HOLBROOK, Mass. — A Massachusetts man is accused of trying to run over a group of Black children following a racially charged playground fight with a group of white children.Shane Belleville, 36, of Holbrook, with assault and battery and four counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation and assault with the intent to intimidate based on race. He was jailed Thursday, but later released after posting $750 bail.“I was extremely dismayed to learn the details of this incident, from the children being racially divisive toward each other to the abhorrent behavior and...…HOLBROOK, Mass. — A Massachusetts man is accused of trying to run over a group of Black children following a racially charged playground fight with a group of white children.Shane Belleville, 36, of Holbrook, with assault and battery and four counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon, a civil rights violation and assault with the intent to intimidate based on race. He was jailed Thursday, but later released after posting $750 bail.“I was extremely dismayed to learn the details of this incident, from the children being racially divisive toward each other to the abhorrent behavior and...WW…

NEW ORLEANS — The family of a teenage New Orleans girl has filed a federal lawsuit against a former New Orleans police officer accused of sexually abusing the girl, who he was assigned to drive to a hospital after a previous sexual assault.Rodney Vicknair was arrested in September on charges of sexual battery, indecent behavior with a juvenile and malfeasance in office. The victim was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes and had already survived child sex abuse, according to her family’s lawyers.“He preyed on a single mother and her young daughter, a rape survivor, by positioning...…NEW ORLEANS — The family of a teenage New Orleans girl has filed a federal lawsuit against a former New Orleans police officer accused of sexually abusing the girl, who he was assigned to drive to a hospital after a previous sexual assault.Rodney Vicknair was arrested in September on charges of sexual battery, indecent behavior with a juvenile and malfeasance in office. The victim was 14 years old at the time of the alleged crimes and had already survived child sex abuse, according to her family’s lawyers.“He preyed on a single mother and her young daughter, a rape survivor, by positioning...WW…

JACKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman plunged to her death Monday, along with her 21-month-old son, after she jumped from a highway overpass with the boy in her arms, authorities said.Tonisha Lashay Barker, 26, of Memphis, and her son, Johnathan Jones, were pronounced dead at the scene, just south of Exit 93 on Interstate 40 in Jackson. that Barker’s death has been classified as a suicide but the baby’s death remains under investigation.Depression💔 You just never know💔RIP-Tonisha Lashay BarkerRIP-Johnathan Jones 21 months oldPosted by on Tom Maples, public information officer for the...…JACKSON, Tenn. — A Tennessee woman plunged to her death Monday, along with her 21-month-old son, after she jumped from a highway overpass with the boy in her arms, authorities said.Tonisha Lashay Barker, 26, of Memphis, and her son, Johnathan Jones, were pronounced dead at the scene, just south of Exit 93 on Interstate 40 in Jackson. that Barker’s death has been classified as a suicide but the baby’s death remains under investigation.Depression💔 You just never know💔RIP-Tonisha Lashay BarkerRIP-Johnathan Jones 21 months oldPosted by on Tom Maples, public information officer for the...WW…

DEBARY, Fla. — A Florida teenager who and buried her body beneath a church’s fire pit over a bad grade was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison.Gregory Logan Ramos, 17, of DeBary, pleaded guilty last month in the Nov. 2, 2018, death of 46-year-old Gail Elaine Cleavenger. He was charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.Two of Ramos’ friends, Dylan Ceglarek and Brian Porras, still face charges of accessory after the fact for helping Ramos cover up the crime. Like Ramos, Ceglarek, 19, and Porras, 20, are charged as adults. Both were 17 at the time of...…DEBARY, Fla. — A Florida teenager who and buried her body beneath a church’s fire pit over a bad grade was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison.Gregory Logan Ramos, 17, of DeBary, pleaded guilty last month in the Nov. 2, 2018, death of 46-year-old Gail Elaine Cleavenger. He was charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.Two of Ramos’ friends, Dylan Ceglarek and Brian Porras, still face charges of accessory after the fact for helping Ramos cover up the crime. Like Ramos, Ceglarek, 19, and Porras, 20, are charged as adults. Both were 17 at the time of...WW…

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man convicted of killing a woman during the unrest following Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, but who escaped during his grandmother’s funeral three years later, .Leonard Rayne Moses, 68, was arrested without incident in Grand Blanc by the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force. He had been on the run for 49 years.Under the assumed name of Paul Dickson, Moses had been working as a traveling pharmacist since at least 1999, FBI officials said. show a pharmacist license issued for a man by that name in Genesee County in 1997.“I hope this arrest brings some...…PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man convicted of killing a woman during the unrest following Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, but who escaped during his grandmother’s funeral three years later, .Leonard Rayne Moses, 68, was arrested without incident in Grand Blanc by the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force. He had been on the run for 49 years.Under the assumed name of Paul Dickson, Moses had been working as a traveling pharmacist since at least 1999, FBI officials said. show a pharmacist license issued for a man by that name in Genesee County in 1997.“I hope this arrest brings some...WW…

LOGAN, Ohio — Two teens who last year pushed a 74-pound log off a cliff at an Ohio park, killing a photographer shooting senior portraits below, were sentenced Friday, while a third teen has been charged with obstruction in the case.Jordan Buckley and Jaden Churchheus, both 17, pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Victoria Keup Schafer, 44, of Chillicothe, who was killed Sept. 2, 2019, on the steps at Old Man’s Cave, a popular spot in Hocking Hills State Park in Logan. Originally scheduled to be tried as adults, both boys entered into plea agreements that...…LOGAN, Ohio — Two teens who last year pushed a 74-pound log off a cliff at an Ohio park, killing a photographer shooting senior portraits below, were sentenced Friday, while a third teen has been charged with obstruction in the case.Jordan Buckley and Jaden Churchheus, both 17, pleaded guilty last month to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Victoria Keup Schafer, 44, of Chillicothe, who was killed Sept. 2, 2019, on the steps at Old Man’s Cave, a popular spot in Hocking Hills State Park in Logan. Originally scheduled to be tried as adults, both boys entered into plea agreements that...WW…

GREELEY, Colo. — A man who twice ran unsuccessfully for Idaho governor has been indicted in the 1984 kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old girl whose in rural Colorado.Steven Dana Pankey, 69, was arrested at his Twin Falls, Idaho, home on Monday in connection with the death of Jonelle Matthews. at the Ada County Jail awaiting extradition to Colorado.Matthews was abducted from her Greeley home the night of Dec. 20, 1984, following a Christmas concert at her middle school. Her whereabouts were a mystery until July 2019, by an excavation crew digging an oil and gas pipeline in an area of Weld...…GREELEY, Colo. — A man who twice ran unsuccessfully for Idaho governor has been indicted in the 1984 kidnapping and murder of a 12-year-old girl whose in rural Colorado.Steven Dana Pankey, 69, was arrested at his Twin Falls, Idaho, home on Monday in connection with the death of Jonelle Matthews. at the Ada County Jail awaiting extradition to Colorado.Matthews was abducted from her Greeley home the night of Dec. 20, 1984, following a Christmas concert at her middle school. Her whereabouts were a mystery until July 2019, by an excavation crew digging an oil and gas pipeline in an area of Weld...WW…

CARROLLTON, Texas — A Texas man who had just lost custody of his 1-year-old daughter is accused of wearing blackface as a disguise as he stabbed and shot the baby’s mother to death outside her workplace earlier this month.Andrew Charles Beard, 33, of Rowlett, is charged with murder in the Oct. 2 killing of Alyssa Ann Burkett, 24, of Rockwall. Beard is being held in lieu of $1 million in the .Burkett, an apartment manager at Greentree Apartments in Carrollton, had just arrived for work shortly after 9 a.m. when she was shot and repeatedly stabbed, .“During the investigation, detectives...…CARROLLTON, Texas — A Texas man who had just lost custody of his 1-year-old daughter is accused of wearing blackface as a disguise as he stabbed and shot the baby’s mother to death outside her workplace earlier this month.Andrew Charles Beard, 33, of Rowlett, is charged with murder in the Oct. 2 killing of Alyssa Ann Burkett, 24, of Rockwall. Beard is being held in lieu of $1 million in the .Burkett, an apartment manager at Greentree Apartments in Carrollton, had just arrived for work shortly after 9 a.m. when she was shot and repeatedly stabbed, .“During the investigation, detectives...WW…

By: SMYRNA, Del. — She became known as Baby Elle, a name given to her by law enforcement officials who pulled her remains from the dirt at a Delaware softball field in September 2019. Jane Smyrna Doe 2019 as Emma Grace Cole, who was 3 years old when she died. Two “persons of interest” have been arrested in Pennsylvania: Kristie Haas, 28, and her husband, Brandon Haas, 38, both formerly of Smyrna. Kristie Haas is the girl’s mother, . When the child’s remains were found by a dogwalker on Sept. 13, 2019, Kristie and Brandon Haas lived in a home about a mile from the Little Lass softball...…By: SMYRNA, Del. — She became known as Baby Elle, a name given to her by law enforcement officials who pulled her remains from the dirt at a Delaware softball field in September 2019. Jane Smyrna Doe 2019 as Emma Grace Cole, who was 3 years old when she died. Two “persons of interest” have been arrested in Pennsylvania: Kristie Haas, 28, and her husband, Brandon Haas, 38, both formerly of Smyrna. Kristie Haas is the girl’s mother, . When the child’s remains were found by a dogwalker on Sept. 13, 2019, Kristie and Brandon Haas lived in a home about a mile from the Little Lass softball...WW…

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Four Louisiana girls ages 12 to 14 have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl that was caught on live video Saturday night inside a Walmart store. were called around 7:30 p.m. to the Lake Charles store, where they found the girl suffering from at least one stab wound. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.The preliminary investigation revealed that the five teens were involved in a fight in the store, at which time the victim was fatally wounded. A sheriff’s office spokeswoman over the weekend that the fight may...…LAKE CHARLES, La. — Four Louisiana girls ages 12 to 14 have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl that was caught on live video Saturday night inside a Walmart store. were called around 7:30 p.m. to the Lake Charles store, where they found the girl suffering from at least one stab wound. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.The preliminary investigation revealed that the five teens were involved in a fight in the store, at which time the victim was fatally wounded. A sheriff’s office spokeswoman over the weekend that the fight may...WW…