A Colorado man was arrested on Thursday after police say he “intentionally” drove his truck through the Grand Junction Police Department. Videos and images from the incident show the driver of the vehicle turning down a street before ramming his truck through the front glass doors of the station. Police …
Read More »No evidence of Taco Bell employees putting rat poison in Colorado man’s food, police say
Investigators in Colorado found no evidence that a Taco Bell employee placed rat poison in a man’s food, police said Friday. Police made the announcement after reviewing video footage from the Denver-area location where the man bought the food Sunday and later fell ill, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said …
Read More »College murder suspect arrives in Idaho after agreeing to extradition
Watch “48 Hours: The Idaho Student Murders” — correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The 28-year-old arrested and charged as a suspect in the November murders of four University of Idaho students has arrived in Idaho after being transferred Wednesday from the Pennsylvania jail where …
Read More »Michael Townson pleads guilty in unsolved 1991 killing of Linda Lois Little, of Florida
DeLand, Fla. — A man already imprisoned in Florida for another killing pleaded guilty Tuesday to the long-unsolved 1991 slaying of a woman he met at a bar. Michael Townson, 53, was sentenced by a judge to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, state prosecutors …
Read More »Accused Paul Pelosi attacker also targeted Tom Hanks and Gov. Gavin Newsom, investigator testifies
The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer had a list of future targets that included Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks and California Governor Gavin Newsom, a San Francisco police investigator testified Wednesday. The suspect, David DePape, broke into the couple’s San Francisco home Oct. 28, …
Read More »Former officer Aaron Dean: Atatiana Jefferson had the gun “pointed directly at me” before fatal shooting
A former Texas police officer testified in his murder trial Monday that he made mistakes but fatally shot a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019 while staring down the barrel of a handgun she was pointing at him. Aaron Dean said Atatiana Jefferson had the …
Read More »Idaho murders: Rumors about students’ stabbing deaths swirl online. Here’s what investigators have said so far.
See CBS News’ latest coverage on the Idaho student murders case. The brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in their home have been shrouded in mystery. More than one month after the Nov. 13 killings, police have yet to publicly identify a suspect, and the details about what …
Read More »Brandon and Gregory Case indicted for attempted murder after allegedly shooting at FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson
A father and son have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly chasing and shooting at a FedEx driver in January after he dropped off a package in a Mississippi city. Brandon and Gregory Case, who are both White, were re-arrested Friday and indicted for attempted first-degree murder, conspiracy and …
Read More »Texas set to execute Tracy Beatty, who killed his mother and buried her in her backyard
A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness faces execution on Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body in her backyard nearly 20 years ago. Tracy Beatty, 61, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He …
Read More »Former U.N. communications specialist sentenced for multiple rapes, confronted by victims: “I went through hell from what you did to me”
The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist to 15 years in prison Thursday was punctuated by the tears and eloquence of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and raped by a man who first won their trust left them shattered and hopeful that …
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