Kristine Fikany

Woman guilty of murdering her boyfriend with a steak knife

HOUSTON, TX – Shataraca Denise Pervis, a Houston resident, has confessed to the 2018 murder of her boyfriend, Melvin Maxwell, in a plea agreement. The Harris County District Attorney, Kim Ogg, declared on Saturday that Pervis was sentenced to 22 years in prison following her plea. 34-year-old Maxwell was murdered by Pervis in a hotel situated in the 6200 block of Richmond Avenue in the Galleria area of Houston on January 4, 2018. The pair …

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Top model who committed suicide was previously trafficked to Eptsein island

NEW YORK CITY, NY – Ruslana Korshunova, a prominent model who leaped to her death from her Wall Street apartment building in 2008, had reportedly been one of the teenage girls taken to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, according to newly unsealed court documents. Korshunova, known for her features in numerous high-profile advertisements, was just 18 years old when she flew with Epstein to his Little St. James property, as per released flight logs dated June …

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Hollywood actor dies in plane crash alongside two young daughters

ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Hollywood actor Christian Oliver, renowned for work in films such as “Speed Racer” and “Valkyrie,” died alongside his two young daughters when their small plane crashed into the ocean off a Caribbean island on Thursday. This sad news was announced by officials and reports. The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) revealed that the single-engine plane, owned and piloted by Robert Sachs, a Bequia resident, nose-dived …

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Fatal bus crash leaves 11 injured, 1 dead

LAKE GEORGE, NY – A tour bus en route to New York City from Montreal, Canada, overturned Friday afternoon on Interstate 87, a highway in Lake George, Warren County, New York, leaving one person dead and 11 injured, according to state police. The incident occurred a little before 1 p.m. on the Adirondack Northway, state police revealed in a press release. The exact circumstances leading up to the fatal crash have not been disclosed yet. …

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Rideshare driver shot during carjacking attempt

CHICAGO, IL – A rideshare driver was critically injured in an attempted carjacking on Wednesday in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, which involved the driver being shot and critically injured, according to city police. The 51-year-old driver was finishing a ride around 10:10 p.m. on the 900 block of North LeClaire Avenue when he was approached by three unidentified males. They robbed the driver of his cellphone and ordered him to leave his vehicle. When the driver …

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Woman found dead after disappearing from bar

ROCHESTER, NY – The body of a 33-year-old woman from Pittsford, New York, was discovered at the bottom of an embankment in Rochester after she was reported missing on New Year’s Day, according to officials. The woman was identified as Jennifer Hicks. Hicks was last spotted around 2:30 a.m. on Monday at Ziggy’s bar located on Railroad Street in Rochester, as reported by Brendan Hurley from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. A missing person alert …

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Dead body found inside freezer

SAN DIEGO, CA – The body of a woman discovered last month in a freezer in San Diego could have been missing or deceased for as long as nine years, law enforcement officials announced on Thursday. The body was found inside a running freezer at a residential property by visiting family members unrelated to the deceased, prompting them to notify the police. According to authorities, the visiting family members were related to a current resident …

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Man shot dead at family gathering

OXNARD, CA – Police in Oxnard are currently involved in an investigation surrounding the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Jose Juarez, which occurred in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The horrific scene unfolded at a local family gathering in the neighborhood, where Juarez had stepped out to check on two of his children who had remained home, according to his wife Cassandra. Tragically, shortly after crossing the street to his home, Juarez was hit …

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Pedestrian dies on New Year’s Day after tripping over a median

QUEENS, NY – A man aged between 60 and 65 was tragically hit by two vehicles and killed on New Year’s Day after tripping over a median while crossing Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens. The accident occurred near the 91st Street intersection in Woodhaven at approximately 6:50 a.m. Monday, according to police. After the man stumbled and fell into the southbound lanes, a 78-year-old man driving a 2002 Toyota struck him. The impact from this collision …

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Man shot dead outside of mosque

NEWARK, NJ – A prominent community figure, Imam Hassan Sharif, was killed after being shot outside Masjid Muhammad, his mosque in Newark, New Jersey. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning, and although Sharif was rapidly transported to a local hospital, he succumbed to his injuries later in the day. Apart from leading his congregation at the mosque, Sharif had been serving as a transportation security officer at Newark Liberty International Airport since 2006. The Transportation …

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