Christopher Ruddle

Police arrested a 41-year-old woman nearby after gasoline was deliberately ignited as the victim fueled her SUV. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A woman pumping gasoline at a St. Petersburg station suffered serious second-degree burns after police say a stranger deliberately ignited the fuel, setting the victim and her vehicle on fire Thursday night. The attack happened about 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at a Mobil station at 101 40th Ave. N., according to the St. Petersburg …

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A reported stabbing at Garden Oaks Village brought more than a dozen police vehicles to the area as officers contained a barricaded suspect. HOUSTON, Texas — A police standoff at a northwest Houston apartment complex disrupted North Shepherd Drive Friday evening after officers responding to a reported stabbing found a suspect barricaded inside a unit, authorities said. The Houston Police Department responded after 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, to the Garden Oaks Village apartment complex …

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Police have made their first arrest in the closely watched Jackson case but have not disclosed a motive or key evidence. JACKSON, Miss. — The family of Tasia Fortune has received the development it had awaited for weeks — an arrest and an official homicide ruling — while many of the central questions surrounding the 29-year-old mother’s death remain unanswered. Jackson police arrested 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff on Friday, Sept. 11, one day after Mississippi’s medical …

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Police arrested an 11-year-old girl after her brother’s death, while details about the firearm and events inside the home remain undisclosed. EDMOND, Okla. — Investigators have not publicly explained how an 11-year-old girl allegedly gained access to a firearm or what happened before her 15-year-old brother was fatally shot inside their Edmond home, leaving key questions unanswered days after her arrest. Edmond police arrested the girl shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday and took her to …

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A 37-year-old woman was hospitalized in stable condition after she was attacked while delivering a package at the Berry Houses. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities are searching for a suspect after a 37-year-old woman making a delivery was struck in the face with a firearm and sexually assaulted at a Staten Island public housing development Wednesday evening. The attack happened around 6 p.m. near Dongan Hills Avenue and Jefferson Street at the New York City …

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Ashia La Shai Moore, 16, was remembered as loyal and full of life as deputies continued investigating her shooting death. LAKE CITY, Fla. — Friends of 16-year-old Ashia La Shai Moore are remembering the pregnant Lake City teenager as loyal, funny and full of life while investigators work to determine who was responsible for her fatal shooting. Moore was seven months pregnant when she died, according to her family and information attributed to the Columbia …

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Police have filed murder and child cruelty charges, but authorities have not publicly released the boy’s medical cause of death. MARIETTA, Ga. — A criminal investigation into the death of a 2-year-old Cobb County boy has led to murder and child cruelty charges against his father, while authorities have released only limited information about the child’s death and the medical findings behind the case. Cobb County police arrested 39-year-old Lolo Anilus after detectives said their …

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A boy riding with her was critically injured as detectives searched for the driver of a silver or gray Nissan Versa. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 10-year-old girl died after she and a boy riding an electric bicycle were struck by a vehicle Wednesday night in northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said, as investigators searched for a driver who left the scene. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded at about 8:40 p.m. Sept. 9 to the area of …

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Prosecutors say surveillance video and cellphone data helped connect an SUV and its occupants to the deadly house-party shooting. TAUNTON, Mass. — Prosecutors are outlining the evidence they say links a New Bedford woman to a deadly Taunton house-party shooting, as a second woman faces the same murder and armed-assault charges and investigators search for another suspect. The investigation has increasingly focused on an SUV that authorities say traveled from New Bedford to the area …

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Investigators are examining surveillance footage and shell casings after the early-morning shooting also struck a home and two parked vehicles. PHILADELPHIA — Police are reviewing surveillance video and ballistic evidence after more than 25 shots were fired on a North Philadelphia street early Thursday, wounding an 18-year-old man and sending bullets into a nearby home and two parked vehicles. Officers responded shortly after 4 a.m. Sept. 10 to the 1500 block of Cambridge Street and …

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