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The homeless man accused of stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina light-rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in his state case, but federal authorities vowed the decision will not impact their own case against him.Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged with fatally stabbing Zarutska while the pair were aboard the light-rail Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte on Aug. 22, 2025. In court documents filed earlier this […]

Five people have been arrested as part of an alleged multi-million dollar hospice fraud scheme in California, officials said Thursday.California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the ring defrauded the state of more than $267 million through fraudulent billing to Medi-Cal, the state-administered Medicaid program. In total, 21 people have been charged.The arrests were part of a state investigation dubbed "Operation Skip Trace," which targeted locations in Southern California."This criminal scheme, […]

HOPE TOWN, Bahamas — Bahamian police are searching for missing American Lynette Hooker five days after her husband says she fell out of a dinghy and was swept away by a strong current near Elbow Cay in the Caribbean country.Her husband, Brian Hooker, has been arrested in her disappearance, according to the attorney representing him.The case is unfolding more than three years after the couple bought their boat in Texas, worked […]

Three Georgia high school students were killed and another remains in critical condition after a Jeep carrying teens on spring break veered off a Florida highway and burst into flames, authorities said.The crash happened Monday along Highway 65 in Franklin County, where officials say the vehicle left the roadway, crossed into the opposite lane and slammed into a tree line before catching fire.The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office initially responded to […]

A Florida man has been captured after burning down his own home, returning hours later to ignite another blaze and fatally stab a man who tried to stop him, authorities said.William Michael Larsen, 37, was arrested Tuesday after an hours-long manhunt in the Floral City area, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said."It was an all-hands-on-deck approach," Sheriff David Vincent said.Deputies first responded to a call about a house fire on […]

A South Florida property manager is accused of siphoning off hundreds of thousands from local HOA accounts, then allegedly blowing the cash on plastic surgery, vacations and shopping sprees before vanishing, according to police.The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said it has obtained an arrest warrant for Alexandra Delacaridad Gonzalez, 46, in connection with an investigation into alleged fraud involving HOA accounts she managed while employed by Avant-Garde Property Management.Gonzalez faces […]

Two employees at the same Oklahoma elementary school allegedly assaulted young students in separate incidents weeks apart — one accused of hitting a 10-year-old and another of carrying a 5-year-old in a chokehold, according to court records and a local news report.Elizabeth Kay Sutton, 38, and Ottoria Rose McClung, 37, were each charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on a student at Elgin Elementary School in Elgin, Oklahoma, records show.The […]

A hiker stung more than 100 times by bees near a mountain summit in Arizona was airlifted to safety in critical condition after he was unable to descend the trail on his own, firefighters said.The swarm attack happened near the summit of Lookout Mountain Preserve in north Phoenix on Saturday morning, the Phoenix Fire Department said.The man, whose identity was not immediately released publicly, reported "over 100 stings" by bees, […]

Washington, D.C. authorities arrested nearly a dozen juveniles over the weekend in connection with a series of "teen takeovers," in which swarms of youngsters were taken into custody for allegedly brawling in the streets and assaulting police officers. The incidents began around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, when police responded to multiple disturbances within the southwest area of the city, FOX 5 reported. Investigators said various large groups of teens gathered between the Navy […]