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Parents of missing 11-year-old arrested

The parents of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari were arrested Saturday for failing to report her missing, the Cornelius Police Department announced. Diana Cojocari, 37, and Christopher Palmiter, 60, were arrested on Saturday for failing to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement. According to records, Cojocari and Palmiter are both in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center. Madalina was last seen on November 23 at her home in Cornelius, about 20 miles north of …

Man plunges to his death at Times Square

An unidentified man fell to his death from a Times Square supportive housing building on Saturday morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:50 a.m. collision in the 800 block of 43rd Street near 8th Avenue, according to the FDNY. “Someone jumped? Jesus Christ! a stunned woman said four hours after the incident when she answered the phone at the office. She only described the property as “a residence.” According to the …

Famous TV personality and actor found dead

It has been confirmed that Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who was the DJ on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, has passed away. He was 40 years old. An actor from “Magic Mike XXL” and a contestant on “So You Think You Can Dance” committed suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us,” Allison Holker, 34, Boss’ wife, said in a statement. “Stephen …

Mother kills infant with ‘unknown object’

A 22-year-old mother in Georgia was indicted on a series of felony charges following the recovery of her 20-month-old son’s body from a landfill. A grand jury in Chatham County on Wednesday returned a true bill indicting Leilani Maree Simon on 19 charges, including two counts of felony murder and one count each of malice murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the death of young Quinton Simon, according to court records …

Iranian soccer star faces execution after World Cup

An Iranian soccer player will be hanged for protesting Mahsa Amini’s death. In November, an arrest warrant was issued for 26-year-old Amir Nasr-Azadani for the murders of a police colonel and two militia members. Furthermore, Nasr-Azadani was charged with “waging war against God.” In mid-September, Amini died suddenly in custody after being arrested for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab. According to witnesses, Amini was beaten by Guidance Patrol, but the Iranian government claims she died of …

Florida pastor arrested for $8M COVID relief fund scheme

A Florida pastor and his son are facing federal fraud charges after being arrested in connection with an alleged scheme that is believed to have generated millions from the COVID-19 relief fund. Evan Edwards, 46, and his son Joshua Edwards, 30, were taken into custody from their home in New Smyrna, Florida, about 50 miles northeast of Orlando. Using the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), they are accused of defrauding the government of more than $8 …

Grandma brutally killed for her SUV

A 77-year-old grandmother was found stabbed to death Saturday inside her own garage in a gated community. Her son discovered Eleanor Bowles dead around 5:30 p.m. after Antonio Brown, 23, allegedly stabbed her outside her Buckhead home after a botched carjacking. According to police, Brown broke into Bowles’ garage around 11:30 a.m. He was attempting to steal her Lexus RS350 when she interrupted him. Police have accused him of stabbing her multiple times and then …

Father accused of throwing baby off bridge

A baby girl’s body was recovered Tuesday from the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, California. Currently, the father of the 1-year-old girl is in prison. In a tragic incident on Tuesday, Dec 6, Leilani Dream Burley was murdered by her father, Jayveyon Louis Burley. Sunday night, the Inglewood Police Department received a call about a missing child after the father of two children picked them up from their mother but returned home with only …

Woman bound and violently stabbed 38 times

In Florida, police say a man romantically pursued a woman, showing a picture of her to coworkers, but that interest ended in murder. Police in North Port, Florida, say 53-year-old Michael Douglas tied her up and stabbed her more than three dozen times. The police were called out to the 3000 block of South Haberland Boulevard on Sept. 26 before Hurricane Ian hit. “Once on site, officers found a gruesome scene, with the victim bound …

Bombing suspect who killed 259 passengers now in U.S. custody

It appears that the bombmaker responsible for the tragic and devastating attack on Pan Am Flight 103 has been captured by U.S. authorities. “The United States has taken custody of alleged Pan Am flight 103 bombmaker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi,” a DOJ spokesperson announced. “He is expected to make his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Additional details, including information regarding public access to the initial appearance, …