The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help to identify a thief accused of stealing two diesel engine generators worth about $30,000 from a popular Newscastle brewery. It happened between Dec. 29 and Dec. 31, when a person allegedly stole a pair of Kubota GL14000 Lowboy Pro diesel engine generators worth $15,000 apiece from […]
A woman found dead in 1992 after being killed by the so-called “Happy Face Killer” remains unidentified 31 years later, California authorities reported. Now the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office is seeking help trying to identify her, a Monday, Jan. 8, news release from the agency said. The woman’s body was found Aug. 30, 1992, […]
Ahead of the legislative session beginning Tuesday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has been pushing to expand her office’s control over local drug prosecutions and investigations. But she appears to have backed off the idea after receiving pushback from state attorneys and local prosecutors. Draft language of a bill shopped by Moody’s office and obtained […]
A decorated former League of Ireland soccer player has appeared before the High Court in Dublin following an extradition warrant issued by authorities in Northern Ireland. Kenneth Joseph Oman (41) is wanted to stand trial in the North over an incident that occurred in a match seven years ago. It is alleged he injured an […]
(Bloomberg) — Chinese leaders pushed for an unusually speedy resolution for Zhongzhi Enterprise Group Co. after the shadow banking giant collapsed, underscoring the government’s increased focus on containing financial risks as the economy struggles. Most Read from Bloomberg Top officials concluded in October that bankruptcy would be the most effective approach in limiting the impact […]
Jan. 7—Luzerne County Chief Detective Thomas Heffernan received a telegraph from Idaho Springs, Colo., Detective George W. Bywater on Dec. 1, 1886, indicating a suspect in an 1876 murder in Plymouth was in their custody. Bywater alerted Heffernan that the murder suspect, William Kunckey, was arrested on the charge of “housebreaking” and wanted the warrant […]
Jan. 6—CUMBERLAND — Canal Place and Preservation Authority officials are seeking to hire a project coordinator to further plans for a proposed $30 million river park project. The proposed park, which has been in development since about 2010, would be located behind Canal Place at the confluence of the North Branch Potomac River and Wills […]
Jan. 4—CUMBERLAND — Cumberland Police and the C3I Unit is continuing to investigate the disappearance of a city man who has not been seen since last March. The last reported sighing of Ray Lawrence Aleshire reportedly took place March 5 in the Cumberland area. Police said all leads have been “exhausted” in the ongoing investigation […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Authorities on Wednesday are searching in Carlsbad for three men suspected of felony hit-and-run. Around 8:23 p.m., Carlsbad police posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, about a law enforcement helicopter looking for the three suspects in the area of El Camino Real and Carlsbad Village Drive. Truck driver killed in North […]
A 30-year-old man died after crawling inside a plane’s engine intake at the Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah police reported. A store manager in a secure part of the airport notified police that someone went through an emergency exit following a disturbance at 9:52 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, officers said in a news release. […]
The man suspected of shooting and killing a 34-year-old Austin woman earlier this month has been arrested and charged with her murder. Kenneth Brown, 44, has been arrested for the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, Maria Roque, according to a release from the Chicago Police Department. More than a month before her death on Dec. […]
A Charlotte man and woman are being sought in an attack on a Chipotle worker during a dispute involving their order, authorities said Friday. A woman argued with the worker over the order, and a man pushed the worker to the floor of the restaurant in Indian Trail, South Carolina, just after 9 p.m. Dec. […]