(CNN) — An Iowa woman who told police in 2019 that she ran over a girl because she "was a Mexican" pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges, according to court records filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
The police chief said the 14-year-old victim was injured near his neck and jaw area.
MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY — A Mayfield, Kentucky, man was arrested on multiple charges — including drug trafficking and assault of a police officer — in McCracken County after investigators say he tried first to run from and then fight deputies during a traffic stop.
"We don't yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16-year-old girl, a child of this community, tragically died last night," Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther told reporters.
District Attorney General Charme Allen said Wednesday that she determined Knoxville police Officer Jonathon Clabough was justifiable in fatally shooting 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr. under Tennessee’s self-defense law.
Charles Holloway was charged with murder in 2019. He was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to the lesser charges of manslaughter and wanton endangerment.
The arrest citation says officers responded after a caller reported seeing the woman with a gun and a dead boy wrapped in a blanket.
The announcement comes a day after Derek Chauvin was convicted on all three counts in the death of George Floyd last year.
Police showed bodycam footage Tuesday night at a news conference of the officer shooting the girl, who was Black, as she appeared to attempt to stab two people with a knife.
A store manager was killed in the shooting, and two other people were injured.
The driver in the vehicle the woman hit had to be flown to an out-of-state hospital because of the seriousness of his injuries, investigators say.
At least a dozen other Kentucky residents have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot in which a mob forced its way into the U.S. Capitol building.
Investigators say other guards quickly restrained the inmate, and the woman was treated for minor injuries.
Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was “praying the verdict is the right verdict” in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.
An employee was killed and two people were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a Long Island grocery store, police said.
The jurors who sat quietly off-camera through three weeks of draining testimony in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in George Floyd’s death moved into the spotlight Tuesday, still out of sight but now in control of verdicts awaited by a skittish city.
A man has been charged with murder after police say he confessed to stabbing and killing Devon Saxton Sunday in Mayfield.
Twelve jurors are beginning deliberations in a city on edge against another round of unrest.
The Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the man accused of setting fire to a local church Sunday night.
Police say a 14-year-old has been charged in the fatal shooting of another juvenile in central Kentucky.
CALLOWAY COUNTY, KY — A grand jury on Friday indicted a Calloway County man accused of shooting and killing a Murray State University student last month.
We're learning more about a video of a March arrest in McCracken County that's creating controversy after it was shared to social media.
A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and heavy metal guitarist on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Authorities identified the shooter as a young man in his 20s.
CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — The city of Charleston, Missouri, has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle its part in a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died in jail after having his neck pinned down for several minutes under the sheriff's knee.
A local homeowner held a man at gunpoint after finding him and another man trespassing in the owner's vacant house.
The testimony follows his report on the Capitol Police response, which listed intelligence lapses and a lack of proper equipment as issues.
Black community leaders and family members of Daunte Wright were calling for more serious charges against a white police officer in Wright’s death, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
Closing arguments are set to begin Monday morning, after which the jury will get the case.
A Martin, Tennessee, woman died in the hospital after she was shot in front of a nail salon Wednesday, according to the Martin Police Department.
MARTIN, TN — A woman was hospitalized with injuries police say are life threatening after she was shot Wednesday in Martin, Tennessee.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation also released the name of the student killed in the incident.
Kim Potter, a 26-year department veteran, shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on Sunday afternoon.
Kristin Smart disappeared on May 25, 1996. She was last seen near her Cal Polytechnic San Luis Obispo dorm, police said, after walking home from a party. Smart was declared dead in 2002.
The defense began its case Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin.
A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday.
The police chief in a Minneapolis suburb where a Black man was fatally shot during a traffic stop said Monday that he believes the officer who fired intended to use a Taser, not a handgun.
Tensions in the area are very high as the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, a former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, enters its third week.
Derek Chauvin, 45, who is white, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25 death.
METROPOLIS, IL — The Metropolis Police Department is trying to find the people responsible for damaging a downtown restaurant in the southern Illinois town.
The 25-year-old former firefighter was arrested Wednesday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says.
FRANKFORT, KY — Kentucky is shutting down its unemployment insurance website for four days because of cyberattacks and fraud attempts.
Officers responded to the scene but the shooter was gone by the time officers got there. They found four people wounded and one dead, the police chief said.
Joel Greenberg's possible cooperation with the Justice Department could provide investigators with key details as they work to determine whether Gaetz broke sex trafficking or prostitution laws himself.
The lack of oxygen resulted in brain damage and caused his heart to stop, the witness said.
The gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was former NFL pro Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation.
The right to vote is one of the most crucial parts of our democracy, so why was the turnout in Tuesday's consolidated election in Illinois so low?
Detective Trevor Pervine testified that 22-year-old Julius Sotomayor was the last person seen with Sarah Townsend, and that Sotomayor admitted that he shot her.
The indictment accuses Mullins and four other men of assaulting officers.
Investigators ask anyone who has information about where the man is to contact the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department.
