The mayor of a small town in Georgia faces felony charges alleging that he illegally stashed a bottle of gin in a ditch for a state prison work crew to access. Thomson Mayor Benjamin “Benji” Cary Cranford, 52, was indicted on Wednesday and arrested by Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents on felony charges of furnishing...
An assistant principal at a school in Texas was released from the hospital on Friday following a “classroom disruption” that left her seriously injured. Candra Rogers, the assistant principal at The Collins Intermediate School in Corsicana, TX, was airlifted on Thursday, Aug. 15, to a local hospital following what school district officials called a disruption...
The Chicago Police Department recorded eight shootings, four of which were fatal, and one armed robbery on Monday, the first day of the Democratic National Convention in the Windy City. That compares to a total of 26 shooting incidents involving 30 total victims, five of whom died, over the weekend leading up to the DNC...
Gosder Cherilus, the former NFL player accused of urinating on a passenger during a flight to Dublin, has broken his silence on social media. Cherilus, who was drafted as the 17th overall pick by the Detroit Lions in 2008, released a statement on social media Monday to explain his “behavior” on a Delta Air Lines...
Former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is continuing her fight to have her name cleared and is now pleading with a federal appeals court to find flaws in the two trials where she was convicted of mortgage fraud and perjury. In a new court filing first reported on by the Baltimore Sun and obtained...
Michael Madsen was arrested for misdemeanor spousal battery stemming from an incident at his Malibu home on Sunday, Fox News Digital confirmed. The “Donnie Brasco” star was transported and booked into jail at the Malibu/Lost Hills sheriff’s station at 1:40 a.m. Madsen, 66, was released shortly after posting a $20,000 bond. ARRESTS MADE IN ‘GENERAL...
A city in Oklahoma has agreed to pay a settlement of more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison over his wrongful incarceration. Glynn Ray Simmons, 71, was the longest-serving inmate to be deemed innocent of a crime. He had been convicted of robbing...
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial. “I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” the New York Republican...
Federal, state and local authorities are hoping to keep Chicago violence to a minimum during the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week. The Chicago Police Department, the Secret Service and other agencies have been planning the operation for months and delivering public updates on the measures they are taking to prevent planned demonstrations from devolving...
A Daytona Beach, Florida, convicted felon has been arrested after allegedly trying to enter a Volusia County courthouse with a stolen gun and meth pipe for an appointment that did not exist, according to authorities. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said 34-year-old Robert Suggs, who was out on bond for felony animal cruelty, now faces...
