Author: Jack Bogart

It’s been over 70 years since Hollywood’s most infamous unsolved murder took place. In the early hours of Jan. 15, 1947, 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was brutally murdered and then left on the side of the road in an undeveloped Los Angeles neighborhood. Her body had been mutilated and cut in half with surgical precision. Despite the gruesome killing, not a drop of blood was left behind. News of Short’s death spread quickly, and before authorities could cordon off the crime scene, reporters swarmed the area. It began an intense period of tabloid press coverage fueled by rumors and inaccurate reporting.…

A Florida children’s author – known for penning stories about friendship – was charged alongside her husband for abusing and neglecting their adopted children, authorities said.Jennifer Wolfthal, the author of “A Real Friend,” and her husband, Joseph Wolfthal, an engineer for Lockheed Martin, pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to aggravated child abuse and neglect of a child with great bodily harm, according to plea agreements obtained by Fox News Digital.Jennifer Wolfthal will be sentenced to 12 years in prison, while her husband will be sentenced to 10 years behind bars, according to the plea agreement.”This plea and sentencing agreement ensures…

A Florida teen who police claim previously killed his father in self-defense is accused of murdering his mother after allegedly telling her, “I’m not a psychopath.”  Collin Griffith, 17, was charged with murder in September 2024 after his mother, Catherine Griffith, was fatally stabbed in the neck in Polk County, Fla., according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by PEOPLE. Police claim in the affidavit that Collin called 911 for help, saying that he and his mother had gotten into a fight and that she had fallen on a knife. Catherine was later pronounced dead. The medical examiner, however, ruled…

President Biden’s final list of commutations was released Friday afternoon, laying out the names and registration numbers of nearly 2,500 inmates whose sentences were reduced by the president’s action.This latest round of commutations cements Biden’s spot as the president with the largest number of pardons and commutations granted to individuals. The people on the list, according to a statement from President Biden, were determined to have received disproportionately harsh sentences for drug crimes, compared to sentences they would have received today.”Today’s clemency action provides relief for individuals who received lengthy sentences based on discredited distinctions between crack and powder cocaine,…

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young is celebrating the “vindication” he received after a jury found that CNN had defamed him, concluding the intense two-week court battle. “I’m glad it’s over,” Young told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Feeling very, very, very good.”After more than eight hours of deliberation, the six-person jury ruled Young was to be awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 million in personal damages such as pain and suffering and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN. But as the second phase of the trial was underway, lawyers for both Young and…

An Arkansas woman and her husband were arrested and charged in connection with the drowning death of her 2-year-old son, who was repeatedly thrown into a pool in an attempt to teach him how to swim, authorities allege. Annastacia Atkins, 24, and Dakota Shawn Hays, 29, of Van Buren, were arrested on Monday, Jan. 13, and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the June 2024 death of the boy, according to an arrest warrant obtained by PEOPLE. Atkins was also charged with permitting the abuse of a minor, according to online jail records, while Hays faces a charge of…

Twin brothers in Florida were arrested on accusations they sexually abused children. Donald and Ronald Hawkins, both 67, were arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 14 after the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said it received reports of the brothers abusing victims on multiple occasions over the course of several years. Police did not provide details on the nature of the alleged abuse committed. Donald Hawkins was arrested in Washington County and is being held on charges of sexual assault on a victim under the age of 12. Ronald, who lives in Brevard County, was arrested there and is awaiting extradition to Washington…

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A Utah State University student was arrested after authorities say he contaminated his dorm with hydrochloric acid gas, forcing mass evacuations, just hours after being questioned by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.Joshua Peter Jager, 20, was arrested Thursday night and is charged with causing a catastrophe recklessly and disorderly conduct, according to an indictment.USU authorities responded to a fire alarm just before 7:45 p.m. Thursday at Mountain View Tower and found the entire first floor covered in a vaporous substance, later found to be hydrochloric acid gas, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in 1st District Court. FBI…

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