Year: 2017

KXTV(SPANISH FORK, Utah) -- An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Spanish Fork, Utah, for recording the death of a 16-year-old girl, according to a press release from the Utah County Sheriff's Office.Tyerell Joe Przybycien, 18, was arrested Saturday after he allegedly confessed to helping a 16-year-old commit suicide, ABC affiliate KTVX reported.According to the press release, on May 6 shortly after 7 a.m. deputies "were dispatched to a report […]

Purestock/iStock/Thinkstock(MISSOULA, Mt.) -- A 25-year-old woman from Illinois has been found safe nearly one week after she went missing on a hike in Montana.Madeline Connelly left for a hike in the Great Bear Wilderness on May 4, planning to spend a night camping with her dog, Mogi, ABC affiliate KTMF in Missoula, Montana reported. Local officials launched a search and rescue effort after she didn't return.Connelly was located around 11 […]

KXTV(SPANISH FORK, Utah) -- An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Spanish Fork, Utah, for recording the death of a 16-year-old girl, according to a press release from the Utah County Sheriff's Office.Tyerell Joe Przybycien, 18, was arrested Saturday after he allegedly confessed to helping a 16-year-old commit suicide, ABC affiliate KTVX reported.According to the press release, on May 6 shortly after 7 a.m. deputies "were dispatched to a report […]

artolympic/iStock/Thinkstock(TULSA, Okla.) -- A manslaughter trial is underway for Betty Shelby, a white Tulsa police officer accused of fatally shooting Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man.Shelby, 43, shot and killed Crutcher, 40, after approaching him on the street on Sept. 16 after his car broke down. Video shows him walking away from her with his hands on his head.The Tulsa County District Attorney's office claims Shelby "reacted unreasonably by escalating […]

TasfotoNL/iStock/Thinkstock(HANFORD, Wa.) -- The Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in Washington state went into immediate lockdown mode Tuesday after an 8:26 a.m. alert revealed that a tunnel used to house contaminated radioactive materials was breached, according to U.S. Department of Energy officials.Employees on the 500 square mile site were led to precautionary sheltering and later released to go home Tuesday after officials said there was no indication the contamination had spread. […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHARLESTON, W.Va.) -- A series of Facebook Live videos portraying a possible abduction led to a police chase that spanned five West Virginia counties, according to authorities.Police said they tracked down Justin Green, 31, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, Monday after he allegedly abducted a man and used a fake Facebook profile to stream several videos of the alleged incident, ABC Charleston affiliate WCHS-TV reported Tuesday.Green was charged with attempted murder, […]

Department of Energy(HANFORD, Wash.) -- Officials at the Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington state were moving “towards the recovery phase” Tuesday night after a section of a tunnel used to house contaminated radioactive materials was breached earlier, the U.S. Department of Energy said.The former nuclear production site went into an immediate lockdown at around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after a routine inspection revealed that soil had collapsed over a portion […]

Union County Sheriff's Office(MARSHVILLE, N.C.) -- A North Carolina high school student was arrested Tuesday in connection with a backpack police found containing several dangerous contraband items including knives, as well as a "hit list," authorities said.A Union County Sheriff's deputy assigned as a School Resource Officer at the Forest Hills High School in Union County, North Carolina, found several knives, a bottle of flammable liquid, fireworks, a dismantled shotgun […]