Author: Jack Bogart

A Florida death row inmate, who local authorities referred to as a “fledging serial killer,” is set to be executed tomorrow for the 2000 rape and murder of a newspaper employee — even as his lawyers say he is too obese for a lethal injection. Michael Tanzi pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2003 and was convicted of first-degree murder after he assaulted, abducted, robbed and raped former Miami Herald employee Janet Acosta. He is set to be executed by lethal injection on April 8 at noon, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.  Tanzi’s attorneys have tried to halt the…

An 80-year-old California man is behind bars after he allegedly shot another man while hunting for turkeys, police say.  In a press release shared by the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, April 7, authorities said John Lee of Sacramento was charged in connection with fatal shooting of 65-year-old Shawn Parrish, also of Sacramento.  Sutter County deputies responded to reports of a hunting incident on Sunday, April 6, at approximately 9:00 a.m., near Gifford Road in the Fremont Weir Wildlife Area. Father of 5 Dies After Bear Shot by Fellow Hunter Falls on Him: ‘Dad Was Doing What He Loved…

A former University of New Mexico football player could be sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted by a federal jury on conspiracy and drug trafficking charges. The Department of Justice (DOJ) says Rayshawn Boyce, 29, was running a methamphetamine distribution operation from inside a New Mexico prison.Boyce was convicted last year in federal court of robbing a postal worker at gunpoint. He was also convicted on charges of stealing an arrow key, a universal key used by postal workers to access mailboxes and prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The armed robbery occurred in 2022. TULANE SUSPENDS NEW…

Authorities in Texas arrested a woman who was allegedly driving under the influence while a 5-month-old was in a car seat, unsecured, in her vehicle — but didn’t appear to realize the baby was there, police said. Ivana Dolores Salazar, 27, was arrested at around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 6, by officers conducting a traffic stop in El Paso, Texas, after they noticed a car failing to signal a lane change, El Paso County Sheriff Oscar Ugarte said in a statement.  As officers spoke with Salazar, they noticed a clear glass container with an “unknown red liquid” in it,…

A California man is facing up to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fake sports memorabilia for nearly a decade, federal prosecutors said Monday. Anthony J. Tremayne, 58, agreed to a plea agreement that found him guilty of “selling memorabilia containing purportedly genuine signatures of famous athletes, musicians, actors, and other celebrities” from around 2010 until December 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a press release.  Prosecutors said Tremayne provided items that he said contained genuine signatures and oftentimes included a “Certificate of Authenticity” form —…

A former counselor at a private all-boys school in Cincinnati admitted she had a sexual relationship with a student she was assigned to help in schoolEmily Nutley, 43, a mother of three, continued to text the boy when he said he wanted to end their relationship, prosecutors saidNutley’s husband filed for divorce from her shortly after she was arrested in 2024 A former head counselor at an Ohio Catholic high school accused of having an unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage student and sending him nude photos has pleaded guilty to the crimes. Emily Nutley, 43, pleaded guilty to two…

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates and supervises national banks, on Tuesday said it notified Congress of a February hack that it called a “major information security incident.”The breach was first disclosed in February when it learned of “unusual interactions between a system administrative account in its office automation environment and OCC user mailboxes,” an OCC news release states. According to Bloomberg, the hackers had access to more than 150,000 emails after breaching the system in June 2023.”The confidentiality and integrity of the OCC’s information security systems are paramount to fulfilling its mission,” said Acting Comptroller of…

Lori Vallow Daybell told an Arizona jury on Monday, April 7, that the death of her fourth husband Charles Vallow was a case of self-defense. “Self-defense is not a crime,” she said. “A family tragedy is not a crime, it’s a tragedy.” Lori, who is representing herself at trial for allegedly conspiring to kill Charles, told the jury during opening statements that her brother, Alex Cox, fatally shot Charles twice in the chest while protecting her and her daughter, Tylee Ryan — the same daughter Lori was later convicted of murdering. The fatal shooting occurred at Lori’s Chandler, Ariz., home…

A veterinarian in Nevada allegedly seen kicking a horse in a video that went viral on social media is now missing, according to multiple reports, as police say he’s the subject of a criminal investigation. On April 3, Dr. Shawn Frehner was called to administer anesthetic shots for horses at a property in Pahrump, located about 60 miles west of Las Vegas, Shawna Gonzalez, the property owner, told 8 News Now. “I heard [my mother] yell, ‘Oh my God. He just kicked him,’” Gonzalez said, per the outlet. “Oh my God, Mom, he’s choking,” she added. “He wrapped the horse…

An attorney for the anesthesiologist accused of attempting to kill his wife on a Hawaiian hiking trail is insisting there are “two sides to every story” as new details are revealed regarding the couple’s marriage.  Gerhardt Konig pleaded not guilty to an attempted murder charge in a Honolulu courtroom on Monday. “Dr. Konig’s not guilty plea this morning was not just a formality, but a substantive response to the allegation that he tried to kill his wife,” defense attorney Thomas Otake told reporters, according to the Associated Press.HAWAII DOCTOR CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER TRYING TO KILL WIFE ON POPULAR HIKING…