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Relatives described fear, grief and unanswered questions after three family members were shot in June 2025. Troy, N.Y. — A Rensselaer County judge sentenced Joshua Fowler to 45 years to life in state prison after he admitted killing his wife, his father and his grandmother during a June 2025 shooting at the family’s home in Grafton. The sentence closes the criminal case’s main chapter but leaves a broken family and a community still searching for …

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Relatives identified the man killed as Spencer Germany, 45; police say the suspect is 28-year-old Rogers McFarland Jr. HOUSTON — A Houston man is jailed on a murder charge after a deadly shooting inside a home on the 3300 block of Anita Street just after midnight Jan. 29. Officers found the victim wounded in the front room; he later died at a hospital, police said. Authorities said the suspect, identified as Rogers McFarland Jr., 28, …

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Sheriff’s detectives say the crash followed reports of car break-ins just before 4 a.m. DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward sheriff’s detectives on Wednesday named two men who died and a third who survived after an SUV left a neighborhood street and went into a lake before sunrise Tuesday following reports of car burglaries. The incident began in the Deer Creek area, where residents reported people pulling on door handles and rifling through cars. Deputies headed …

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Police say charges include battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping stemming from an Oct. 27 incident. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Police said Wednesday that an arrest warrant was issued for WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident at a Miami Gardens gentlemen’s club last fall, and that they are working with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force to find him. The development intensifies scrutiny on one of boxing’s …

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Investigators say a large knife was found in a hallway as officers worked to reach the victim. EAST HAVEN, Conn. — Police say a domestic violence stabbing at the Foxon Woods apartments left Destiny Rumley, 21, mortally wounded on Tue., Dec. 30, and led to the arrest of Tyreek Black, 21, who faced a judge the next day as bond rose to $2.5 million. The fast sequence—from 8 a.m. 911 calls to an arraignment less …

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Deputies say a 69-year-old caregiver drugged her 13-year-old great-granddaughter, who remains in stable condition. DELAND, Fla. — A DeLand woman who authorities say was overwhelmed by caregiving duties is charged with attempted first-degree murder after deputies found her 13-year-old great-granddaughter unresponsive but breathing in a vehicle this week in Volusia County, according to the sheriff’s office. The case is drawing attention because investigators say the girl, who has cerebral palsy and requires around-the-clock care, was …

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Relatives name the victim as Alvin Echols, 47; police say the case was not random. WESTLAND, Mich. — A Salvation Army bell ringer was gunned down during a Thursday evening shift at the Kroger on Ford Road, and Westland police arrested a suspect early Friday after reviewing video and interviewing witnesses, officials said. Relatives identified the victim as Alvin Echols, a father and community-minded volunteer who often signed up for holiday bell-ringing. Police said the …

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The 6-year-old died a day after being airlifted from the Port St. Lucie park; police have not assigned fault. PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Police are investigating how a child was fatally injured in a Dec. 6 go-kart collision at Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, reviewing seat restraints, staffing and rider rules after a 6-year-old girl died at a hospital the next day. The case centers on a crash reported just before 9 p.m. …

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Investigators say a man bit off an 88-year-old woman’s finger to take her ring and fled through an alley. SEATTLE — Seattle police are seeking the public’s help to identify a man suspected of attacking an 88-year-old Rainier Beach resident on her property in mid-October, biting off her finger to steal a ring and escaping on foot, according to the department. The case, which drew citywide attention, remains open with detectives collecting neighborhood video, canvassing …

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Laura Michelle Owens denies the allegations; hearings in two Arizona cases are moving ahead while a third accuser speaks publicly. PHOENIX, Ariz. — A televised interview posted Nov. 25 featured an Arizona man saying a woman falsely claimed he fathered her unborn twins in 2016, even as that woman, Laura Michelle Owens, faces expanding felony charges in two separate cases. Owens has pleaded not guilty and disputes the new interviewee’s account. The public statement arrives …

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