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A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly enrolling at a Louisiana high school as a 17-year-old girl, authorities said. A 28-year- old woman has been arrested for allegedly posing as a 17-year- old student and attending a Louisiana high school , authorities said. Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano, 28, and her mother, Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado, 46, both of Boutte, Louisiana, were each charged Tuesday with one count of injuring public records, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office said. Serrano-Alvarado allegedly used a fraudulent passport and birth certificate to enroll her 28-year-daughter at Hahnville High School in Boutte during the 2022-2023 school year, according to the sheriff's office. Hanhville High School in Louisiana is seen in a Google Maps Street View in 2016. Google Maps Street View MORE: Headed to college? For many, student loan debt remains the only option School officials launched an investigation after getting "a tip that a female student, w...

Federal prosecutors say former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama the same day a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in revealing new details about the case. Taylor Taranto, 37, who prosecutors say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, kept two firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside a van he had driven cross-country and had been living in, according to a Justice Department motion that seeks to keep him behind bars. On the day of his June 29 arrest, prosecutors said, Taranto reposted a Truth Social post from Trump containing what Trump claimed was Obama’s home address. In a p...

The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrested for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife. The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrest ed for the alleged hit-and-run murder of his wife, police say. The body of Angela Marie McClelland, a 49-year-old woman from Fort Ripley, Minnesota -- approximately 110 miles northwest of Minneapolis -- was found in the early hours of Sunday, June 25, near the intersection of Legend Road and Killian Road in Fort Ripley after having “died as a result of being struck by a vehicle,” according to the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Department. MORE: 'Father was killing everyone': 3 young brothers shot and killed, mother injured in shooting Sheriff’s investigators along with the State Patrol spent the past two weeks following up on leads before finally arrest ing her husband, 47-year-old Tony James McClelland, for her alleged vehicular homicide. “On July 1...

Alexander Mashinsky founded Celsius in 2018. The founder of Cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network was arrested Thursday on federal charges. Alexander Mashinsky founded Celsius in 2018 and positioned it as a stable, safe alternative to traditional financial institutions that would provide investors who held crypto assets financial freedom and economic opportunity. Instead, federal prosecutors alleged he was misrepresenting the company’s financial health before it collapsed into bankruptcy a year ago. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission filed companion lawsuits Thursday that said Mashinsky and Celsius "falsely promised investors a safe investment with high returns" but misled investors about the financial success of Celsius' business and the price of Celsius’ own crypto asset security was fraudulently manipulated. "Defendants also falsely claimed that Celsius had 1 million active users on Celsius’s platform. It did not...

A woman was arrested in New York City on Thursday night in a drug dealing investigation linked to the death of Robert De Niro's grandson, sources told ABC News. A 20-year-old woman was arrested in New York City on Thursday night in a drug dealing investigation linked to the death of Robert De Niro's grandson , law enforcement sources told ABC News. Sofia Haley Marks was taken into custody on federal drug distribution charges and is expected to appear in a Manhattan federal court on Friday, according to the sources . Marks is allegedly known on the streets as the "Percocet Princess" and is believed to have sold drugs to 19-year-old Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, the sources said. The arrest is part of an ongoing probe by the New York City Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. MORE: Robert De Niro mourns death of 'beloved' grandson Leandro Actor Robert De Niro, left, and his daughter, Drena De Nir...

A dad has been arrested following a more than two-year investigation when police determined he killed his two-month old daughter by stuffing a baby wipe down her throat. A father has been arrested following a more than two-year investigation after police determined he killed his two-month-old infant daughter by stuffing a baby wipe down her throat , police say. The incident originally occurred on May 28, 2021, when the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a two-month-old unresponsive infant in Vero Beach, Florida, according to a statement from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office released on Monday. MORE: Father killed after confronting scooter thieves with his son in their own backyard: Police Dispatchers immediately began giving the infant’s father, Joseph Napier, instructions on how to give CPR to the child and notified police deputies and fire rescue to respond to the scene. But when authorities arrived at the Vero Beach ...

A juvenile suspect has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred during a high school football game in Oklahoma on Friday, authorities said. A juvenile suspect has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that occurred during a high school football game in Oklahoma on Friday, authorities said. Oklahoma County Sheriff Tommie Johnson III said the arrest warrant was issued Tuesday evening and executed by his office without incident. The suspect's name is not being released at this time because he is a juvenile, the sheriff said during a press briefing Wednesday. MORE: UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member killed, suspect in custody after campus lockdown Johnson did not have any information on the charges in the warrant or the suspect's alleged role in the shooting at Choctaw High School, which left a teenager dead and several others injured. ABC News has reached out to the Choctaw Police Department, which is investigating the shooting. Gunfire erupted d...

A 22-year-old Louisiana woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her grand father in the face over an argument over her hygiene habits, police say. A 22-year-old Louisiana woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her grand father in the face over an argument over her hygiene habits, police say. Carrington Harris, a 22-year-old woman from Keithville, Louisiana – approximately 20 miles south of Shreveport – was arrested after a domestic dispute with her grandfather led to her stabbing him in the face when he asked her to shower, according to a statement from the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office released on Wednesday. MORE: Dad who killed daughter by stuffing baby wipe down her throat is arrested: Police “Detectives said Harris and her grandparents began arguing after they asked her to shower. She began damaging property inside the house and then turned the power off from outside,” the statement read. “Detectives say while the couple was trying to restrain Harris, she esc...

Melvin Emde was arrested for faking his death one day before he was to appear in court on charges of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child. A missing kayaker from Louisiana has been arrested for faking his own death by drowning in an apparent bid to dodge rape charges, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. Melvin Phillip Emde, 41, was arrested by authorities in Georgia over a month after his son, Seth, allegedly reported him missing. Emde's son allegedly told police his father fell out of a kayak and drowned while on the Mississippi River in Hahnville, Louisiana, according to the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office. MORE: Delivery driver bitten by venomous rattlesnake, hospitalized in very serious condition After he was reported missing, detectives learned that Emde had pending charges of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child by an adult in North Carolina. He was due in court just one day after being repo...

One of the protesters in Staten Island is also accused of assaulting an officer. Protesters flooded the street outside a former senior living facility in Staten Island, temporarily blocking a bus carrying asylum-seekers, after local leaders said they learned it was slated to house New York City’s latest migrant shelter. Ten people were arrested, nine of whom received summonses for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. Vadim Belyakov, 48, was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and obstructing government administration after an officer was injured trying to arrest him, according to police. He will be arraigned in criminal court Wednesday. The police officer was treated for a knee injury. City Councilman David Carr said the city Department of Social Services told him the shelter would be opening at the former Island Shores Senior Living Facility, which brought dozens of residents to protest , and police officers quickly responded to close the street ...

A woman has been arrested after standing up at former President Donald Trump’s New York civil fraud trial and walking toward the front of the courtroom where he was sitting NEW YORK -- A woman was arrested Wednesday after she stood up at Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial and walked toward the front of the courtroom where the former president was sitting. The woman, later identified as a court employee, retreated after a court officer told her to return to her seat. A short time later, officers escorted the woman out of the Manhattan courtroom and arrested her. She was charged with contempt of court for disrupting a court proceeding, state court spokesperson Lucian Chalfen said. “None of the parties were ever in any danger,” Chalfen said. Chalfen said the woman had been yelling out to Trump that she wanted to help him, though reporters in the courtroom did not hear her raise her voice. She was later heard screaming in the courthouse lobby as officers removed her from the bui...

U.S. officials are investigating after a state senator boarded a fight with a firearm in his carry-on luggage. U.S. officials are investigating after a state senator boarded a flight to Hong Kong with an unloaded firearm in his carry-on luggage. Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson was arrested in Hong Kong on Friday after discovering the firearm in his carry-on luggage and reporting it to customs officials, according to a statement from Wilson. A spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration said Wilson boarded a flight from Portland and "passed through security and Travel ed with an unloaded firearm in his carry-on bag." The TSA "takes this situation very seriously and is currently investigating the circumstances," the spokesperson said. Departing travelers wait at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington Airport (BWI) in Baltimore, Maryland, April 26, 2023. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Wilson c...

Danny Serafini, a former MLB pitcher, and another suspect were arrested in connection with the 2021 shootings of a couple, police said. Danny Serafini, a former MLB pitcher , and a woman were arrest ed in connection with the 2021 shootings of a California couple, police said. The Placer County Sheriff's Office said Serafini, 49, and Samantha Scott, 33, were arrested Friday in Nevada following a two-year investigation into the murder of Robert Gary Spohr, 70, and the attempted murder of Wendy Wood, 68. Police said they received a 911 call from a North Lake Tahoe, California, home on June 5, 2021, and found Spohr dead from a gunshot wound. Wood was also shot and taken to a hospital where she recovered from her injuries, police said. In this booking photo released by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, Danny Serafini is shown. Humboldt County Sheriff's Office MORE: Defense attorney claims 'wrong man' on trial in slayings of New Hampshire couple Wood died a year late...