Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Lafayette Police Department announced in a news release that five people were arrested after Judge Steven Meyer and his wife Kimberly were shot at their home Sunday. One of the suspects arrested in the shooting was scheduled to stand trial in the judge’s courtroom days later, records show.Thomas Moss, 43, Blake Smith, 32, and Amanda Milsap, 45, all from Lafayette, Indiana, and Raylen Ferguson, 38, and Zenada Greer, 61, both from Lexington, Ky., were arrested in the shooting. The couple is in stable condition, according to police.Dispatch audio obtained by Fox News…

NEED TO KNOW Jessie Blodgett, a 19-year-old theater student, was found strangled in her bed in July 2013Her ex-boyfriend Daniel Bartelt was arrested for Blodgett’s death, and he was sentenced in August 2014Bartelt is now serving out a life sentence in prison with no possibility of parole More than a decade after Wisconsin theater student Jessie Blodgett was killed by her friend and former boyfriend, Daniel Bartelt, her case is being explored again. On Jan. 23, a new episode of 20/20 based on Blodgett’s murder, called Her Last Note, premieres on ABC, and will stream on Disney+ and Hulu the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Brazilian national has pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer after a violent arrest last year in Connecticut, during which he allegedly bit one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and spit on another, federal prosecutors said Friday.Luis Peterson Rohr Ferreira Borges, 25, entered the guilty plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver in Hartford, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.The case stems from a June 25, 2025, incident in which ICE officers apprehended Ferreira Borges near Zion Street in…

NEED TO KNOW Authorities have accused Ramses “Rex” Morales of murder, after alleging he was involved in the killings of another couple and fled with his girlfriend, Princess PerezPerez and Morales were arrested and charged in connection with the deaths of Ruben Chavez and his girlfriend, Evelyn VirgenFamily members say the slain couple left behind nine children between them Two couples are at the center of a deadly criminal investigation in California.  Officers responded to an anonymous tip at approximately 12:26 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, for two bodies that appeared to be bloodied on the 100 block of 27th Street,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly 70 years after the state of Texas put him to death, Dallas County officials formally exonerated Tommy Lee Walker, a 21-year-old Black man executed two years after being wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a White woman.Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot on Wednesday asked commissioners to sign a resolution acknowledging Walker’s innocence after finding he was coerced into a confession and convicted by an all-White jury.The case, the oldest assigned to the Dallas County DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit, involved Walker, a 19-year-old accused of raping and murdering Venice…

NEED TO KNOW Authorities are investigating if a string of robberies could involve a male suspect who was killed by a deputy outside of a Michaels storeA suspect, whose identity has not been made public, was allegedly armed with a semi-automatic handgunA woman who declined to give her name told local media the deceased was her 18-year-old grandson who recently graduated A young man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in California, according to police.  In an updated press release published on Friday, Jan. 23, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Information Bureau confirmed a fatal incident at approximately 8:40…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The son of convicted 8 Passengers YouTube blogger Ruby Franke is speaking out nearly two years after his mother was sentenced to up to six decades in prison for aggravated child abuse. Chad Franke, 20, is sharing his side of the story in a series of TikTok videos by reading diary entries from 2023, one year before his mother sentenced in a Utah courtroom, according to People. “Hi, my name is Chad, and I used to be very brainwashed,” he said in the first video. “And, no, I’m not kidding. You can look me…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of Don Lemon’s former colleagues at CNN is questioning whether he should be considered a journalist following his involvement in last Sunday’s protest at a Minnesota church.Chris Cillizza, CNN’s former editor-at-large who worked with Lemon before both of them were separately dismissed, penned a piece on his Substack with the headline, “Is Don Lemon a Journalist?””Are the ‘Pod Save America’ guys journalists? I would say ‘no’ but I am not sure that is the majority view. Is what Ben Shapiro does journalism? Again, I would say ‘no’ — but I am…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Pentagon said in an unclassified national defense strategy document titled “Restoring peace through strength for a new golden age of America” on Friday, that it plans to shift more of the responsibility of deterring North Korea to South Korea.The U.S. would take a “more limited” role in keeping North Korea in line, the Pentagon said in the document obtained by Fox News Digital.”With its powerful military, supported by high defense spending, a robust defense industry, and mandatory conscription, South Korea is capable of taking primary responsibility for deterring North Korea with…

NEED TO KNOW Sydnee Graf is charged with multiple crimes, including rape of a child under 12Court documents allege that the “5th grade math teacher engaged in sexual conversations with a 5th grade student”Graf is now back in custody and her bail has been set at $500,000 A Kentucky school teacher arrested in December for allegedly having a “sexual conversation” with a minor under the age of 12 is now facing additional, more severe, charges. Sydnee Graf, 36, had initially been charged with procuring or promoting use of a minor by electronic means and possession of a controlled substance after…