John Nightbridge Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to die June 25 for the 1992 murder of his wife, Karen Spencer. ORLANDO, FL — Florida is preparing to execute 74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer on June 25, more than three decades after he was convicted of murdering his wife, Karen Spencer, outside their Orange County home. The scheduled execution has put Spencer’s case back before the public at a time when Florida is moving quickly through death warrants …
The transfer keeps the 19-year-old in custody to serve the rest of a 40-year sentence. ARLINGTON, TX — A Tarrant County judge has ordered Jonathon Porter, the gunman convicted in the 2023 Lamar High School shooting, transferred from juvenile custody to the adult prison system to continue serving a 40-year sentence. The ruling marks the next major step in a case that began with gunfire outside the Arlington campus before classes on March 20, 2023. …
Police say Julio Castro approached officers the next day and admitted he shot David Alai Rodriguez Cabrera. SAN ANTONIO, TX — A 36-year-old San Antonio man was charged with murder after police said he admitted shooting and killing his roommate Friday afternoon behind a West Side home. Julio Castro was arrested Saturday in the death of David Alai Rodriguez Cabrera, also 36, after investigators tied him to a shooting in the 900 block of South …
Police said the victim survived but suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in the Jackson Lane shooting. MIDDLETOWN, OH — A Middletown woman was arrested Friday after police said she shot her father four times during a fight inside a Jackson Lane apartment, leaving him seriously injured and sending investigators through the home for hours. Police identified the suspect as Olivia Coleman, 32. Middletown Police Chief Earl Nelson said officers responded around 12:30 a.m. Friday and found …
Police said several officers were hurt after a stolen Kia was surrounded on East Fordham Road. NEW YORK CITY, NY — An NYPD sergeant and a suspected stolen car driver were hospitalized Sunday after police said the driver rammed officers and unmarked police vehicles during a Father’s Day encounter on a busy Bronx street. The incident brought a large police response to East Fordham Road, where officers had tracked a silver Kia Sportage reported stolen …
Heather Robinson faces five felony counts tied to unauthorized inmate communications. OMAHA, NE — Douglas County sheriff’s deputies arrested former corrections employee Heather Robinson after investigators said she let jail inmates use her phone for photos, video calls and outside messages while she worked in the facility’s GED program. Robinson, 38, is charged with five felony counts of allowing a committed offender to have unauthorized communication. The case has put new attention on security inside …
Police identified the person killed as 18-year-old Tristan Barker of Blue Springs. BLUE SPRINGS, MO — A Blue Springs homeowner shot and killed an 18-year-old intruder early Friday after calling 911 to report a burglary in progress at a home near Little Garden Lane, police said. The shooting drew police and paramedics to a residential area near Lake Lotawana and left detectives sorting through what happened before officers arrived. Police said the homeowner reported that …
Authorities said the aircraft was believed to be on a training flight from Ocean City, New Jersey, to Montgomery County. BOWIE, MD — Three adults died after a small plane crashed late Saturday near a residential area in Bowie, ending a night flight that authorities said began in Ocean City, New Jersey, and was bound for Montgomery County. The crash drew a large overnight search in Prince George’s County after emergency dispatchers received an automated …
Police say three teenagers have been arrested in the shooting death of 37-year-old Joshua Fuller. DAYTON, OH — A 37-year-old father was shot and killed Sunday outside a North Main Street convenience store as his teenage son watched, according to his wife and police reports from the homicide investigation. Joshua Fuller died after the shooting outside Main Mart, 2423 North Main St., a busy corner store just outside the North Riverdale neighborhood. Police have said …
Police said two shooters fired from a red SUV into a crowd near 95th Street. CHICAGO, IL — Twelve people were shot and another person was injured late Friday when two people in a red SUV opened fire on a crowd in Chicago’s Princeton Park area, police said Saturday. The shooting brought a large police and medical response to the South Side just after 11 p.m., as detectives searched for the vehicle and the people …