Katherine Schaffstall

Three men who escaped a jail in Georgia were arrested Monday, December 22, in Florida after they were accused of putting a rope around a Lyft driver’s neck and kidnapping her for ten hours. Stevenson Charles, Yusuf Minor and Naod Yohannes escaped DeKalb County Jail on Sunday, December 21, according to a news release from […]

Police in Burlington, Vermont, are on the search for a mother who they believe was high on drugs when her 3-month-old daughter fatally drowned in a bathtub. Briana Arnold, 34, has been accused of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to a child with death resulting and possession of narcotics, according to warrants issued for her arrest. Chittenden […]

A babysitter in Indiana was arrested after she allegedly hit a 7-month-old boy in the face, which severely injured him and caused him to experience brain bleeding. The Fort Wayne Police Department confirmed that Emily Duran was accused of neglect of a dependent, which resulted in serious bodily injury and battery to a child under […]

UPDATE: 12/24/25 1:22 p.m. ET. Authorities have revealed the cause of death for 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, who went missing in October, as gunshot wounds to the head. It has not been revealed how many times Melodee was shot, People reported on Wednesday, December 24. Melodee’s body was discovered on December 6, outside of Caineville, Utah, […]

Arkansas couple Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers learned their different fates this week when they were sentenced after trying to sell their baby for a “six-pack of beer” to a man at a campground. Urban, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted accepting compensation for adoption during a hearing on Monday, December 22, according […]

A manhunt was launched in Providence, Rhode Island, for the person who opened fire Saturday, December 13, on the campus of Ivy League institution Brown University, killing two students and wounding another nine. While a Wisconsin student was initially detained by cops as a “person of interest” in the shooting, that person was released, and […]

A family experienced an unfathomable tragedy this week when a domestic dispute over a football game turned deadly just three days before Christmas — leaving a mother dead and a 13-year-old girl critically injured. On Tuesday, December 23, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a press conference about a murder-suicide attempt that took place on […]

A man in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly opened fire on a car full of teenagers during a scary road rage incident. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Ruben Rodriguez Heredia was involved in a road rage incident on Wednesday, December 17, that began at the intersection of […]

A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly “forcibly dunked” someone else’s 6-year-old son underwater while staying at a resort during a family vacation. Tiffany Griffith was charged with aggravated child abuse and taken into custody at the Osceola County Jail following the alleged incident, which took place on Friday, December 19. The Osceola County […]

Former California-based equestrian Tatyana Remley died by suicide shortly after she was released from prison, where she was serving time for hiring a hitman to kill her husband, according to reports Remley died at the age of 44 on Thursday, December 18, the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to People. The medical examiner […]

Eleven days after Sydney Marquez was last seen, police have confirmed that they’ve reviewed surveillance footage showing her on the day she disappeared. However, they claim that the footage offered little information that could help them track her down. Marquez, 24, was last seen on December 11 near a shopping center in the 9100 block […]

High School student Aundre Lebron Demond Matthews has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed a 16-year-old to death with a pair of scissors when they got into a fight over a $21 vape pen. Matthews, 18, was arrested and charged with murder in connection to the death of another student on December 17, according to […]

When Michaela Medek died after an alleged fatal fall in September 2025, it was initially believed that her death was an accident. However, her husband, Austen Medek, was arrested three months later in December 2025 for his alleged involvement in her killing. Austen’s arrest shocked many people following the case and has created a new […]

A mother in Florida has pleaded guilty after she allegedly watched her baby slowly asphyxiate. Bianca R. Desouza has pleaded guilty to one count each of aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child causing great bodily harm, according to Palm Beach County court records viewed by Law&Crime. The incident took place on […]

A man in Texas has been accused of breaking into his pregnant ex-girlfriend’s house and shooting both her and her mother as the ex’s three young children watched in horror. Christopher Mike allegedly broke into his ex Sylvia Scott’s Fort Worth home through a back door on November 19, where he hid until she arrived […]

Former The Voice contestant Kata Hay has been arrested after she was allegedly involved in a deadly crash that happened in Tennessee. Hay, whose legal name is Kata Huddleston, was arrested on Wednesday, December 17, near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on a warrant for vehicular homicide, according to jail records viewed by Us Weekly. She is currently […]

The bodies of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner have been returned to the Reiner family five days after their deaths, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed to Us Weekly. Their bodies were given back to the family after their autopsies were completed on Friday, December 19, less than one week after Rob, 78, […]

Three young adults in Austin, Texas, have been arrested and charged with child abandonment after they left an 11-month-old baby alone in a vehicle for several hours in 36-degree weather so that they could go to different bars. The suspects in the case have been identified as Gabrielle Aleman, Jaslyn Tovar and Isaiah Calvo, according […]

Influencer Ash Trevino was arrested in Texas on Wednesday, December 17, for having outstanding warrants, according to reports Trevino, 36, was booked into Ellis County Jail, according to People. She has since been released on $15,000 bond. Venus Police Department Police Chief James Groom told the outlet that the influencer, whose real name is Ashley […]

A New York City man has been indicted for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a woman as part of a “romance scam” that started soon after they matched on the popular dating app Bumble. Brandon Dae Up Kiehm allegedly stole approximately $272,000 from a 44-year-old woman he swiped right on, Manhattan District […]

A Florida woman has been charged with second-degree homicide after police said she fatally shot both of her ex-husbands at their homes, using a stolen Panera Bread to pose as a delivery driver in order to access one of the residences. Authorities with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed during a press conference on Thursday, […]