• WBRZ

    Police search for man in blowtorch sexual assault

    BATON ROUGE - City police are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman with a blowtorch and threatening to kill her, according to police records.Jacob Jarmal Woods, 27, is wanted on charges of third-degree rape, second-degree sexual battery and aggravated battery, among others.The attack occurred Sunday at Woods' home. He is accused of choking the woman until she lost consciousness and then sexually assaulting her with the blowtorch. He also put the lit blowtorch into her...

    • WBRZ

    Gonzales man booked on drug, assault charges

    GONZALES — A Gonzales man was arrested in Prairieville on drug dealing and assault charges. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office booked Andrew McWhirter, 20, into the Ascension Parish Jail Tuesday on possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl, marijuana and mushrooms. McWhirter was also charged with illegal use of weapons, obstruction of justice and simple assault.Deputies responded to a house along Moody Dixon Road in Prairieville regarding a domestic disturbance. When they...

  • Man found guilty of fatal stabbing in Wahiawa

    An Oahu Circuit Court jury found a 25-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder in the Nov. 19, 2019, stabbing death of 45-year-old Isaac J. Lee in Wahiawa.

    • KFDI

    Wichita man sentenced for assaults on two teen girls

    A Wichita man has been sentenced to almost 23 years in prison for sexual assaults on two teenage runaway girls. A judge sentenced 57-year-old Donald Baker to 274 months in prison. Baker was also sentenced to lifetime

  • New Mexico man found guilty of 2020 murder

    GRANT COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Cody McDonald has been convicted of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in a 2020 murder. McDonald was accused of shooting and killing 22-year-old Daniel Murillo. Prosecutors say an argument had broken out between McDonald and the mother of his child and that escalated into the shooting of Murillo who was []

  • Man found not guilty of murder in Sheffield drive-by shooting

    On Thursday, a Colbert County jury acquitted a man charged with murder for a 2022 drive-by shooting in Sheffield.

  • Sunderland man in court after baton and drugs found at home

    A family man oblivious to new weapons laws was caught with a now-illegal extendable baton when police raided his home, a court heard. Anthony Stokell, 35, was absent when officers came unannounced to his then abode in Elmwood Avenue, Marley Potts, on Monday, March 4. Let in by an associate, they found the cosh downstairs and a stash of cocaine, cannabis and 56 pregabalin tablets at other locations inside. Stokell, now of Ridley Street, Southwick, was later arrested but there was no suggestion...

  • Berks man charged with sexually assaulting 2 girls

    The defendant is charged with multiple counts of rape and related offenses.

  • Two Florida men indicted on drug, gun charges

    EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Two Florida men were charged Thursday with drug trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday, April 4 that Noel Mateo, 35, of Umatilla, Florida, and David Duclos, 29, of Orlando, Florida, were indicted by a grand jury for conspiracy []

  • Two Men Plead Guilty to Attacks on Orange County Jewelers

    Two men have pleaded guilty for their part in kidnapping and robbing a jeweler in Costa Mesa after attempting to kidnap a jeweler in Yorba Linda, according to court records obtained Thursday. Marvin Antoine Brown, 30, and Cedrick Emillion Reynolds, 31, pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Reynolds was sentenced to 23 years in prison and Brown […]

    • KGBT

    Man sentenced to 20 years for aggravated sexual assault of a child

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child. On Thursday, a jury found Juan Carlos Cirilo guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to a release from the Cameron County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors asked for 60 years, []

  • Merrifield man found guilty of murdering his daughter’s boyfriend

    Michael Lee LaFlex was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Bryce Brogle