Author: Edward Campbell

More than four years after two convenience store employees were found fatally shot inside a 7-Eleven in Newport News, Virginia, a 24-year-old man is facing federal charges tied to the deadly robbery. Jordan Isaiah Pierce is accused of killing 52-year-old Preyas Patel and 35-year-old Logan Edward Thomas during a June 15, 2022, robbery in which lottery tickets were stolen. Federal prosecutors allege that Pierce used a Draco pistol in the attack before fleeing with an accomplice. The case has also drawn attention to a second alleged robbery weeks later, when investigators say the same firearm was used during a holdup…

A 16-year-old girl’s ordinary morning wait for the school bus ended in tragedy after police say she was confronted by two teenagers and fatally shot when she refused to fight another girl. Dannady Greene, a student at Valley High School in Louisville, Kentucky, was waiting for her school bus on the morning of August 25, 2026, when the deadly encounter unfolded near Beech Street and Wyandotte Avenue. Investigators allege that the confrontation began when a vehicle carrying the two suspects approached the bus stop. What followed, according to witness accounts cited by police, was a dispute that quickly escalated into…

A Minnesota man who fatally struck a pedestrian with his work van and continued driving to a roofing job about two hours away has been sentenced to 360 days in jail, with the judge allowing him to serve the time at home under electronic monitoring. Jose Hernandez Pineda, 47, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide on August 17 in connection with the death of 31-year-old Abdul Bakr Jafar. The case stems from a September 26, 2025, hit-and-run in Maplewood, Minnesota, where Jafar was found dead along the side of a road during the early morning hours. Under the sentence, Hernandez…

A maintenance notice left beneath an apartment door became an unexpected clue in the death of a Minneapolis woman who had repeatedly contacted police about her boyfriend. For several days, the flyer remained untouched. When someone finally became concerned and requested a welfare check, officers discovered 47-year-old Allison Lussier dead inside her apartment. More than two years later, prosecutors have charged her former boyfriend, Charles Foss, 36, with second-degree murder and stalking. The charges have renewed scrutiny of how Minneapolis police handled Lussier’s earlier requests for help, including at least nine emergency calls involving Foss before her death. Investigators allege…

A Pennsylvania woman convicted in the death of her 5-year-old adopted son has been sentenced to decades in prison after prosecutors presented evidence of repeated abuse, disturbing text messages and a fatal brain injury that doctors said was catastrophic. Lauren Maloberti, 37, will serve between 31½ and 63 years in state prison following her conviction for third-degree murder in the death of Landon Maloberti. She was also convicted of two counts of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children and conspiracy. The case centered on what happened to Landon while he was in the care of his adoptive family, along…

A Florida attorney is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly entering his former girlfriend’s home without permission and sending her a series of alarming messages from inside the residence, according to police. Andrew Inserra, 41, a personal injury attorney based in Fort Lauderdale, allegedly entered the woman’s Boca Raton home on June 2, one day after the couple ended their relationship. Investigators say he then sent her photographs of the home’s interior, repeatedly called her and sent messages claiming he was waiting for her to return. Among the messages attributed to Inserra were statements that he was sitting on her…

An Indiana man who told a court that rage drove him to kill a man who had sexually abused a young member of his family has been sentenced to 80 years in prison. Nicholas Stanley, 36, received the sentence after an Elkhart County jury found him guilty of murder in the June 2025 shooting death of Allen Cogswell at the Daylite Inn motel in Elkhart. Stanley also pleaded no contest to a charge of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The case centered on a difficult question: Did Stanley act in a sudden burst of anger, or…

Three people were taken into custody Thursday evening after a protest outside Baltimore Police headquarters escalated from a peaceful gathering into a confrontation involving demonstrators and officers. The protest drew approximately 15 to 20 people to the police headquarters, where participants gathered as part of the 31st annual National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. According to police, the demonstration began peacefully before some people started striking windows and the building’s entrance door. At least one officer deployed mace during the incident, police said. Authorities have not publicly detailed the identities of those taken into custody or specified the charges…

Nearly three years after Allison Lussier was found dead inside her Minneapolis apartment, prosecutors have filed murder charges against her former boyfriend, bringing a major development in a case that raised serious questions about how authorities responded to repeated reports of alleged domestic abuse. Charles Henry Foss, 36, was charged on October 22, 2026, with second-degree unintentional murder and stalking in connection with the death of Lussier, who was 47 when her body was discovered in February 2024. Foss is currently serving a 105-month prison sentence for an unrelated crime in Minnesota. The new charges follow months of additional investigative…

Electric motorcycles have become increasingly popular among young riders, but a growing number of serious crashes in Southern California are prompting authorities to take a closer look at the role parents play in allowing children to use them. In Orange County, California, prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against parents accused of allowing their children to ride electric motorcycles illegally. The cases include crashes that left children seriously injured, incidents involving reckless riding on public streets and a fatal collision involving a 13-year-old boy. The latest developments show that authorities are expanding their efforts beyond the young riders themselves. Parents who…