William Brock is accused of fatally shooting Loletha Hall, 61, after she arrived to pick up a package
William Brock, 81, is accused of killing Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, 61, after mistakenly believing she was a scammer sent by a man who had been threatening him over the phone.
An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge.
SOUTH CHARLESTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who authorities say fatally shot an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both has been indicted on a murder charge.William Brock, 81, also faces counts of kidnapping and felonious assault in the indictment handed up Monday by a Clark County grand jury.Court documents did not list an attorney for him and a telephone number for Brock could not be located. He has pleaded not guilty and could face a...
Bodycam footage shows the moment Ohio cops confront a scammer. The confrontation comes after an elderly man was caught up in a scheme. William Brock, 81, shot an Uber driver, 61, because 'he was being scammed'
Neither had any idea about the call the other received when they came face to face.
A man recently released from prison has been charged with kidnapping the same victim again. A neighbor who called 911 may have saved the victim’s life.
A badly injured Uber driver had to flee his own car after a violent "racist" attack by a passenger who smashed his windscreen. The victim had been asked to pick up Lucas Jones in Sunderland and take him to Newcastle in the early hours of May 25, 2023. Newcastle Crown Court the 15-mile journey had barely began when the cabbie had to leave the car with two black eyes, his nose broken in two places, three teeth punched out, a cracked jaw and needing seven stitches to his face. Jones, 27, of...
A man faces charges after police say victims were sexually assaulted in an east-end restaurant. With officers called to the Pape-Cosburn Aves. area on April 8, at 2 p.m., Toronto Police alleged a man entered a restaurant and sexually assaulted a victim. He also went into the woman’s restroom and sexually assaulted another victim, according […]
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Ohio say a man fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scam to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a nephew. The Uber driver was a victim of the same con. She was summoned by the grifters to the man’s
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press Authorities in Ohio say a man fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scam to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a nephew. The Uber driver was a victim of the same con. She was summoned by the grifters to the man’s
Uber is helping investigators look into the account that sent a driver to the Ohio home where an 81-year-old man allegedly shot the woman to death because he erroneously believed she was part of a scam, the ride-hailing company said Wednesday.