Kylee Johnson 
The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested an 80-year-old Texas man for engaging in sexual activity with a child in Union Parish. Law authorities in Texas contacted UPSO in October 2024 about a sex offenses investigation. UPSO stated in a social media post, “During the course of their [Texas authorities] interviews, it was discovered that the … Read more
A fugitive wanted in Alabama and three others were apprehended Thursday afternoon during a raid on a Bibb County home that turned up drugs, illegal firearms, and a Glock Sear switch—an unlawful gadget that turns handguns into machine guns. The Suspects: Hunter Wayne Smith, 24, a convicted criminal and wanted fugitive from Alabama, was discovered … Read more
The body found by hunters in a hammock in Alabama’s Talladega National Forest has been identified as an Ohio hiker who went missing months ago. The Alabama Department of Forensic Science alerted Cleburne County Coroner Adam Downs on Wednesday that the remains were those of Vendula “Wendy” Rose, a 41-year-old wife and mother who went … Read more
A man accused of robbing a postal carrier in Arlington before committing a string of mail thefts throughout the Washington, D.C. area has been apprehended and faces many charges. Federal authorities think Ibrahim Emmanuel De La Cruz, 25, stole a universal key during the robbery and used it to improperly access nearly a dozen mailboxes … Read more
A 29-year-old Houston man who shot to death the teen he preyed upon has since been sentenced to more than 70 years in prison this week. On September 12, 2018, a jury found Irbin Vargas guilty of killing 16-year-old Lourdes Sandoval outside her home. Vargas, 22, had been in a relationship with Sandoval for nearly … Read more
A Texas man has been sentenced to decades in prison after the largest seizure of methamphetamine ever recorded in Boone County, West Virginia, according to authorities. According to a news release from the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Steven Michael Pena, 50, received a 30-year prison sentence for smuggling nearly six pounds of methamphetamine into … Read more
Two women were arrested for shoplifting at a Target store on December 3, 2024, after allegedly concealing merchandise worth more than $788, according to Harris County Constable Precinct 4. Officers allegedly captured the suspects in a car after they fled the area. The event occurred at Target, which is located in the 19500 block of … Read more
The Indiana Supreme Court dismissed Joseph Corcoran’s attorneys’ plea to postpone his execution. The 1997 shooting deaths of his brother James Corcoran, his sister’s fiancé Robert Scott Turner, and their friends Timothy Bricker and Douglas Stillwell led to Corcoran’s conviction. He’s been on death row since 1999. The state’s highest court on Thursday rejected Corcoran’s … Read more
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has authorized the Texas Division of Disaster Management (TDEM) to activate state disaster response resources in anticipation of severe rain and flash floods in East and Southeast Texas this weekend. “Texas is deploying emergency response resources ahead of severe weather,” said Abbott in a news release. “As heavy rainfall and flash … Read more
Henry Mendoza, 19, pleaded guilty to the shooting death of Natalie Classen, a Hoboken, New Jersey, native who had recently moved to Reading. The fatal shot occurred early on June 15, 2023, at the intersection of 10th and Greenwich streets, according to authorities. Mendoza, who was nine days shy of turning eighteen, assaulted Classen and … Read more