SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Southern California man convicted of killing his mother as a teenager was captured in Mexico a week after he walked away from a halfway house, violating the conditions of his probation, authorities said. Ike Nicholas Souzer, 20, was arrested Wednesday in the coastal city of Rosarito by U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
Chicago police arrested four Venezuelan men on Feb. 17, for allegedly robbing and beating a man unconscious on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train. Three of the men could face deportation if convicted. The attack on the 49-year-old victim occurred just before 5:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of South Pulaski Road. The men were […]
Atlanta-born rapper and activist Michael Render, better known by his stage name Killer Mike, was escorted out of the Grammys in handcuffs after winning three awards during the pre-televised portion of the ceremony. In a video posted to social media, Killer Mike is shown being led away from the award show by multiple Los Angeles […]
MIAMI—The parents of a social media model charged with fatally stabbing her live-in boyfriend in South Florida have been arrested in Texas on charges related to the case, jail records show. Deborah Lyn Clenney, 57, and Kim Dewayne Clenney, 60, were taken into custody Tuesday in Austin, Texas, on an out-of-state warrant, according to the […]
NAIROBI, Kenya—A man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a parking lot at a Boston airport before flying to Kenya has been arrested, Kenyan police said Tuesday. Kevin Kangethe, 40, was apprehended at a nightclub Monday following a tipoff, Director of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin told The Associated Press. Mr. […]
A Chinese-American Google software engineer from California could face life in prison for murdering his wife after police found the woman beaten to death on Jan. 16, following calls for a welfare check on the couple. Twenty-seven-year-old Liren Chen stands accused of repeatedly punching his wife in the head in their Santa Clara home, leaving […]
MOSCOW—A U.S. citizen has been arrested on drug charges in Russia, officials said Tuesday, a move that comes amid soaring Russia–U.S. tensions over Ukraine. The arrest of Robert Woodland Romanov was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. It said the Ostankino District Court ruled on Saturday to keep him in custody for […]
A top U.S. Department of Defense official has reportedly been arrested following a two-day human trafficking sting conducted in Coweta County, Georgia. Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg was arrested on Nov. 16—on the last day of the two-day operation—and charged with pandering, which is paying for or attempting to pay for sex and is a […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Tiffany Haddish was arrested Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. The actor and comedian was detained after Beverly Hills police received a call about 5:45 a.m. Police said she appeared to be found slumped over the wheel of the vehicle while the car engine was still running. Ms. Haddish, […]
A Washington state senator was arrested at the airport in Hong Kong on Oct. 20 after discovering a firearm in his carry-on bag that was not licensed there, according to a statement from his office. Republican state Sen. Jeff Wilson was charged with possession of an unregistered firearm and released two days later after posting […]
NEW ORLEANS—A man arrested after a weekend police chase and motorcycle crash in Georgia turned out to be fugitive accused of avoiding a child rape charge by faking his own drowning death last month in a Mississippi River kayaking accident, according to a Louisiana sheriff. Melvin Emde, 41, of Talihina, Oklahoma, had been reported missing […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—An Alabama high school band director was shocked with a stun gun and arrested after Birmingham police said he wouldn’t tell his band to stop playing. Local news outlets report that Minor High School’s band director was arrested Thursday night after a football game between Minor and Jackson-Olin High School. He’s charged with disorderly […]
A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured on Wednesday with the help of a heat-sensing aircraft and a police dog, ending an intense, two-week manhunt that unnerved residents in the Philadelphia suburbs, authorities said. Tactical teams surrounded the fugitive, Danelo Cavalcante, at around 8 a.m. in a rural area about 30 […]
HEBRON, Ky.—Former Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested early Monday after police responded to a report of an “unruly passenger” at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, authorities said. Mr. Jones was booked on misdemeanor counts of alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct, and terroristic threatening, Captain Kevin Klute of the Boone County Jail said. Airport […]
Suspected terrorist Daniel Abed Khalife was arrested on Saturday morning, three days after he escaped from prison, the Metropolitan Police said. Mr. Khalife, 21, a former army network engineer, had escaped from HMP Wandsworth in south London on Wednesday morning. The police believe he pulled off the prison break by strapping himself under a food delivery […]
Country singer Zach Bryan was arrested Thursday night in Oklahoma, according to CNN affiliate KJRH and a post from the singer on social media. Mr. Bryan “was arrested in Vinita Thursday night for obstruction of investigation,” KJRH reported, and he “bonded out of the Craig County Jail nearly an hour and a half after being […]
A public defense attorney from Ohio was arrested this week for possession of child pornography. According to authorities, the man was arrested on Aug. 16 and charged with two felony counts of pandering obscenity of a minor. A search warrant was executed by Grandview Heights police at the home of Stephen Chinn, 39, who works […]
NEW ORLEANS—A man aboard a Delta Air Lines jet that had just landed in New Orleans cut himself and attacked a flight attendant before being subdued by fellow passengers, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Passengers held down the 39-year-old man until deputies could board the plane and arrest him, The Times-Picayune/ The New Orleans Advocate reported, […]
BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian police arrested the president’s son Saturday as part of a high-profile money laundering probe into funds he allegedly collected from convicted drug traffickers during last year’s presidential campaign. President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rose through Colombia’s political ranks as an anti-corruption crusader, said he wouldn’t interfere with the investigation. “As an […]
TOKYO—Japanese police arrested an 18-year-old soldier on Wednesday after he shot and killed two instructors and injured a third at a military firing range in central Japan, the country’s defense ministry said. The incident at about 9 a.m (24:00 GMT) in Gifu City was the first such fatal shooting at a Ground Self Defense Force […]
