Dalton Georgia Police Department (DALTON, Ga) — A Georgia teenager who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being mistakenly stopped for a traffic infraction she did not commit earlier this month was granted bond Wednesday, according to her attorney. Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, was arrested on May 5 in Dalton, Georgia, […]
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A former United States Postal Service employee in North Carolina was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he allegedly stole over $1.9 million in checks from P.O. boxes, according to federal prosecutors. Dontavis Romario Truesdale, 28, was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in […]
Wood County Sheriff’s Office (PERRYSBURG, OHIO) — A 24-year-old Venezuelan man who was arrested for pretending to be a 16-year-old high school student in Ohio is now facing a detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra was arrested on Monday […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Two people accused of assisting the inmates who bolted from a New Orleans jail in last Friday’s mass escape have been arrested as the search for fugitives still at large stetched into its sixth day, officials said. The Louisiana State Police announced on Wednesday that 32-year-old […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Wet weather could dampen Memorial Day for those in the South, with strong storms, flash flooding and high temperatures possible throughout the holiday weekend. Starting on Friday, the nor’easter that reached the East Coast earlier in the week will be exiting the Northeast, with lingering […]
Santa Ana Police Department (ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) — A Southern California man accused of stealing a Bengal Lynx cat and beating other felines to death will be arraigned on Wednesday and could face up to four years and four months in jail, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. […]
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency injunction to block proceedings in a case involving a Freedom of Information request seeking information from the Department of Government Efficiency. The government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued the budget-slashing […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign a day after she accepted blame for the escape of 10 inmates from the New Orleans jail she oversees. Facing mounting pressure over the mass jailbreak that allegedly involved member […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PLATTEVILLE, Wis.) — A University of Wisconsin-Platteville student was fatally shot at a residence hall and another student was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a “targeted and isolated” incident, authorities and school officials said. The incident occurred Monday afternoon at Wilgus Hall, a residence […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A representative for former President Joe Biden said he last took a prostate-specific antigen blood test, commonly used to screen for prostate cancer, in 2014. Although the exact date of the test wasn’t disclosed, Biden was around 72 years old at the time, which falls […]
