Author: Edward Campbell

A woman was kidnapped at gunpoint after leaving a business in Roseville, Minnesota, on Wednesday evening, and police are now asking residents, motorists and business owners to help identify the person responsible. The incident happened around 5 p.m. on September 23 near the intersection of County Road C and East Snelling Service Drive. According to police, the woman was approached by an unknown masked man carrying a firearm as she was leaving a business. Investigators say the woman was held captive for several hours before being released on the east side of St. Paul. She was later taken to a…

A pony named Dolly is now receiving veterinary care after being found walking the streets of South Los Angeles in poor health. Animal rescue advocate Joey Tuccio began looking for Dolly after videos circulating on social media appeared to show the pony being pulled along by a man riding a bicycle. Concerned about her condition, Tuccio started searching through the South LA neighborhood to find her and get her help. The search took him to several local businesses as he tried to follow leads about where Dolly had been seen. A rescue organization was also preparing to take the pony…

An Eastpointe police officer was injured early Friday after a man accused of stealing plants and landscaping equipment from English Gardens allegedly drove away from a traffic stop, with the trailer attached to his truck running over the officer’s legs. The incident began around 1:40 a.m. Sept. 25 at the English Gardens location on Kelly Road near Nine Mile Road. Police had been called about a suspicious man at the closed garden center and a landscaping truck with a trailer parked across the street. When officers arrived, they saw the truck leaving the area and stopped it. Police said the…

A quiet Edgewood neighborhood became the scene of a deadly overnight attack Thursday when a Pittsburgh-area pediatric critical care physician was fatally stabbed inside his home and his wife was left critically injured. Dr. Idris Evans, 46, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after emergency crews found him suffering from multiple stab wounds at the Linden Avenue residence. His wife was also seriously wounded and remained in critical condition, according to authorities. Police identified 32-year-old Elijah Hemingway as the suspect. He is facing charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal trespass in connection with the attack. The…

A Washington woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of her teenage daughter’s newborn son, months after the baby was born at a Tacoma-area home. Dayjanay Thomas, 31, was initially arrested in February on a criminal mistreatment charge. Prosecutors later added the murder charge on Aug. 20 following a lengthy investigation into the newborn’s death. According to court records, Thomas’ 14-year-old daughter gave birth to a boy at their home around 5 a.m. on Feb. 10. The teenager told her mother immediately after the birth and said she had not realized she was pregnant. Instead of calling…

SMYRNA, Ga. — What began as a family search for a missing woman in Smyrna has turned into a homicide investigation after authorities identified the remains of 26-year-old Shanteria “Tia” Mosely and charged an 18-year-old man with murder. Mosely’s family said she left home Wednesday to work as a DoorDash driver and later stopped responding to messages. Relatives eventually tracked her phone and vehicle to the Park Valley Apartments in Smyrna, where they began searching for her. Their search led investigators to a disturbing discovery and eventually to the arrest of Kingston Lammar Bradley, 18, who lives at the apartment…

A Texas jury has sentenced Adrian Echevarria to life in prison after finding him guilty of killing 61-year-old Bami Elizabeth Carmane, a woman who had welcomed him into her life shortly after his release from prison. Echevarria, 49, was convicted of murder on September 24, 2026, following a trial in Orange County. The jury reached its guilty verdict after a short deliberation and then returned a life sentence during the punishment phase. The case dates back to August 21, 2025, when deputies were called to a residence on Foxglove Drive in Vidor after receiving a report of an unresponsive woman.…

A 10-year-old girl was taken from her home in Newbern, Tennessee, early Wednesday morning before managing to escape and get help from a nearby neighbor, authorities said. Investigators later arrested 30-year-old Steven Devonte Harris of Newbern in connection with the incident. He faces two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and attempted rape of a child. The charges are allegations, and Harris is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. According to investigators, the incident happened at a home near East Johnson Street during the early morning hours of Sept. 23. The girl was…

A 32-year-old St. Clair Shores woman will spend the next 100 weekends in jail after pleading no contest in a crash that killed a 76-year-old woman outside a driveway last year. Stephanie Holt was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 22, in Macomb County Circuit Court to two years of probation and 365 days in the Macomb County Jail. The jail term will be served on weekends, beginning Friday, Sept. 25, with Holt scheduled to report at 5 p.m. The case involves the death of Mary Hulswit, a 76-year-old St. Clair Shores resident who was found at the end of a driveway on…

A New Mexico man has been sentenced to 7½ years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the confinement and abuse of a 6-year-old girl who was found locked inside an outdoor shed for more than 24 hours. Bruce Anglin was sentenced Monday, September 21, by Sixth Judicial District Judge Jennifer DeLaney. He will serve 7½ years with the New Mexico Department of Corrections, followed by 4½ years of supervised probation. He also received credit for 454 days already spent in pre-sentence confinement. The case began on June 20, 2025, when Luna County sheriff’s deputies responded to…