Police: Georgia mother fatally stabs husband, four children

iStock/Thinkstock(LOGANVILLE, Ga.) -- A Georgia woman was arrested Thursday morning after police say she fatally stabbed her husband and four young children.According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, responding officers found a man and four young children dead at a home in Loganville, a small town situated some 35 miles east of Atlanta. A fifth child was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. A woman, whom police described […]

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Georgia woman charged with two counts of animal cruelty for leaving dogs in hot car

iStock/Thinkstock(ROSWELL, Ga.) -- A Georgia dog owner found herself at the center of a criminal investigation this week after police rescued her dogs from a locked vehicle where the temperature registered at 167 degrees, police said Wednesday.Police in Roswell, Georgia, broke into the vehicle to rescue the two dogs on Sunday afternoon after a stranger noticed them suffering in a movie theater parking lot, according to the Roswell Police Department, […]

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How one fugitive lawyer’s scheme shut down disability benefits for nearly 1,600 clients

iStock/Thinkstock(LEXINGTON, Ky.) -- Robert Martin, a father of two from Eastern Kentucky, said he once earned around $70,000 as a truck driver. But now he says he struggles to make ends meet after filing for bankruptcy because of the fallout from a sprawling and complex legal case involving his former disabilities lawyer, Eric Conn.On March 24, Conn pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government money and one count […]

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Prosecutor: Indiana firefighter who shot neighbor four times will not face charges

ABC News(INDIANAPOLIS) -- An Indiana firefighter who shot his neighbor four times in the chest area following a dispute over a fence acted in self-defense and will not face charges, the Johnson County Prosecutor's Office said.The incident was captured on video that was released by the prosecutor's office, and depicts Indianapolis firefighter Dean Keller and neighbor Jeffrey Weigle engaged in a heated argument on June 27 along a "small section […]

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Three decades in prison for convicted drug-runner

A California man arrested at the Des Moines Airport last fall has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for a drug-running operation. Forty-three-year-old Jonathan Leroy Homedew was convicted of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Last fall, prosecutors say Homedew mailed more than 10 kilos of the potent, smokable form of methamphetamine in packages. The […]Powered by WPeMatico

July 6, 2017

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Update: Charles City murder suspect caught in Chicago

A northeast Iowa murder suspect is in custody in Illinois. Charles City Police accuse 26-year-old Antoine Williams in the shooting death of another man last Friday night at an apartment building on the city’s southeast side. The victim, 36-year-old Nathaniel Fleming, is from Mason City. Williams was finally captured last night by police in Chicago. […]Powered by WPeMatico

July 6, 2017

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Le Mars man dies in accident in rural Sioux County

The Sioux County Sheriff’s Department says a Le Mars man died in an accident Wednesday afternoon at a rural intersection about three miles south of Maurice. Fifty-four-year-old Mark Grosenheider was driving a pickup truck when it struck a semi truck pulling a grain trailer fully loaded with feed. The pickup became wedged underneath the grain […]Powered by WPeMatico

July 6, 2017 1

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Rapper’s video encourages witnesses to capital city shootings to come forward

Iowa’s governor joined the police chief of Des Moines and a capital city pastor this morning for the unveiling of a local rapper’s anti-crime video. “My name is Will Keeps and today is something special,” Keeps said to open the event, pausing as he was overcome with emotion. “…I did a video called ‘Droppin’ and […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Iowa liquor distillers now have more options for selling their products

A change in Iowa law that began July 1st now allows liquor distillers to sell cocktails on the premises of their business, and state regulators say two distillers are licensed to make the change. Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery in Swisher, and Mississippi River Distilling in Le Claire can now mix drinks with their local […]Powered by WPeMatico

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