Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Philip Taylor Kramer was by all accounts in the prime of his life when, one February in 1995, he vanished without a trace — not to be found until years laterKramer had been the bass guitarist for the legendary heavy metal band Iron Butterfly before he went on to work as a rocket scientist at Northrop guidance systemsBut on Feb. 12, 1997, he left his home in the L.A. suburb of Thousand Oaks and never returned Philip Taylor Kramer was by all accounts in the prime of his life when, one February in 1995, he vanished without…

NEED TO KNOW Relisha Rudd, 8, vanished from a D.C. homeless shelter in March 2014She was last seen on hotel surveillance video with janitor Khalil TatumTatum later died by suicide Eleven years have passed since Antonio Wheeler’s then 8-year-old stepdaughter Relisha Rudd vanished in 2014. Eleven years without seeing Relisha’s wide smile and joyful spirit, or experiencing her love of reading and math, or watching her stand up for her two younger brothers in the face of any disrespect thrown their way. Eleven years that Wheeler says brought sleepless nights and cold sweats, and “a lot of unsettling thoughts” about…

NEED TO KNOW Michael Raimondi, 15, was shot and killed in his bedroom in October 2024His killer, Fernando Jimenez Meza, also shot Michael’s mother and younger brother — both of whom survived the attackMeza has pleaded guilty to several charges, including murder and attempted murder A New York man has been convicted of murder in the October 2024 killing of his girlfriend’s teenage son. The victim, 15-year-old Michael Raimondi, was killed in his family’s Somers, N.Y. home on Oct. 28, 2024, the Westchester County District Attorney’s office said this week. Michael’s mother, Christina Raimondi, and his then-13-year-old brother were also…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graphic Content Warning: This article includes police body-camera footage from the aftermath of a school shooting.A Virginia elementary school teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student recounted to jurors that she “thought she was dead,” as newly released police body-camera footage captured the chaos that followed the 2023 classroom shooting.On the witness stand Thursday, Abby Zwerner, then 25, described how an ordinary school day became a life-or-death struggle when her first-grade student opened fire with a 9-millimeter handgun. The bullet passed through her left hand and remains in her chest, where…

NEED TO KNOW Leroy Vallejos, 49, is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of his mother Ernestina Lucero, 69Vallejos allegedly believed his mother was part of a “group of people giving their lives to darkness,” per an affidavitVallejos allegedly wanted to turn himself in but didn’t want to be separated from his dogs A New Mexico man is accused of murdering and partially dismembering his mother. Leroy Vallejos, 49, is charged with an open count of murder in the first degree and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of his 69-year-old mother Ernestina Lucero, per…

America’s most popular handgun just became the latest target in the gun control movement’s ongoing war against firearms manufacturers, and the activists at Everytown for Gun Safety are celebrating. Earlier this week, Everytown cheered Glock’s decision to halt production of most of its existing handgun lineup and replace it with a newly redesigned series. The group quickly claimed credit for the move, calling it a “major victory” in its campaign to hold the firearms industry legally accountable for crimes committed with illegally modified weapons. The announcement follows a wave of lawsuits and new legislation in California targeting Glock over the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An active-duty U.S. Marine was arrested this week after he allegedly traveled from North Carolina to Indiana “to meet, kidnap and sexually assault” a 12-year-old girl, the FBI said.William Richard Roy, a 24-year-old from Camp Lejeune, was taken into custody by the FBI in Durham, N.C., on Oct. 26, according to the FBI’s Indianapolis Field Office.The bureau said its investigation began on Oct. 25 when the FBI Indianapolis Field Office’s Merrillville Resident Agency received information from the Hammond Police Department regarding a missing 12-year-old girl believed to be traveling with Roy. The…

NEED TO KNOW Abby Zwerner is suing the former assistant principal of the school where she was shot by a 6-year-old student in 2023Zwerner reportedly testified that she thought she had died after being shotShe is seeking $40 million The Virginia teacher who was shot in a classroom by a 6-year-old in 2023 testified that she thought she had died after being hit by the bullet. “I thought I had died. I thought I was either on my way to heaven or in heaven,” Abby Zwerner testified, according to the Associated Press. “But then it all got black. And so,…

When I started thinking about how to open this review, I considered saying something witty, like “We have a new Hellcat, but in 380… so it’s a HellKitty?”, since the original came out in 9mm. However, discretion overtook me, so I only mentioned it…  I wondered how long Springfield Armory (SA) would take to deliberate before issuing the Hellcat in .380. Stepping back in time a bit… when I first received the Hellcat 9mm micro for a review, I remember thinking ‘this would also be great in .380’. The gun is a true micro-9, and because of its small size,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Idaho prosecutors are filing murder charges four years after the disappearance of a Fruitland 5-year-old who is believed to have been abducted and killed in his own neighborhood.”My office is moving forward with charges against the individuals involved in the disappearance and murder of 5-year-old Michael Vaughan, which occurred in the summer of 2021,” Payette County Prosecutor Michael Duke said in a statement late Friday morning.He stopped short of explaining who or how many suspects were being charged, and a woman who answered his office phone said she could not share anything…