Author: Jack Bogart

A Michigan man and woman arrested in connection with the 2018 death of the woman’s toddler are accused of killing the boy to make way for the child they planned to have together. The boy, 3-year-old Matthew Maison, was killed on Feb. 18, 2018, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement announcing the arrests of his mother and the mom’s ex-boyfriend.  Amanda Maison, 33, and Maurice Houle, 28, were arrested on a first-degree murder charge on Friday, April 11, per the statement. Houle was Amanda’s boyfriend at the time of the killing, per The Detroit News and…

Speculation about a serial killer in New England is gaining significant traction online – specifically stemming from discussions in a private Facebook group called “New England Serial Killer.”Members of the Facebook group and social media users on other platforms like TikTok and X are pointing to several recent discoveries of human remains in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island between March and April.Authorities across all three states have identified remains in New Haven, Groton, Killingly and Norwalk, Connecticut, as well as Framingham and Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Foster, Rhode Island.Three sets of human remains have been identified. New Haven police identified remains…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court should consider holding the Trump administration in contempt over its deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, an El Salvadorian illegal migrant and former Maryland resident.The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison where federal officials sent hundreds of suspected criminals and gang members last month.”The Supreme Court has made clear that Mr. Abrego Garcia should not have been deported,” Jeffries said at a Tuesday press conference on Democrats’ upcoming “Save Social Security Day…

A Miami man was arrested following allegations that he posed as a doctor and performing a surgery that left a woman permanently disfigured — just weeks after another doctor from the same facility was apprehended on similar charges. Manuel Jose Lazzaro, 58, was arrested last week on a charge of unlicensed health care causing serious bodily injury, NBC 6 South Florida reported, citing authorities.  According to an arrest report obtained by the outlet, the woman told investigators that she found Lazzaro on social media and came to Miami from Orlando in September of this year. He is not currently in…

Hamas appears to have rejected Israel’s latest attempt to secure a ceasefire and the return of nearly a dozen hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip for 556 days.The terrorist organization has yet to issue a formal response regarding its rejection of Israel’s ceasefire proposal, but according to remarks by Hamas leader Abu Zuhri to reporters on Tuesday, “Handing over the resistance’s weapons is a million red lines and is not subject to consideration, let alone discussion.”Fox News Digital could not independently verify the extent of the terms involved in the deal, but sources said the conditions included…

Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank in South Carolina, admitted to helping convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal millions from clients who had won sizable settlementsLaffiite used his position at the bank to help Murdaugh profit from others’ misfortune, a judge saidProsecutors will recommend Laffiite be given a 5-year-prison sentence and that he pay $3.5 million in restitution A once-prominent South Carolina banker has admitted to helping convicted murderer and fraudster Alex Murdaugh steal millions in legal settlements from clients a federal judge called “vulnerable.” On Monday, April 14, Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank…

The woman who is accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years in her Waterbury, Connecticut, home is appealing a judge’s ruling that she must wear a GPS ankle monitor while out on bail. Attorney Ioannis Kaloidis, who represents Kimberly Sullivan, wrote in an April 7 filing that Sullivan’s constitutional right to due process has been violated due to the fact that the ankle monitor was imposed as a further bail requirement after her first bail hearing. The filing says that on March 12, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Corinne Klatt ordered that bail for Sullivan be set at $300,000 with no…

The two American college students arrested in Denmark following an alleged dispute with an Uber driver are facing yet another hurdle abroad as they try to return home to the United States. Owen Ray, a 19-year-old studying at Miami University in Ohio, and his friend have reportedly had their passports seized by Danish authorities, following their release from prison on Monday. “We remain deeply concerned that Danish authorities have confiscated his passport and will not allow him to return to the United States – something we understand is unusual in Danish court proceedings,” Ray’s parents, Andy Ray and Sara Buchen-Ray, said in…

The man accused of setting the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion ablaze over the weekend was out on bail stemming from a 2023 domestic assault case.Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family escaped without injury early Sunday. Cody Balmer was arrested in the attack.Balmer had been out on bail stemming from an incident in January 2023. Fox News confirmed that in January of that month, police responded to a call from the residence of Balmer, 38, after his 13-year-old son called police to report that Balmer was beating his wife. A criminal complaint filed by the Penbrook Borough Police Department regarding the incident, after…

A Florida middle school teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student at her school. Officers with the Panama City Police Department arrested Erika Mattson, 36, on April 10 and charged her with a single count of authority figure engaging in sexual conduct with a student, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE. The affidavit says that the student told officers that he and Mattson embarked on a “sexual and romantic relationship” starting in May 2023. “The victim stated that the relationship began after he saw [Mattson] crying in her classroom and approached her,” the affidavit…