Author: Jack Bogart

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida charter boat captain is in hot water after allegedly peddling drugs he reportedly found at sea to undercover deputies, according to authorities. Bradford Todd Picariello, 65, was arrested Monday on charges of trafficking cocaine, selling cocaine and possessing cocaine in the Florida Keys, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to social media. Authorities allege Picariello coordinated a drug deal with undercover deputies at his self-owned business, Outlaw Fishing Charters, in Marathon around 3 p.m. Monday, according to an arrest report obtained by the Miami Herald. Ahead of the deal,…

NEED TO KNOW Jardyn “Pee Wee” Walker, 23, of Ferguson, Mo., was found dead in an alley on Wed., Jan. 21His sister had reported him missing when he failed to show up at an Amazon facility to get a ride home, police saidHe was allegedly at an apartment with the shooter on the night he was killed, police said A former contestant on Erica Mena’s dating reality show was found shot to death in a Missouri alley — and now a man is in custody and charged with murder. Jardyn “Pee Wee” Walker, 23, of Ferguson, who was among the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued detainers Thursday against three alleged MS-13 members accused of murdering a 14-year-old boy in Maryland, Fox News has learned.ICE says the three suspects — Alan Josai Garcia Padilla, Jose Vladimir Merlos-Majano and William Ariel Cuellar Guiterrez — are all illegal immigrants from El Salvador. Authorities in College Park, Maryland, say the victim, Jefferson Amaya-Ayala, was lured to a public park and murdered Aug. 2.”This heinous murder of a child by MS-13 gang members is reprehensible. This murder was completely preventable. All three of these gang members had prior…

NEED TO KNOW Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Utah home on June 5, 2002, by Brian David Mitchell and Wanda BarzeeShe was reunited with her parents nine months later in 2003Ed and Lois Smart divorced in 2019 after Ed came out as gay In 2002, Elizabeth Smart’s parents, Ed and Lois Smart, were thrust into a nightmare. Elizabeth was just 14 when Brian David Mitchell threatened her at knifepoint and abducted her from her childhood bedroom in Salt Lake City on June 5, 2002. Smart was held captive by Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, for nine months before…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The surgeon accused of gunning down his ex-wife and her dentist husband inside their Ohio home has retained a local defense attorney who previously worked on another high-profile murder case.Michael McKee is now being represented by attorney Diane Menashe as he faces four counts of aggravated murder, each with firearm specifications, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. Menashe filed a notice of appearance on Jan. 22. Menashe has worked as an attorney for 27 years and currently manages her own firm, according to the Menashe Law Group website. She previously represented…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The French navy intercepted a Russian oil tanker in the Mediterranean suspected of operating as part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, a network of falsely-flagged vessels used to export oil and avoid Western sanctions, according to reports.President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that French forces had boarded and searched the tanker, which is subject to international sanctions. The ship was reportedly sailing from Murmansk, in northern Russia, under the Comoros flag.Writing on X, Macron said the operation took place on the high seas in the Mediterranean with the support of several allied countries.‘GHOST SHIPS’ FERRYING…

NEED TO KNOW The FBI is investigating the death of Jim Irsay, who owned the Indianapolis Colts for 28 yearsFederal authorities are also probing the California-based addiction doctor who allegedly prescribed pain pills and ketamine to Irsay in the months before his deathIrsay died in May 2025 at a hotel in Beverly Hills The FBI is reportedly looking into the death of Jim Irsay, who owned the Indianapolis Colts for 28 years. The Washington Post reported that as part of the investigation, federal authorities are probing the California-based addiction doctor Harry Haroutunian, who allegedly prescribed pain pills and ketamine to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Police have ruled a Florida man’s actions self-defense after he shot a felon who allegedly attempted to abduct his wife.According to Fox News affiliate WTVT-TV, citing the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Nicholas Palomo, a 36-year-old felon who had previously gone to prison for kidnapping and other crimes, attempted to abduct a woman who was walking her dog in Bradenton, Florida, on New Year’s Day.The woman managed to run away from Palomo’s car and warned her husband, who went outside to confront Palomo.Detectives say that Palomo began acting in a threatening way before…

NEED TO KNOW Patrick Clancy has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of his wife Lindsay Clancy’s medical providersHe filed the lawsuit on behalf of the estates of the couple’s three deceased children – Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old CallanPatrick states in his complaint that his wife was prescribed eight medications in the span of three weeks while trying to deal with anxiety after the birth of their third child Lindsay Clancy was prescribed at least nine medications in the months before she allegedly strangled her three children to death and then attempted to take her own life.…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “Top Chef” winner Kelsey Clark was arrested in her Alabama hometown Wednesday night after she drove into a mailbox, police said.The 35-year-old was taken into custody for allegedly being under the influence of alcohol while driving through a neighborhood in Dothan, Alabama, before crashing into a mailbox, AL.com reported.Her two children were in the car with her at the time and were allowed to leave with a family member, WTVY-TV reported. The outlet reported that neither Clark nor her children were hurt.The cookbook author was found to be intoxicated during a field…