A genealogy website that has helped police solve cold cases, such as the case of the Golden State Killer, has decided to change its privacy rules. GEDmatch, which is a website where people are able to research their family trees, is one of the main DNA databases that police use …
Read MoreA California woman was arrested after trying to use someone else’s identity to open a bank account. Megan Hawkins, 29, also known as “Monster,” was one of the inmates featured on the Netflix series Jailbirds, a show about women in the Sacramento County main jail. It was filmed last summer, …
Read MoreAlabama prison conditions have been deemed unconstitutional after a Justice Department investigation. The investigation found conditions in Alabama’s prisons violate the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments. Changes Must be Made by Next Week the Southern Poverty Law Center sued the Alabama Department of Corrections, …
Read MoreA retired Chicago police commander has pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud. Accused of Stealing $363,064 From Social Security Kenneth Johnson was accused of stealing more than $360,000 in Social Security payments that were actually intended for his mother, over the course of 23 years. She died in May of …
Read MoreThe bodies of a missing mother and her 22-month-old daughter were found Monday, three weeks after they disappeared. More than 50 officers from multiple units searched the area after police said cell towers showed there may be evidence in the area. The Calgary police said that the bodies were discovered …
Read MoreA campus shooting Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has left two people dead and four others injured. The Shooter is in Custody The shooter was identified as Trystan Andrew Terrell, a 22-year-old former UNCC history student. He is in custody and has been charged with two …
Read MoreGary Martin, the gunman who opened fire in a Chicago manufacturing plant in February, killed five colleagues before he was killed by police. But in a report released Monday, prosecutors are saying that he told a co-worker the morning of the shooting that if he was fired he was going …
Read MoreHeather Leigh Hume, a North Carolina woman, has been arrested on suspicion of lying about having kidney cancer and stealing donations intended to pay medical bills. Hume, a High Point resident, is accused of a felony attempt to obtain property by false pretense. She was arrested on April 23rd, and …
Read MoreFelicity Huffman, one of 50 people arrested in connection with a college admissions scheme, has pleaded guilty. She is one of 14 people to cut plea deals, as her May 24th sentencing approaches. Expressing Deep Remorse for her Actions When announcing that she would plead guilty to the charges against …
Read MoreAccording to the Justice Department, federal prosecutors charged 60 pharmacists, doctors, and other medical professionals across 5 states with illegally giving out prescription opioids. It’s the biggest crackdown of its kind in U.S. history. The defendants stand accused of writing or filling prescriptions outside the course of medical practices, and …
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