A fraud suspect has been sentenced to federal prison for a series of crimes at local banks. The court sentenced Gary Dale Thrasher, 56, from Georgia, to four years and nine months in federal prison for bank fraud, passport fraud, and aggravated identity theft. As part of his sentencing, the court issued a forfeiture order … Read more

John Anthony Hancock, a 42-year-old from Virginia, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 5 years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of 84-year-old Theresa Evelyn Bogu. Judge Stephen E. Toner’s courtroom received the plea earlier today, according to the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office. The incident … Read more

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