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
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington sentenced Tyler Keith Andrews, 39, of Russellville, Arkansas, to more than 16 years in federal prison today for illegally obtaining millions of dollars in COVID-19 funds. United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice also ordered three years of supervised release, $16,330,814.30 in restitution to the … Read more
The DeSoto County School District has launched an inquiry after sixth-grader Amaya Foster, 11, complained that her teacher, Taylor Wiles, made a racist joke comparing Black people to animals in class. Amaya described the situation in an interview, claiming that the teacher joined pupils who were already making obscene comments. “Ms. Wiles goes, ‘Hey, y’all … Read more
A man is charged with allegedly stealing mail from luxury homes across Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, as well as being involved in an armed robbery of a postal maintenance worker, according to officials. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia charged Ibrahim Emmanuel De La Cruz, 25, of Washington, D.C., with … Read more
Victoria Musaev, 33, of Fort Lauderdale, is behind bars after escaping a traffic stop with a police officer and her daughter in the back of her SUV. The police pulled her over near Livingston Street and Hughet Avenue for failing to give way to another car. Failure to yield in Florida carries a $500 fine … Read more