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A man who police say was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis when he shot and killed a pregnant restaurant owner in her car in downtown Seattle this week has been charged with first-degree murder in her death SEATTLE -- A man who police say was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis after he shot and killed a pregnant restaurant owner in her car in downtown Seattle this week was charged Friday with first-degree murder in her death, and prosecutors said they are seeing whether they can also charge him for the death of the baby girl the woman was carrying. Cordell M. Goosby, 30, was arrested Tuesday soon after witnesses said he ran up to a car occupied by Eina Kwon, 34, and her husband, Sung Kwon, 37, the owners of a sushi restaurant near the city's famed Pike Place Market, and started firing a stolen gun into the vehicle without provocation. Eina Kwon, who was eight months pregnant, was killed. Sung Kwon suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the fetus died soon after emer...

The men also allegedly vandalized the homes of one of the reporter's parents on two occasions, the U.S. attorney's office said. Three men have been charged with a conspiracy to harass and intimidate two New Hampshire Public Radio journalists in retaliation for a story the reporters were covering, federal authorities said. On three separate occasions between April and May 2022, Tucker Cockerline, 32, Michael Waselchuck, 35, and Keenan Saniatan, 36, allegedly threw rocks and bricks and spray-painted the homes of the two journalists after they started reporting on an alleged sexual assault by an unnamed New Hampshire businessman, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office from the District of Massachusetts. The suspects also allegedly vandalized the homes of one of the reporter's parents on two other occasions, the U.S. attorney's office said. In this image released by the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, a suspect is shown in Hampst...

A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida has been formally charged with manslaughter and assault A white woman accused of firing through her door and fatally shooting a Black mother in front of her 9-year-old son in central Florida was charged Monday with manslaughter and assault. Susan Lorincz was arrested earlier this month following the fatal shooting of Ajike Owens in Ocala, Florida. She was formally charged with one count of manslaughter with a firearm and one count of assault. State Attorney William Gladson said his office contemplated filing a second-degree murder charge but prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence that Lorincz had “hatred, spite, ill will or evil intent” toward Owens. “As deplorable as the defendant's actions were in this case, there is insufficient evidence to prove this specific and required element of second-degree murder," Gladson said in ...

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her, a district attorney said Thursday. Cleotha Abston is charged with snatching Eliza Fletcher from a street near the University of Memphis on Sept. 2 and forcing her into an SUV. Her body was found days later near a vacant duplex. He has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy has filed notice with the court that prosecutors will seek the death penalty if Abston is convicted of first-degree murder, Judge Lee Coffee said. State law says cases that are considered heinous, atrocious and cruel are eligible for the death penalty, Mulroy said outside of ...

Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused the Biden family of corruption, has been charged by federal prosecutors with failing to register as a foreign agent. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register as a foreign agent while working to advance the interests of China. Gal Luft, 57, has also been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. He remains a fugitive. According to the indictment, Luft paid an unnamed adviser to then-President Donald Trump to publicly support certain policies favorable to China. MORE: Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal In the weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Luft allegedly created a written "dialogue" between a Chinese national and the Trump adviser, in which Luft wrote the adviser's responses and included information that was favorab...

A white teen is charged with attempted murder after allegedly trying to drown a Black juvenile. A white teenager has been indicted by a grand jury on attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly trying to drown a Black juvenile in a pond in Chatham, Massachusetts, according to the Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois. The indicted teen, 14, who the district attorney said is "known to the court," met the victim and a third juvenile, a white male, at a local pond on July 19. After arriving, the indicted teen allegedly picked up a stone and threatened the Black juvenile , calling him a racial slur -- the n-word, Galibois said. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images The Black victim put on a life jacket and told the other juvenile s he could not swim, according to the district attorney. When the juvenile s entered the water, the indicted juvenile allegedly began to pull on the victim’s life jacket and submerge him underwater four to five times, causi...

Police believe they may have found the body of 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell in a Georgia garbage facility. Police say his father is a suspect in the investigation. A body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia Thursday is believed to be missing 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell, whose father reported the child had been kidnapped during an armed robbery last week. The toddler's father was charged with lying about the robbery to police and has been identified as a suspect in the child's death. The identity of the child has not yet been confirmed as Mitchell, the East Point Police Department said. The medical examiner will officially identify the body. "We have not confirmed the identity of the child J'Asiah Mitchell; however, there is high probability based on the circumstances surrounding this case," police said in a statement. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images The body was found at the East Point Transfer Station on Thursday, according to police. Mitchell...

A suspect police say was trying to hit people with his truck in a Boulder, Colorado, park Tuesday morning has been charged with attempted murder. A suspect police say was trying to hit people with his truck in a Boulder, Colorado, park Tuesday morning has been charged with attempted murder. Boulder 911 received its first emergency call at around 6:26 a.m. CT, with the caller reporting that someone was driving through Boulder’s Central Park trying to run people over, police said at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. Officers arrived on the scene in about a minute, but the truck was gone. In this handout photo, provided by Boulder Police Department, a suspect is seen allegedly trying to run people down in Boulder's Central Park in Colo. on Sept. 19, 2023. Boulder Police/Twitter MORE: New details in F-35 'mishap' as mystery remains about how jet was lost Following a search involving officers and the police department’s drone team, the vehicle was eventually located in a ...

Recently released court documents show that two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on ... MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation, according to court documents released Thursday. The indictments show that Stevon Jones and Courtney Parham have also been charged with aggravated assault while acting in concert with others in the death of 33-year-old Gershun Freeman. Jones faces an additional count of assault. Meanwhile, seven other deputies have been charged with aggravated assault resulting in the death of another. Those officers include: Jeffrey Gibson, Anthony Howell, Damian Cooper, Ebonee Davis, Lareko Do...

A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. The incident occurred on June 17 at approximately 12:07 p.m. when 21-year-old Evan Klink of Freedom, New York, was driving a Dodge Ram and crossed the center line of a road before colliding with an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus carrying several passengers, including his sister and niece, according to a statement released by the New York State Police on Thursday. MORE: Teenager arrested after starting massive 28-acre fire when setting off fireworks with friends “Investigation determined that a 2006 Dodge Ram traveling west bound on Freedom Road crossed the center line and struck an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus traveling east bound,” authorities said in their statement. “The operator of the Ford, Dahlia J. Klink, 24...

A Department of Defense official has been charged with dog fighting, according to records unsealed by the Justice Department on Monday night. A Department of Defense official has been charged with dog fighting, according to records unsealed by the Justice Department on Monday night. Fredrick D. Moorefield Jr. -- who serves as the deputy chief information officer for command, control and communications -- allegedly engaged in dog fighting under the code name "GeeHad," according to a statement from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's office. MORE: Police looking for little boy at center of pizza gift card scam to support his baseball team "Moorefield … and [his] associates used [an] encrypted messaging application to discuss how to train dogs for illegal dogfighting, exchanged videos about dogfighting, and arranged and coordinated dogfights," the statement read. "Moorefield … also discussed betting on dogfighting, discussed dogs that died as a result of dogfighting,...

Seventeen people who worked for the Broward County Sheriff's Office are accused by federal prosecutors of taking COVID relief money for themselves. The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida announced Thursday that it charged 17 employees of the Broward County Sheriff's Office with wire fraud after they allegedly tried to defraud the government in pandemic relief loans. The defendants, who were charged in separate cases, allegedly received $495,171 in assistance from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and used the proceeds "to unjustly enrich themselves." "No matter the amount, we will not allow limited federal tax dollars, which were intended to provide a lifeline to small Business es as they struggled to stay afloat during the economically devastating pandemic lockdown, to be swindled by those who were employed in a position of trust and cast aside their duty to uphold and abide by t...