Author: Jack Bogart

Sean Goe, 27, was convicted and sentenced to 29 years to life in prison for killing his girlfriend, Raychel Sheridan, 24, with a hammer and dumping her body in an abandoned Mother Goose-themed park“Mr. Goe, you sold your soul to the devil,” Judge Frank Forchione said during Goe’s hearing, per News 5 Cleveland, adding, “I have ordered you to receive the maximum sentence on every count because you deserve the maximum sentence”Prosecutors said she was beaten with the blunt end of a hammer that was recovered inside the apartment Sheridan shared with Goe, The Canton Repository reported An Ohio man…

An elderly man has been arrested in connection with what police have dubbed the “brutal murder” of his roommate and her dog then using her credit cards to attempt to flee the country.Just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 18, officers from the Austin Police Department were called to a home in reference to a dead person.When officers arrived, they found a woman, later identified as Linda Mlsna 83, and a dog dead inside the home. Mlsna had not been heard from in six days, according to court documents obtained by FOX 7 Austin.APD Homicide Det. Israel Pena said in a…

A woman in Thailand has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering one person with cyanide and accused of fatally poisoning 13 others. On Wednesday, Nov. 20, a court in Bangkok convicted Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36 — dubbed Am Cyanide by Thai media — of killing her friend Siriporn Kanwong with the chemical while they were on a trip to release fish into the Mae Klong river as part of a Buddhist ritual in April 2023, per outlets including the Bangkok Post, the BBC and The Guardian. Traces of cyanide were found in the victim’s body and her…

There are gun purchase waiting periods and then there are “holy crap” long gun purchase waiting periods. And that’s just what two Democratic lawmakers in Ohio want to make happen, the Ohio Capital Journal is reporting. The two have introduced a proposal for a 10-day waiting period for gun purchases, claiming it would reduce violence by giving buyers time to “cool off.” However, the bill’s sponsors, state Reps. Cecil Thomas and Rachel Baker, are relying on questionable studies that have been widely criticized by experts for their methodological flaws and inconsistent results. The proposal, which would apply to licensed dealers…

Sean “Diddy” Combs is back in court today after renewing his push to be released on $50 million bail as he awaits trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.Earlier this week, the judge ordered federal prosecutors to delete images of the billionaire mogul’s handwritten notes taken during a search of his jail – which his lawyers said were protected by attorney-client privilege and improperly seized. Excerpts from those notes that prosecutors referenced previously cannot be used at the bond hearing, the judge added.The quotes in question referenced getting “dirt” on at least two potential witnesses.After seeing his bail denied on…

The family of Botham Jean, the Texas man who was killed by an off-duty police officer in his own apartment in 2018, will be awarded nearly $100 million following a civil trial. On Nov. 20, a federal jury concluded that ex-Dallas police officer Amber Guyger used excessive force and violated Jean’s constitutional rights when she shot him on Sept. 6, 2018, according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE.  Guyger was ordered to pay about $60 million in punitive damages and $38.6 million in compensatory damages to the family of Jean, who was Black, resulting in a $98.65 million settlement in…

A 14-year-old girl in Florida died after her mom held her head underwater in a bathtub, law enforcement officials say. In a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said that officers responded to a call regarding an “armed disturbance” at a home in Poinciana that morning involving the victim’s mother, Kelsey Glover, 35. Lopez said that upon their arrival, the disturbance “was still taking place” at the home. Officers attempted to wrestle a hammer away from Glover while she was “trying to strike the lady who [was] trying to prevent her from harming her daughter.”…

A Leamington, Ontario, woman faces multiple charges after Texas deputies in Angelina County found stolen firearms, including a short-barreled rifle, and ammunition in her possession during a traffic stop. According to the police, Jahtaya O’Day Jah-Kiara Hamilton’s Lyft ride from Houston, Texas, on Nov. 6 was stopped for speeding when, during the traffic stop, the sheriff’s deputy detected a strong odor of marijuana. After instructing Hamilton and the driver to exit the vehicle, deputies found both marijuana and two large bags in the trunk of the car which contained 20 semi-automatic pistols, a short-barreled rifle, magazines and ammunition. The SBR…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others were indicted by federal police Thursday on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after being defeated in the 2022 elections.The Associated Press reported that the findings would be delivered to Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday, where they will be referred to Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet to either throw out the investigation or agree with the charges and put Bolsonaro on trial.Bolsonaro, who leans right politically, has denied claims that he tried to remain in office after his defeat in 2022 to left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.After losing…

A “suspect package” left outside the U.S. Embassy in London has been detonated in a “controlled explosion.”  In a post shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday, Nov. 22, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that they had exploded the suspicious package after placing the area in lockdown.  “We’re aware of speculation online about an incident in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Nine Elms,” the statement read. “Cordons are in place in the area as a precaution while officers investigate a suspect package.” Police said they would provide “a further update in due course,” before confirming in a…