” one victim into the victim’s home. They took property from the residence. The most recent crimes occurred in Uptown early on June 4: Three armed men confronted a 62-year-old in the 900 block of West Sunnyside at 2:08 a.m.,...

In an incident in Lufkin, Texas, one man lost his life in an overnight shooting shortly after being discharged from the Angelina County Jail. The deceased convict, identified as Jarvis Houston, 47, met a fatal fate when he encountered a man at a business establishment on East Lufkin Avenue, where the man was present with his wife and infant. According to reports, Houston approached the family as they sat inside their vehicle at the business location. Despite being warned and even offered an alternative vehicle, Houston allegedly attempted to steal the car, prompting the man to open fire, resulting in...

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. - A Jacksonville woman is behind bars after a failed attempt to carjack an elderly couple in Ormond Beach Saturday morning, police said. Around 10:50 a.m., Ormond Beach Police said they arrived at the Exxon gas station at 1622 N US Hwy 1 in response to a report of a stolen car. They found a man holding onto the leg of 36-year-old Marvette Perry to prevent her from escaping, police said. That man told police he parked his car at the Exxon to use the bathroom and before he could exit his car, Perry was opening his...

Jackson police Chief Joseph Wade says investigators have identified two people of interest in connection with a carjacking that was recorded by a Ring doorbell camera. The video from Friday shows two people creeping up and firing shots at a family as they were saying their goodbyes in the driveway of their West Jackson home. "I threw my hands up like, 'Hey, hey, hey,' and he just pulled me down," Heather Allen said. Allen and one of her sons were outside the car, but inside were her oldest son, daughter and two grandchildren. "They kept hollering, 'Give me the keys,...

California Senate candidate Rep. Adam Schiff faced a rude welcome in San Francisco as he was reportedly a victim of a carjacking just hours before a campaign dinner. Thieves broke into his car parked in a downtown garage, stealing his bags, leaving Schiff to attend the event in shirt sleeves and a hiking vest. Despite the setback, Schiff thanked supporter Joe Cotchett at the ritzy dinner in Burlingame, where he was commended for his resilience by Cotchett

ST. LOUIS — A 14-year-old boy was charged as an adult Tuesday with killing a woman during a 48-hour crime spree last year that included nine carjackings, two ATM robberies and the shooting death of a woman. Brian Wellington, of Overland, is facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of 38-year-old Kay Johnson in the 4700 block of Compton Avenue. Charging documents say Wellington and another boy, Deshaun Harris, were riding in a stolen 2019 Nissan sedan on Jan. 24, 2023, when they got out and approached Johnson’s vehicle. Both...