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Federal agents arrested a South Los Angeles couple this week on charges relating to a February incident where the couple allegedly tried to ram an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle. The couple reportedly drove into oncoming traffic to stop the ICE agents from executing an immigration arrest warrant. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced the arrests and charges this week following the arrest of Gustavo Torres, 28, and Kiara Jaime-Flores, 34. The South LA couple are charged with conspiracy to impede or injure an officer. “These defendants are charged with knowingly and recklessly putting...

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 19-year-old man has been charged with arson for allegedly sparking the massive wildfire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens that has torched 15,000 acres, prosecutors said. Joseph Kling, of Ocean Township, allegedly started a bonfire in the vast Forked River Mountains Wilderness Area with wooden pallets that exploded out of control when he did not properly put it out, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Kling was taken into custody at Ocean Township police headquarters and taken to the Ocean County Jail, where he is awaiting his detention hearing.

Three illegal migrants were charged in Arlington, Texas, in connection to a deadly drunk-driving crash on Saturday night that killed a 22-year-old man. The Arlington Police Department said the incident occurred when the 25-year-old Cesar Ramirez Castro swerved onto the shoulder of I-20 and slammed his truck into a parked vehicle that then collided with a concrete barrier to set it on fire. Police discovered the body of a 22-year-old man inside the vehicle after the fire was extinguished. Per Fox News: Police charged Ramirez Castro with one count of intoxication manslaughter and one count of collision involving death. Two...

A New Jersey mayor accused of drunk driving allegedly drove her toddler home from day care on St. Patrick’s Day, nearly crashing on the road only days after resigning from her job with another town. Lumberton Township leader Gina LaPlaca was arrested for her alleged booze-induced stunt on March 17 after she picked up her 2-year-old son from day care. The 45-year-old Democrat was allegedly captured on video by another driver swerving all over the road, nearly crashing into a utility pole before the footage was shared with police, WPVI reported, citing charging documents. Police traced the car back to...

The parents of two of the Kansas City Chiefs’ fans, whose lifeless bodies were found frozen in a friend’s backyard, had mixed feelings following the arrests of two men charged with manslaughter on Wednesday. Ricky Johnson Jr., 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36, were found dead in their pal Jordan Willis’ backyard on Jan. 9, 2024. Harrington’s mom, Theresa, claimed she’s been kept out of the loop in the 14 months since the trio’s bodies were discovered. “They wouldn’t tell me anything,” she told the Daily Mail.

A 16-year-old boy who has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a teenage girl inside a Queens home claims the gun went off by accident, authorities and sources said. Deaza Barkley, 17, who dreamed of one day joining the Air Force, was found with a fatal gunshot wound to her head inside the Clover Place home in Jamaica just after 5 p.m. Sunday, police said. The alleged shooter was taken into custody hours later and also faces gun possession charges, police said Monday. Cops revealed that the shooting may have been accidental. The teen told police he...

CHICAGO — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with 14 felonies in connection with a violent crime spree on Sunday, as well as an attempted hijacking in June. The boy was part of a group that carjacked and robbed four people in the 1900 block of West Irving Park around 5:40 a.m. Sunday, according to CPD. As CWBChicago reported that morning, a carjacker driving a white car pulled in front of the victim’s Mazda CX3 to block their path, and two gunmen got out, took the victims’ valuables, and then drove away with the Mazda. CPD said the victims were...

A California man who has five prior DUI convictions is now facing a murder charge after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian this week while driving under the influence of alcohol. Jonathan Lopez, 31, was seen "drinking alcohol and flipping officers off" after leading law enforcement on a short pursuit Tuesday following the fatal incident in Orange, California, in the Los Angeles area, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. "An innocent man is dead because someone without a license who has been prohibited from driving because of his extensive DUI history decided to ignore every warning he was...

(NEXSTAR) — Panera Bread is facing another lawsuit after one of their drinks, Charged Lemonade, allegedly caused a second customer’s death. According to court documents filed in Delaware and obtained by multiple outlets, the family of 46-year-old Dennis Brown of Fleming Island, Florida is suing Panera Bread over Brown’s October death. Brown’s family says the man drank three of the Charged Lemonades after finishing a work shift at Publix on October 9. Brown — who had “a chromosomal deficiency disorder, developmental delay, and ADHD,” as well as high blood pressure, according to his family — did not drink energy drinks....

A suspect has been captured and charged in the Florida shooting during Halloween fun early Sunday that left two dead – including a 14-year-old boy — and more than a dozen wounded, police said. Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the aftermath of the bloodshed, Tampa police announced Sunday afternoon. Authorities have not identified the two fatal victims but were both males — ages 14 and 20. One grieving father told WFLA his 14-year-old son Elijah Jaquan Wilson was one of the dead

CHICAGO — Chicago police reported 37 teens were charged after a reckless gathering ensued in the city’s South Loop Sunday night. Police reported 30 teens between the ages of 12 to 17 were charged with a misdemeanor of reckless conduct. Officers responded to a large gathering near the 100 block of West Roosevelt Road around 8:00 p.m. Sunday night.

The Alabama woman who confessed to faking her own abduction, prompting a massive two-day search, has been charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the headline-grabbing hoax – though police admit they still “have no idea” where she actually went. Carlee Russell, a 26-year-old nursing student, was charged on Friday with one count of false reporting to law enforcement and one count of falsely reporting an incident after she “disappeared” on July 13. Both counts are class A misdemeanors that carry a maximum penalty of one year behind bars and a $6,000 fine, Hoover Police Chief Nick Gerzis said at...

An 11-year-old was arrested Monday and charged with armed robbery and armed assault in connection with a crime spree that began on May 21. The initial May 21 crime was one in which the 11-year-old allegedly approached someone and demanded they “hand over their belongings.” When the individual refused to hand them over, the 11-year-old allegedly pulled a gun to force compliance, USA Today reported. FOX 5 noted the May 21 robbery occurred on Lamont Street and was allegedly followed by “an assault with a dangerous weapon on Irving Street on May 24, and a robbery on Luray Place on...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said a parking garage attendant who was wounded wrestling a gun away from an alleged thief and shooting the suspect will not face charges at this time, according to FOX 5 NY. Moussa Diarra, 57, was initially charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in the incident that unfolded Saturday morning. Diarra had noticed a man peering into cars on the second floor of the West 31st Street garage in Manhattan when he confronted him and asked what was in his bag. The suspected thief, Charles Rhodie, 59, then pulled...

A Florida grandmother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter for the hot-car death of her 7-month-old granddaughter, less than a year after her toddler grandson drowned in a pond while she napped. Tracey Nix, 65, was babysitting her seven-month-old granddaughter, Uriel Schock, on Nov. 1, when the infant was found dead in the back seat of her SUV. The 2019 Lexus was parked with all its windows closed outside Nix’s home in small town of Wauchula, where temperatures soared into the 90s on that fall day. Inside the house, Nix, a former school principal, talked to her dog and practiced...

New Yorkers are being charged millions every day to house, feed, and care for newly arrived border crossers bused from Texas. Since the spring of last year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and other governors have bused nearly 50,000 migrants to New York City — a sanctuary jurisdiction that has long prided itself on shielding illegal aliens from arrest and deportation. New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office confirmed that New Yorkers are being charged close to $5 million every day to provide housing and food for the roughly 30,000 migrants who remain in the city’s care.

MSNBC legal analyst Barbara McQuade said Monday on “Deadline” that former President Donald Trump could be charged with manslaughter for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot. Discussing Liz Cheney’s comments, Anchor Nicolle Wallace said, “Let me ask you, I think what they’re saying is that even if you were that deluded, quote, ‘You may not send an armed mob to the Capitol or sit for 87 minutes and refuse to stop the attack. You may not send out a tweet that incites further violence.’ It sounds like around the violence. She’s looking at what the committee talks about...

Tennessee’s Republican Secretary of State was arrested on Friday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after leaving a music festival. On Friday night after leaving the Bonnaroo Music Festival, I was stopped by the Tullahoma Police Department and subsequently arrested for DUI," Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett said in a statement. "Driving Under the Influence is a serious matter, and I regret the circumstances that led to my arrest. I respect law enforcement and will trust the legal process as we move forward." Hargett was booked into the Coffee County Jail shortly after midnight Saturday and released a...

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she hopes former President Donald Trump gets charged in connection with the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. When asked about her whereabouts on January 6, Grisham said, “I was at home sitting in my bedroom because of COVID, The East Wing wasn’t — nobody was coming in. I had a really bad feeling that day and as soon as it started. Of course, I sent Mrs. Trump a text and said, you know, I think you should tweet out that protest is the...