January 15, 2025 6 traffic stops, 6 mugshots: This guy would’ve spent much less time behind bars if he only drove better They say it’s not the crime but the cover-up, or attempted cover-up in this case, that led to a convicted felon’s latest arrest. It’s one of six that started with a traffic stop.
January 13, 2025 Nic fit: Woman with ‘anger problem’ accused of throwing camping lantern at daughter over missing cigarettes The call to authorities concerned a burglary but sheriff’s deputies ended up arresting a woman for attempted battery on her daughter, plus a drug charge.
January 11, 2025 Trouble with a tenant landed this elderly landlord back behind bars A landlord has a new temporary home in jail after he tried to move a tenant he said hadn’t been paying rent. Youssef Nassief El-Masry made some other claims, as well.
January 10, 2025 Sex offender-turned-theft suspect thought he ‘got lucky’ finding suitcases with valuables, report says A sexual offender who served two prison sentences told police he “got lucky” when he found “suitcases with clothes and large amounts of money.” That’s according to his arrest report.
January 9, 2025 Woman charged with stealing from Walmart sporting goods section, also ‘thefts at Lowe’s all over’ Employees at a Walmart watching surveillance cameras reported seeing a woman “conceal items into” her gray purse. This wouldn’t lead to the first time Krystle Renae McCray was arrested for shoplifting. Or the second.
January 8, 2025 Christmas dinner, drinking, duel: Son describes Mom’s attack on Dad, who couldn’t remember, cops say Peace on earth. Good will toward men. Not at this family’s home. Their underage son called police after Christmas dinner “because his mother was inebriated and fighting with his father,” the arrest report said.
January 6, 2025 Busted for shootings, break-ins and a spending spree on school district’s dime, authorities say A young man accused in a long list of crimes over several months was finally busted. Now, he’s facing 13 criminal charges, 12 of them felonies.
January 4, 2025 He wanted a lift to work but got knocked to the ground, taken to the hospital, booked into jail A family fight included both parties punched in the face several times, and it ended with police and paramedics at their home, but the alleged victim wasn’t going anywhere.
January 3, 2025 Bandaged woman left her latest victim ‘shirtless with her breasts uncovered,’ bleeding from lip to ankle A woman who has been in and out of trouble for years is out of jail after taking a plea deal, rather than keep fighting her latest battery charge.
January 2, 2025 Man ‘wearing a bulletproof vest, mask, sunglasses, and an FBI hat’ arrested for weapon in school He was hard to miss and therefore relatively easy to catch. The manager of a food pantry called authorities about a “suspicious” man nearby. He described the man as “approximately 50s, wearing a bulletproof vest, mask, sunglasses, and an FBI hat.”
January 1, 2025 Suspect claimed ‘he was scratching his leg’ under McDonald’s table; witness, cop, video say otherwise A man with a long criminal history is accused of doing something so inappropriate at McDonald’s that an employee shot video of him and called the cops.
December 31, 2024 Latest mug followed getting woken up, laughing at police officers; then they arrested her, report says A young woman’s latest arrest happened moments after she laughed at the police officers who’d knocked on her parents’ door. The question now, of course, is will she get the last laugh?
December 30, 2024 Cop tried to help driver who said ‘he needs help and wanted me to kill him,’ but is now facing 2 felonies A man who could’ve been spending the holidays in a hospital, or even at home, is being held in jail without bond after run-ins with two police officers. He started with the first cop’s sympathy, despite how they met.
December 29, 2024 Post-Christmas party problem: Woman returned to punch dad, pull out mom’s hair over baby, report says A call about “a physical altercation” led to a young woman with a bloody cut on her nose, but she’s no victim. She was arrested for two counts of battery on her parents.
December 28, 2024 Woman was ‘hearing voices coming from the floorboard’ of roommate’s stolen car, trooper says You can’t return a rental car if it’s stolen. That’s what a man told a cop, and he suspected his roommate. Incredibly, the car and roommate were found before he even knew the car was gone.
December 27, 2024 Follow-up Friday: Driver who said ‘it was better for him to get in trouble rather than his mother’ sentenced twice more The driver who told police “it was better for him to get in trouble rather than his mother, who[se] license is also suspended,” has been arrested and sentenced twice more, in two counties, in less than three months.
December 26, 2024 2 battery arrests: A fetish gone too far with his girlfriend, then his elderly dad over mom’s care A 50-year-old man living with his parents is being held without bond after two arrests for domestic battery this year. His alleged victims were his girlfriend and his elderly father.
December 25, 2024 Man traveled cross-country to quickly get arrested twice for domestic violence, 2nd time with ‘a fat lip’ Police officers showed up when paramedics requested help “with a possibly combative patient.” That patient was not the woman described as an “elderly female subject” with “dark purple bruising on her right eye.”
December 24, 2024 Suspect in crimes including carjacking and crashing pickup (twice!) spent years regaining competency A criminal suspect who had three run-ins with the law in three counties in one month is out of the psychiatric hospital and back in jail, before a judge decides whether he’ll face charges including carjacking.
December 23, 2024 Unarmed man charged with battery for using his foot against hunters armed with guns, dogs A group of hunters were armed with guns and dogs but one of them became the victim of a violent crime when the dogs made a wrong turn.
December 21, 2024 Man faces 21 child pornography felonies, video ‘appears to be self-produced,’ investigators say It took well over a year to make an arrest in this disturbing case, despite the evidence authorities said they had. This story started back on June 22, 2023, when they got a cyber tip “in reference to child sexual abuse material.”
December 20, 2024 Follow-up Friday: 1st arrested for sex with underage girlfriend, now charged with battery on her The teenager charged with lewd or lascivious battery on his underage girlfriend is back behind bars, charged with doing something else to her.
December 19, 2024 Woman accused of leaving boyfriend with ‘a visible injury to his nose and blood running down his mouth’ Talking behind someone’s back is rarely good and it reportedly led to violence, twice, in this instance. A police officer got to the victim’s home, where the suspect was also staying, and she had already left.
December 18, 2024 Disorderly conduct suspect accused of damaging cars, got damage to his face during arrest A man got a lot of attention, allegedly “kicking and hitting vehicles in the neighborhood” late at night, and seemed to go on a violent rant when sheriff’s deputies became involved.
December 17, 2024 Man tells deputies this senior was committing a sex act, waited to call and showed no evidence A man out enjoying nature was allegedly doing something he should’ve only been doing in the privacy of his own home, rather than at a county park with other people around.
December 16, 2024 He pulled a knife on kids who’d ‘draw on his sidewalk and run away when he got up to yell at them’ Two children out with their babysitter had a disturbing situation while “drawing on the concrete sidewalk with chalk.”
December 14, 2024 3rd time the charm: Men arrested for fraud, other felonies after repeated visits to Comcast store Two men went into a Comcast store for the “third time within a week” and they left under arrest for three felonies and more. They’re accused of “presenting fraudulent ID cards and a credit card,” and store employees knew to call police.
December 13, 2024 Arrest #23: One-time killer’s dad ‘wished to press charges for the public’s safety’ A woman told police her son had “jumped” her husband and hit him in the face. That violence was the last straw for the couple, whose son had done much worse.
December 12, 2024 Woman back behind bars, accused of attacking elderly mother and charged with battery on deputies A woman’s alleged rampage against her mother and mother’s belongings didn’t end when she went home. That woman is also charged with battery on sheriff’s deputies.
December 11, 2024 Suspect in girl’s molestation ‘doesn’t remember,’ would’ve been ‘blackout drunk’ if he did it, cops say A girl “at a friend’s house” over Thanksgiving weekend told a terrible story about what someone in her home “has been doing to her over the last year.” Now, that man is charged with two felony sex crimes.
December 10, 2024 Quite an audience gathered to watch this woman punch her boyfriend’s head, scratch his arms and chest The violence sure got people’s attention. Police got “three different anonymous phone calls” saying a woman “was actively battering” a man at a gas station.
December 9, 2024 Meth in her bra. Biting a cop. 5 lawyer requests to stop representing her. What could go wrong? The year 2024 won’t go down as Melany Gayle Peters’ best. Her three arrests took place this year and her various lawyers filed motions five times, requesting to be taken off her cases.
December 7, 2024 Man exploited elderly parents for $20,000. Late mom’s ‘sworn affidavit’ explained, detective says Some people move to Florida for family, but one is in jail for something almost unthinkable. He’s accused of using “a position of trust” to “knowingly exploit his parents,” and some of the evidence comes from his late mother.
December 6, 2024 Fight with stepfather left blood all over, bedroom destroyed, 3rd stop at hospital on his way to jail The victim in this disturbance wasn’t home when it started, but he called 911 when it “escalated into being physical” and “informed the call-taker the door was open and for responding units to make entry to assist.”
December 5, 2024 U-Haul had cops haul this guy in after his one-day truck rental turned into weeks The guy “in charge of servicing the U-Haul rental vehicles” waited more than a month before calling the police. They arrested the long overdue renter before the day was done, but they had to get him a second time.
December 4, 2024 Felon with ‘White Pride’ swastika tattoo ‘began to plea for a chance to ‘rat’ on someone,’ cop says A speeding driver who may have been trying to avoid a ticket had much more to worry about, which was getting arrested again and charged with another felony.