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ST. LOUIS — A 13-year-old boy is the latest arrest in connection with a suspected attempted carjacking in January that left a woman dead. On Jan. 24, 38-year-old Kay Johnson was fatally shot while pulling her car into her garage in the 4700 block of Compton Avenue. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson's 14-year-old daughter was in the car with her when she died. At the time of Johnson's death, St. Louis police said they believed she was one of several victims in a string of recent attempted or confirmed carjackings. On Friday, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police...

A recently released surveillance video shows a student allegedly attacking a Florida teacher aide, knocking her to the ground and punching her repeatedly. Video released by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office shows the Matanzas High School student allegedly attacking the teacher's aide because she confiscated his Nintendo Switch during class.

MIAMI, Fla. [WFLA] — A Florida man is behind bars after he tried to rob a Publix in Miami with a stapler. Patrick Abbott, 31, entered the Publix on Biscayne Boulevard, gave an employee a note stating he had a gun, and told her to put money in a bag. After the employee read the note, she pretended to help one of her co-workers and called for help, according to NBC affiliate WFLA. Abbott left Publix empty-handed and was caught by Miami Police while throwing the note away. The gun he claimed to have turned out to be a black...

LEE COUNTY, Fla – A robbery suspect picked the wrong delivery driver to target Wednesday night. Lee County deputies say 16-year old Hayden Celin tried robbing the Domino’s driver in a failed setup. The driver tried delivering a pizza to a home in Pine Manor, but the family inside said they never placed an order. When the driver returned to his car, he noticed his cell phone was missing. As the driver went to leave, Celin allegedly punched him in the face, and shot a water gun loaded with pepper spray into the man’s face. That’s when the driver pulled...

It takes him just eight seconds to pry out her passenger side window. A couple more seconds to grab bags containing at least $5,000 worth of property from her front seat. And less than 30 seconds total. “It was definitely an organized crew,” the victim’s girlfriend told us Saturday. “You can tell from that video it’s not the first time he did it.” “I thought having it on video, they would wanna see if it’s anyone they’re looking for,” he said Sunday. “Apparent not. Oh well, lesson learned.”

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police released new video of a random attack that was caught on camera last month in the Bronx. It happened in broad daylight shortly before 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 28 along Southern Boulevard. Surveillance video shows the suspect walk up to a 32-year-old woman and backhand her in the face. Police said the victim was taken to an area hospital with injuries to her head.

SHOCK VIDEO — Nursing home aide brutally beats patients with blows to the headYoutube has scrubbed the site clean of this video. There were ten copies an hour ago, and now all have been deleted. Jadon Hayden of Detroit, employed at Saints Incorporated Disability Group Home, Wayne, MI beats up an elderly man and woman and films it. An arrest has reportedly been made…

A 13-year-old boy suspected in a deadly Burien shooting last week told detectives he did it just because he "felt like doing it," according to police documents. The 35-year-old victim was shot in the head Tuesday night in the 400 block of South 152nd Street in Burien, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center and died of his injuries a few days later. Detectives say the suspect saw the victim, Hassan Ali Hassan, walking along S. 152nd Street and followed him for about a block before pulling out a gun and firing...

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., who killed at least 10 people between 1985 and 2007 -- mainly in the South Los Angeles area -- has died at the age of 67, officials at San Quentin State Prison said Sunday. Franklin, who was sentenced to death in Los Angeles in 2016, was found unresponsive in his cell at about 7:20 p.m. Saturday. “Medical assistance was rendered and an ambulance was summoned. Franklin was pronounced deceased at 7:43 p.m. His cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy; however, there were no signs of trauma,” prison officials said. Local Local news...

Hairbrained hoops hero Dennis Rodman is claiming buddy Kim Jong Un has miraculously transformed North Korea into a “24th-century country.” The former Chicago Bulls star made the shocking comments in a whacky interview with DuJour magazine.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators were granted permission to search Justine Damond's home hours after she was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer, according to court records. A criminal law expert can't understand why. "When I read that search warrant, I really cannot find probable cause to search her home," he continued. According to court documents, investigators applied for the warrant on the following grounds:   The property or things above-described was used as a means of committing a crime The possession of the property or things above-described constitutes a crime. The property or things above-described is...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A mother has been arrested after a severely malnourished boy was found in a filthy Daytona Beach apartment eating pieces of old cereal off dirty carpet, police said. The boy was discovered by the Department of Children and Families during an investigation into child neglect. The boy, 5, was severely underweight and unable to speak, walk or stand, Daytona Beach police said. The boy was 24.9 pounds when he was found, police said.

A federal judge threw out a convicted D.C. sniper’s four life sentences Friday because he was 17 when he was originally sentenced. U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson in Norfolk, Virginia, ruled that Lee Boyd Malvo has a right to be re-sentenced in new sentencing hearings due to a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that made it unconstitutional for juveniles to receive mandatory life sentences in prison without parole, the Daily Mail reported. Malvo, now 32, was arrested in 2002 for his role in several shootings in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia that left ten dead and injured three. The...

Police are looking for a woman who pointed a gun at a barber all because her son's haircut was taking too long. Security video captures her pulling out a gun in at Allstate Barber College on Lorain Avenue in Cleveland on April 14. Police say she threatens the barbers for taking too long to cut her son's hair. While she pointed the gun at the victim, she allegedly said, "I got two clips. I'll pop you!" The victim finished the cut and the suspect left with her two children. Student barber, Al Pugh, says he was shook. "You don't know...

President Obama oversaw the deepest legislative malaise in modern political history, according to the Washington Times Legislative Index, which captures his struggles to find ways to work with a Congress that ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile toward him. Over the course of his eight years, he has signed just 1,227 bills into law — less, even, than one-term Presidents Carter and George H.W. Bush. Digging deeper into the numbers, Congress spent less time in session, handled less business on the chamber floors and generally sputtered for much of Mr. Obama’s tenure, according to The Times’ index. Blame for the...

This is a YouTube video from a recent police contact on September 18. I started it a little in where the confrontation begins.

AUSTIN, TX (RNN) - A woman allegedly poured boiling water on her boyfriend while he was sleeping Tuesday, burning him and a baby. Taleicia Winston, 18, is being held on a $45,000 bond and was charged with two felonies, KEYE reported.

Obama’s America.A Dairy Queen employee was arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in December after spitting on a police officer’s hamburger. Elijah Johnson later admitted he had several diseases.Elijah Johnson was arrested on Sunday. WAFB reported: A bond has been set for a man who is accused of spitting on a Baton Rouge Police Officer’s hamburger. Police say the incident happened just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dairy Queen in the 3400 block of Sherwood Forest.According to a police report, a Lieutenant with the Baton Rouge Police Department ordered a hamburger at the restaurant. When he received his hamburger, he...

FULL TITLE:BREAKING: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Representative Corrine Brown – Corruption, Fraud, Conspiracy are Likely Charges It has just been reported that Jacksonville Florida Congressional Representative Corrine Brown has been indicted by a federal grand jury and is expected to turn herself in to federal law enforcement tomorrow at the Jacksonville Courthouse. corrine brown 1Representative Brown has been controversial as an advocate for various grievance cuases; and is recently well known for her advocacy surrounding the Trayvon Martin shooting. The federal indictment is still under seal until tomorrow when it is expected Brown will turn herself in, therefore the specifics...

New Orleans police identified 15-year-old Ryan Davis as one of the suspected juveniles responsible for a string of armed robberies and carjacking across the city. Police said Wednesday (June 8) that detectives obtained a warrant for Davis' arrest. Once in custody, he is expected to be charged in connection with two carjackings and five completed or attempted armed robberies committed from May 28 to June 1, police said in a press release. The attacks came during a seven-day period in which New Orleans saw 42 armed robberies or carjackings, roughly twice the weekly average during the first three months of...