Kylee Johnson 
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reported that a South Carolina man involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach received a 60-day prison sentence. The court found Derek Cooper Gunby, 43, of Anderson guilty of four misdemeanor counts, which included entering and remaining in a restricted building and engaging in disorderly behavior in the Capitol building. A … Read more
On Wednesday, December 18, shortly after noon, Montgomery County Department of Police officers responded to a reported dog attack in the 7000 block of Heather Hill Road in Bethesda, which turned fatal. Investigators claim that after the attacking dog charged at officers and killed another dog, they shot and killed it. Following the attack, a … Read more
Rayful Edmond III, a prominent drug kingpin in D.C. during the 1980s, died on Tuesday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. According to the Washington Post, Edmond, 60, died unexpectedly in a halfway house in Florida. Edmond, known as the “king of cocaine,” had a “army of dealers and a mountain of profits,” making … Read more
A 47-year-old man was shot and killed by a pair of masked men who arrived at a Washington Heights NYCHA apartment, authorities said Sunday. According to sources, David Brown answered a knock on the door of his Polo Grounds Towers apartment on Frederick Douglass Blvd. near W. 155th St. at 10:55 p.m. on Saturday. According … Read more
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was detected in Chesapeake, Ohio, on Monday, but it was felt as far away as Kentucky and West Virginia. The United States Geological Survey observed the earthquake’s epicenter about 4:39 p.m. EST, just 2.1 miles northwest of Chesapeake. Reports of the earthquake range from Ona and Barboursville in West Virginia to … Read more
In a horrifying Missouri case, a 33-year-old man identified as S. Brewer has received two life sentences for the brutal murder of his pregnant 27-year-old girlfriend, B. Toalson, and her unborn child. This unfortunate occurrence occurred in front of Toalson’s three- and four-year-old children, highlighting a horrifying episode of domestic abuse. Brewer, who pled guilty … Read more
A federal court in Boston sentenced a Rhode Island man for his involvement in a fentanyl trafficking organization that produced and distributed fentanyl tablets throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Texas, North Carolina, and South Carolina. U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin sentenced Erik Ventura, 36, to ten years in prison, followed by five … Read more
A woman suspected of killing her girlfriend’s 8-year-old daughter was found guilty of murder and 19 other offenses Friday afternoon in Gwinnett County. In November 2021, a jury deliberated for less than two hours and found Celeste Owens guilty of killing Nicole Amari Hall. Judge Angela Duncan then sentenced Owens to life in prison with … Read more
A Minnesota man miraculously survived getting stabbed so hard by a friend that his organs were visible, according to police. Allegations of a stabbing led Minneapolis police to an apartment on Tuesday. The severity of his stab wounds apparently exposed his organs, according to a criminal complaint KSTP obtained. The victim told officers as emergency … Read more
A Tennessee man has been convicted of murder after allegedly beating his wife to death on their honeymoon in Fiji and attempting to flee in a kayak, according to police. On Wednesday, a Fijian court convicted Bradley Robert Dawson of murder. The Fiji Times reported the discovery of Dawson’s wife, Christe Chen Dawson, dead in … Read more