Tasha Haefs (Facebook) Nathan Pilling The Kansas City Star (TNS) Note: This story contains a graphic description of violence. A Jackson County Circuit Court judge ordered that the criminal case against a Kansas City woman charged in the gruesome killing of her 6-year-old son in 2022 resume after she was found to be mentally fit to proceed. Tasha Haefs, 37, faces first-degree murder and armed criminal action charges for the killing of her son, Karvel Stevens. The case against her had been put on hold after she had been found to be not competent to stand trial in 2022. Comp ..read more

Christopher Jones, 28, was arrested in connection with a mass shooting in South Dallas in April 2024. ( Dallas County/TNS) Jamie Landers The Dallas Morning News (TNS) DALLAS — A man has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting in South Dallas earlier this month that killed a 21-year-old woman and wounded eight others. Christopher Jones, 28, was booked into the Dallas County jail Saturday on one count of deadly conduct and one count of possession of methamphetamine in the April 14 incident. It was unclear if he has an attorney. Jones is accused of firing a gun into the air d ..read more

Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca honors fallen Chicago Police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso. (YouTube) Avani Kalra and Adriana Pérez Chicago Tribune (TNS) CHICAGO — When his friend and fellow Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso was fatally shot in the line of duty last year, Luis Huesca called him “one of those guys that actually deserved this star” in a remembrance video. Huesca tapped a badge pinned to his lapel, etched with the slain officer’s number 7649: “He was very proud to wear this star.” Just over a year since Vásquez Lasso’s killing, the Chicago Po ..read more

Source: X The Chicago Police Department has confirmed a 30-year-old officer has been shot and killed during the early morning hours on Sunday in Gage Park. They also confirmed the suspect stole the officer's vehicle and is on the run. According to NBC Chicago, police confirmed the officer was still in uniform and the shooting happened around 3 a.m. on Sunday. Police have not determined or released any details surrounding the deadly shooting. They haven't released the identity of the officer saying only it was a male who is survived by a mother and uncle and that, "just a great officer, a gre ..read more

Source: X Matthew Enuco nj.com A Marlboro Memorial Middle School teacher who was accused of inappropriately touching a student in a school hallway was charged Friday with a petty disorderly persons offense, police said. Jenna Sciabica was charged with one count of harassment-offensive touching after a month-long investigation by Marlboro police with the assistance of the school district, officials said. The investigation began Mar. 13 after district administrators notified police about an incident that happened in public view in a hallway, according to a press r ..read more

Update: Max Azzarello, the man who set himself on fire outside the Manhattan Courthouse where former President Trump's hush money trial is ongoing, has died. Azzarello, from Florida, doused himself in a flammable liquid before setting himself on fire. New York City police said hospital staff declared him dead early Saturday morning. Earlier: The man who set himself on fire in a park across from the Manhattan Criminal Court where former President Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has been identified by police. He was identified as Max Azzarello, of Florida, who describes himself onlin ..read more

Source; X A clear case of miscommunication that left an undercover officer beaten and bloody has come to a close. A St. Louis circuit judge awarded Luther Hall $23 million for the damage he suffered during the 2017 incident. According to the St. Louis American, Hall, who is black, and his partner Louis Naes, who is white, were embedded with a massive group of protesters in 2017. Officers in the civil disobedience team arrested more than 120 people during that protest, including Hall and Naes. Naes reported his arrest "was routine" but "beat the f**k out of (Hall)...like Rodney King." The pro ..read more

BREAKING: Jordanish Torres-Garcia, 28, The man who police believe carried out the brazen, broad daylight kidnapping of a Florida woman who was found dead in her burned vehicle has been arrested. police suspect Jordanish Torres-Garcia is the masked gunman who jumped into… pic.twitter.com/H7q05Z9ri0 — Zaki Solja (@zakisolja) April 20, 2024 David Goodhue Miami Herald The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on Friday arrested a man they are calling a person of interest in the carjacking and murder of a Homestead woman in Central Florida last week. Authorities have also arreste ..read more

The man who set himself on fire in a park across from the Manhattan Criminal Court where former President Trump’s hush money trial is taking place has been identified by police. He was identified as Max Azzarello, of Florida, who describes himself online as an “investigative researcher.” ?#BREAKING: A person has sets themselves on fire near New York courthouse where Trump's trial is underway while Fox and CNN were live reporting before cutting off the feed off pic.twitter.com/anHz40fKt1 — R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) April 19, 2024 Emergency personnel and firefighters responded to the ..read more

Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney Update: An officer killed in a shooting in Tennesee may have died from another officer's gunfire, according to a local source. Shelby County District Attorney's Office is planning to request a transfer to prosecute the 17-year-old involved in the shootout that killed Memphis Police Officer Joseph McKinney and 18-year-old Jaylon Lobley to adult court for multiple counts of charges including criminal attempted first-degree murder. When asked by local reporters, why the suspect was not being charged with first-degree murder, the district attorney's office ..read more