John Nightbridge The June 13 rollover killed Kiel High School student Kaitlynn Reinhardt and injured several other teenagers. FOND DU LAC, WI — A 16-year-old Sheboygan girl has been charged as an adult after authorities said she drove without a license in a Fond du Lac County rollover crash that killed one friend and injured several others June 13. Madylin Michelle Blonigen faces three felony counts in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court: one count of knowingly …
Police say an arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in the fatal workplace shooting. LAS VEGAS, NV — The family of 31-year-old Brandan Lucas is mourning after police say he was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon while working at a Five Below store in northwest Las Vegas. Lucas was killed inside the store at the Best in the West shopping center near North Rainbow Boulevard and West Lake Mead Boulevard. Las Vegas Metropolitan …
Court records describe earlier assault allegations involving the same woman killed in the Stone Oak home. SAN ANTONIO, TX — A man accused by police of killing his estranged wife and wounding a San Antonio police officer before taking his own life has been identified as Albert Nixon Richter IV, authorities and local reports said. The woman killed was identified as Brianna Nicole Richter, whose death was ruled a homicide by the Bexar County Medical …
The wrecked vehicle had been bought at auction and delivered to a north Harris County repair business. HARRIS COUNTY, TX — Two men were found dead Saturday morning inside a vehicle at an auto body shop in the Aldine area after employees began work on a car that had been delivered for repairs, authorities said. Harris County sheriff’s homicide detectives and crime scene investigators were called to the 13600 block of Reeveston Road, near Lauder …
Police said a juvenile male suspect stayed at the scene and was taken into custody. JACKSONVILLE, FL — A juvenile girl was shot in the chest late Friday near Benedict and Moncrief roads in Northwest Jacksonville, where police said a juvenile male suspect pulled a gun during a gathering and fired. The girl was taken to a local hospital and was listed in stable condition with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the Jacksonville …
The balloon made a hard landing in the Stewart Valley dry lake bed with 10 people on board. PAHRUMP, NV — Federal aviation officials are investigating after a hot air balloon carrying 10 people made a hard landing Thursday morning west of Pahrump, injuring multiple riders and sparking a fire in a remote desert area. The crash drew Nye County deputies, Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue crews and federal investigators to the Stewart Valley dry …
Prosecutors said Gary Diggs vanished as his latest rape trial neared its end. FULTON COUNTY, GA — A man with a prior rape conviction is a fugitive after failing to return to a Fulton County courtroom before jurors convicted him in a 2017 Fairburn rape case, prosecutors said. Gary Diggs was convicted in absentia of rape, false imprisonment, aggravated battery and a state sexual offender registry violation, according to prosecutors and public case records. Senior …
Gary Anderson, 58, was delivering sheetrock when the tool fell from the 50th floor. JERSEY CITY, NJ — A South Jersey delivery driver was killed Monday morning after a 1-pound tape measure fell from the 50th floor of a downtown construction site, bounced off equipment and struck him in the head, authorities said. Gary Anderson, 58, of Somerdale, was making a sheetrock delivery when the accident happened near Christopher Columbus Drive and Marin Boulevard, a …
The resentencing follows a new penalty phase tied to changes in Florida death penalty law. PUNTA GORDA, FL — A Charlotte County judge on Friday resentenced Dwight Thomas Eaglin to death for killing a correctional officer and a fellow inmate during a failed 2003 escape attempt at Charlotte Correctional Institution. The sentence returns Eaglin, 50, to death row in a case that has moved through Florida courts for more than two decades. His murder convictions …
The former child actor was also known for playing Samara Morgan in “The Ring” and appearing in HBO’s “Big Love.” LOS ANGELES, CA — Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced Lilo in Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” and played the ghostly Samara Morgan in “The Ring,” died June 16 at a Los Angeles hospital. She was 35. Chase’s death drew wide attention because she had two of the most memorable child performances of the …