Author: Jack Bogart

A Nebraska couple claims their family home was allegedly turned into a meth lab by Airbnb guests. Daniel and Jocelyn Medrano’s house in Omaha was severely damaged after they listed it as a vacation rental over the holiday season, according to NBC-affiliate WOWT. Now, the couple is facing steep fees to repair their home, as it is currently unlivable. The Medranos told WOWT that they have rented out their house for the last two years to assist with travel costs. They were excited to receive an 11-day booking, as it paid for their recent trip to Florida. However, the situation soon turned…

A sideline altercation at an elementary school basketball game in Louisiana last week ended with two women in jail and one in the hospital. On Monday, Jan. 13, the principal of Iberville Elementary School — located in Plaquemine, a city in Iberville Parish — was watching students play basketball after school hours when she spotted two small children wandering onto the court, according to local outlet WAFB. To keep the kids out of harm’s way, the principal moved from her corner spot in the school gymnasium and moved them away from the active game — an action she repeated at…

President-elect Donald Trump took a shot at ABC News’ David Muir when recalling his claim that “violent crime is coming down” during the ABC Presidential Debate in September.During his pre-inauguration rally Sunday, Trump acknowledged the “hundreds and even thousands of victims” of migrant crime, remarking that crime was on the rise even without illegal immigrants. Trump then recalled how Muir fact-checked him during his presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris in September.”Do you remember I did the debate, and I had David Muir from ABC saying, ‘No, no crime has gone down.’ I said, ‘No, no, it‘s gone through the…

A former girlfriend of rocker Jim Morrison is speaking out on her time with the late Doors frontman — including an alleged instance of sexual assault. Judy Huddleston is one of the many members of Morrison’s inner circle interviewed in the new docuseries Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (out now). In the series, Huddleston claims that the “Light My Fire” singer raped her during their courtship. “I didn’t want to do [it], and I totally said no,” she recalled in Before the End. “And then he pinned my arms back and down and that’s why I think —…

Months after filing suit against their brother Danny, Tony Bennett’s daughters say he’s been mismanaging their late father’s funds for years — and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the family trust. Tony’s daughters Antonia and Johanna Bennett first filed suit against Danny in June over assets in their dad’s estate that were unaccounted for after his death in July 2023 at age 96. Both daughters are beneficiaries of The Tony Bennett 1994 Family Trust, as is their brother Dae, while Danny is sole trustee. In November, Danny filed a motion looking to transfer the petition to surrogate’s court…

The lever action rifle has a long and storied history. Having its origins in the Volcanic pistol of 1854, the action type has become as much a part of Americana – especially the “Old West” – as has apple pie. Who doesn’t remember John Wayne, atop his horse, twirl-cocking his Winchester as he scowls at the bad guys? Or, how about Chuck Connor’s popular late-’50s TV show “The Rifleman”? That opening footage under the credits, with him firing and emptying his magazine tube as fast as he could work the lever got me (and several thousand other youngsters) hooked on…

Police in Wisconsin are investigating after a man torched a congressman’s district office after the popular social media app TikTok briefly went dark in the United States, according to authorities.The Fond du Lac Police Department said a 19-year-old man from Menasha admitted to setting a fire at an office space leased to U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman.Just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, January 19, police said officers along with the City of Fond du Lac Fire Rescue responded to Grothman’s office about a possible structure fire.Officers found the suspected arsonist near the strip mall shortly after they put the fire out.TIKTOK…

A Maryland man walked into a Baltimore police station and confessed to two murders he said he committed over a decade ago, according to the city’s police department. Scott Barnett, 45, entered the Southeast District police station on Jan. 12 and asked to speak to detectives about a murder, Baltimore police say. Barnett allegedly proceeded to admit his involvement in the murders of Terrill Lehman, 41, and Charles Webster, 46, police claim. Both of them were reported missing in December 2014; their bodies have not been found. Barnett told police that he and his child’s mother, who died in 2022,…

Two people were killed in a stabbing spree in Denver, Colo., over the weekend, including a longtime flight attendant who was on a layover in the city, officials said. Denver police have since arrested a suspect, identified as 24-year-old Elijah Caudill, in connection with the four stabbings which took place on Saturday, Jan. 11 and Sunday, Jan. 12, according to a statement from the Denver Police Department. While authorities did not identify the victims, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, a labor union which represents American Airlines flight attendants, shared that one of their own, Celinda Levno, was among those…

A man has been banned from several health and fitness centers and sentenced to 27 months in jail after he stole gym members’ locker pins and used them to hack into their bank accounts, authorities said. Declan Murphy of Bromley, England, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and 11 counts of fraud by false representation on Friday, Jan. 17, according to an official statement from the City of London Police. Authorities also said that Murphy, 35, has received a “Criminal Behavior Order,” which “bans him from entering certain gyms nationwide.” The City of London Police did not immediately respond…