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Disney Pulls Completed Season of The Bachelorette

Season shelved after assault video emerges involving star Taylor Frankie Paul

(Newser) - ABC's long-running dating franchise has hit an unwanted reality TV milestone: an entire finished season shelved days before launch. Disney says it is pulling the new season of The Bachelorette after the release of a video showing star Taylor Frankie Paul in a 2023 altercation with boyfriend Dakota Mortenson....

Felony Charge for College Hockey Star Is Dropped

Penn State's Gavin McKenna still faces misdemeanor charges after assault accusation

(Newser) - Gavin McKenna just saw the most serious charge against him dropped after a reported altercation last weekend. The Centre County District Attorney's Office said Friday it will drop a felony aggravated-assault charge against the 18-year-old Penn State hockey player, though a misdemeanor assault charge and other charges for disorderly...

Cops: USPS Driver Tried to Run Over Kid He Thought Was Thief

Florida postal worker charged with aggravated assault after striking scooter

(Newser) - Days after Christmas, a child in Florida noticed a USPS driver had mistakenly delivered a neighbor's package to his home, so hopped on a scooter to complete the delivery for him. That's when the USPS driver, believing the boy was stealing the package, tried to run him over,...

Officer Charged in Crash That Killed 2 Children

Court documents say Michael Hightower sped without using lights or sirens

(Newser) - A Texas patrol officer who sped to answer a "persons with a weapon" call without using his vehicle's lights or siren is now facing felony charges in a crash that killed two children, prosecutors said. Michael Hightower, a 2½-year veteran, has been indicted on two counts of...

Homeowner Accused of Shooting Teen 'Porch Pirates'

Atlanta man charged with aggravated assault after wounding pair

(Newser) - An Atlanta homeowner faces charges after police say he shot two teens accused of trying to steal packages from his porch. Authorities say the homeowner shot a 15-year-old boy in the foot and a 16-year-old boy in the arm, reports USA Today . Both were recuperating. Rakim Bradford, 34, is charged...

Cops: Turning Off Girls' WiFi Almost Proved Fatal for Mom

The knife-wielding teens chased their mother out into the street Sunday in Houston, sheriff says

(Newser) - Three teenage sisters concocted a plan to stab their mother to death because she turned off the WiFi, according to authorities in Texas. The three girls in Houston—ages 14, 15, and 16—grabbed kitchen knives and chased their mother through the family home and out into the street on...

Another Chrisley Is in Trouble With the Law

Kyle Chrisley, son of reality star Todd Chrisley, has been arrested for assault in Tennessee

(Newser) - We're beginning to think that maybe the Chrisleys don't know best. Not even four months after reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to time behind bars for fraud and tax evasion, Todd's once-estranged son Kyle, 32, has been arrested in Tennessee. A spokesperson for the...

They Showed Up to Arrest His Son. Out Came the Excavator

Vermont's Wayne Tallman is now facing charges, as is son Brandon

(Newser) - "They don't have a scenario at the academy where we practice this one." So Vermont State Police Captain Matt Daley tells WCAX of an incident that saw two troopers threatened by the swinging bucket of an excavator. The troopers had arrived at Wayne Tallman's home in...

Man Charged With Shooting Ex-Wife While 4 Kids Slept

Texas' Aaron Wright denies involvement in shooting hours before custody hearing

(Newser) - A Texas man scheduled to attend a child-custody hearing within hours allegedly broke into his ex-wife's home and shot her four times Monday while their four children slept inside. Aaron Wright appeared Tuesday before a judge in Harris County, who described an elaborate plan that allegedly began with Wright...

Man Accused of Running Over His Kids With Backhoe

Texas father Vijender Chauhan charged with manslaughter

(Newser) - Two young children are dead in Texas, where their father is charged with killing them with a backhoe. Vijender Chauhan, 40, had been driving a John Deere backhoe close to his home near Roanoke on Saturday evening "with multiple children and adults riding on various moving parts" of the...

Soldiers Held at Gunpoint While Moving Vaccines

Arizona man, 66, charged in Texas

(Newser) - A group of 11 unarmed National Guardsmen was held at gunpoint while transporting coronavirus vaccines in Texas on Monday. A male driver had followed a convoy of vehicles from a travel stop in Lubbock before repeatedly attempting to run the vehicles off the road, police tell WAFB . He then used...

'Long and Ugly History' at Women's Prison Gets Uglier

2 sergeants, correctional officer at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility facing charges

(Newser) - Two sergeants and a correctional officer at what the New York Times calls a "notorious" women's prison in New Jersey are facing charges after an inmate was allegedly repeatedly punched, leaving her with a broken eye socket and concussion. Sgts. Amir Bethea and Anthony Valvano had ordered a...

Cops: Disney Worker in Fla. Helped Victim of Assault in Pa.

Employee alerted police after woman calling for Disney tickets indicated she was in trouble

(Newser) - A quick-thinking Disney World worker may have helped save a life nearly 1,000 miles away. According to Northern York County Regional Police, the Orlando employee got an alarming phone call close to midnight on Jan. 9, with the Pennsylvania woman on the other end at first making a normal...

Police: Teens Threw Bricks at Cars, With Grave Consequences

Emanuel Oliveras was seriously injured

(Newser) - Massachusetts police say four teens hurled bricks at 19 cars while driving about the streets of Worcester on Saturday afternoon—with serious consequences. Police say Emanuel Oliveras suffered a number of broken facial bones and "very serious, permanent injuries" after a brick shattered the windshield of the car he...

Sheriff: Cop Pointing Gun at Unarmed Man's Head 'Despicable'

Former Sgt. Janak Amin has been fired, arrested; colleagues reported incident in Tampa

(Newser) - A former 21-year veteran of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida is now facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after being accused by his colleagues of pointing a gun at the head of an unresisting Black man already in custody. The Tampa Bay Times reports...

Cops: Minnesota Mom Admits to the 'Unthinkable'

Itayvia D. Lloyd allegedly pulled son from bed, threw him off balcony; he survived

(Newser) - A mother in Minnesota dragged her 11-year-old son out of bed before throwing him off a fourth-floor balcony, according to police. The boy, who suffered serious head injuries, a broken femur, and a fractured jaw, is expected to survive. Found at the foot of his family's apartment building in...

Cops: Guy Attacked Flight Attendant, Tried to Storm Cockpit

'If he did actually get into that cockpit, Lord knows what would have happened'

(Newser) - Passengers on a flight into New Jersey from DC had a scare as the United Express plane started to land in Newark on Thursday evening, reports NBC New York . Passenger Mike Egbert says that Matthew Dingley got up and went into a "full sprint" toward the cockpit, ramming into...

Cops: She Got Hired by Subway, Wanted to Party. Her BF Didn't

Kathy Jones accused of trying to set beau on fire because he wouldn't celebrate with her

(Newser) - Getting a new job is certainly worthy of celebration, but one Arizona woman's alleged response to a lukewarm reaction from her live-in boyfriend appears to have crossed the line. Court documents cited by KHOU and KPHO note that 46-year-old Kathy Jones was charged with aggravated assault and criminal damage...

2 Learn Fate for Racist Attack on Kid's Birthday

Jose Torres pointed gun, shouted racial slurs

(Newser) - A Georgia judge on Monday sentenced two people to lengthy prison terms for their role in disrupting a black child's birthday party with Confederate flags, racial slurs, and armed threats. Jose Ismael Torres, 26, will spend 13 years in prison for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, making terroristic...

Man Gets 25 Years in Prom Date's Death

He admitted to choking her during rough sex

(Newser) - A 20-year-old Houston man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday after he woke up to find his prom date dead back in 2014, KHOU reports. Eddie Herrera admitted to choking 17-year-old Jackie Gomez during rough—but consensual—sex in a hotel room after the prom. According to the...

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