A former school bus driver was ordered held behind bars with no bail on Friday as he awaits trial after being accused of setting fire to two Utah school buses, one filled with children, authorities said. Michael Austin Ford, 58, of West Valley City, a Salt Lake City suburb, was ordered detained without bail by […]
PEORIA, Ariz. – A Peoria mother is accused of attempted murder after police say she drove her pickup truck through a park, running over a child. Brandie Gotch, 30, confronted a group of kids who were fighting with her children at Westgreen Park, near 87th Avenue and Butler Drive, on Feb. 27, court documents said. […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has granted a commutation to former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, who was convicted of driving while intoxicated and causing a crash that severely injured a 5-year-old girl. Reid, 38, will be under house arrest until Oct. 31, 2025, according to Parson’s office. Tom Porto, an attorney for the […]
An Oklahoma man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after officials say he went on a crime spree that left one woman dead. Kalup Allen Born, 25, was sentenced in three separate cases on charges of murder, kidnapping, arson, burglary, voluntary manslaughter and assault, according to a Feb. 20 news release from the U.S. […]
A Clearwater man was arrested on a drunken driving charge Thursday night after he drove a motorcycle through the checkpoint at the Pinellas County Jail campus. The incident occurred about 9:15 p.m. at the jail, 14400 49th St. N. The man drove his motorcycle “through the checkpoint” and then “began driving on jail property,” according […]
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A group of teenagers believed to be from the Chicago area broke into a luxury car dealership in Wisconsin and drove off with nine vehicles worth more than a half-million dollars, police said. Sunday’s heist at a Jaguar-Land Rover dealership in Waukesha was captured on surveillance camera footage showing nine masked […]
Valentine’s Day may be the time for romance. But this time of year is also a hot time for romance scams. Action 9 took a look into the level of sophistication behind these schemes and how they almost drove a Central Florida woman to take her own life. â–¶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Looking […]
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Todd Buckner remains in the ICU, still intubated, after a medical emergency while driving that sent his SUV into a Chandler lake on Feb. 7. A high school student named Ethan Cakmak was the first one to jump in after him as his father, Erkan Cakmak, called 911. Todd had just dropped […]
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – A suspect accused of accelerating through a sobriety checkpoint was arrested in Johnson City Sunday following a high-speed pursuit, the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) reports. According to a preliminary crash report from the THP, a 2008 Chevrolet Impala failed to stop at the checkpoint at the Carter County-Washington County line […]
A 16-year-old boy jumped into a freezing Arizona lake to try and rescue a man who drove his SUV into the water on Wednesday, according to several outlets. Ethan Cakmak jumped into action after learning a man had driven into a neighborhood lake near his apartment complex near Dobson and Queen Creek roads in Chandler, […]
An attempt to recover the car at the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier is under way Friday morning after strong currents delayed the operation this week. Police and the medical examiner arrived as the sun came up Friday. A crane barge is positioned in the water at the end of the pier and about a dozen […]
Two men accused of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay were both close to the trailblazing DJ, but were driven by greed and revenge over a failed drug deal when they ambushed him at his recording studio more than 20 years ago, prosecutors argued as the men’s trial began on Monday. In opening statements in Brooklyn […]