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A Florida police officer has been charged after allegedly orchestrating a "complex scheme" to control a deceased person's home, according to an incident description from the Broward County Sheriff's Department and an arrest affidavit.Brian Louis Sguros, an officer with the Lauderhill Police Department in South Florida, was arrested on Oct. 20 on charges including "official misconduct, criminal use of deceased personal identification, criminal use of personal identification information, offense against […]

A former New York City police detective pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he shot and killed a motorist on New York's George Washington Bridge Wednesday night.Victor Romero, 62, was initially arrested on a murder charge but was arraigned on a lesser count of first-degree manslaughter stemming from the rush-hour shooting of 46-year-old Koran Irvine, an off-duty Con Edison worker and a married father of two children, that occurred after […]

Getty Images / Stock Photo Federal prosecutors charged 15 people across multiple states in connection with an alleged Medicare and insurance fraud schemes they allege collectively took in $2 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday.Eight of the defendants, some of whom were physicians, were arrested by federal agents on Thursday, with most of the arrests taking place in California, according to officials.The alleged schemes included billing private insurers for phony substance […]

Multiple California parents are facing child endangerment charges in connection with letting their children "illegally ride E-Motos," the Orange County District Attorney announced Wednesday.According to the district attorney's office, the charges come after multiple accidents, including one that left an 11-year-old with a broken collarbone and an arterial bleed and another in which a 13-year-old died after crashing into a light pole.E-motos, or electric motorcycles, are two-wheeled, off-highway motorcycles that […]

The mother of a toddler who was found breathing in a hospital morgue hours after being pronounced dead is speaking out about the shocking incident.Vincent Fiordilino was found floating face-down in an in-ground pool during a Super Bowl gathering at the family's home in Gilbert, Arizona, according to police. The then-nearly-18-month-old toddler was unresponsive and transported to Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 […]

It wasn't unusual for Dee Warner to leave home when she was upset, her family and friends said. April 25, 2021, however, was different.That day, the 52-year-old businesswoman and mother of five disappeared and didn't respond to messages or calls, sparking an investigation that lasted years.A new "20/20" episode, "Help Dale Find Dee," airing Friday, Oct. 23, at 9 p.m. ET on ABC and streaming the next day on Disney+ […]

The family of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is asking that the trial of his alleged murderer begin next year -- sooner than the timelines suggested by the state and defense, according to new court filings.The suspect, Tyler Robinson, is due in court on Friday for a hearing that's expected to set a timeline for the capital murder case, including trial dates.The defense has asked that the capital trial start in […]

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has released the body camera footage of the officer-involved shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, who was fatally shot in a Walmart parking lot on June 14 during an alleged shoplifting pursuit.The release of the video on Thursday came after the Mississippi Attorney General's Office announced on Monday the findings of its investigation, concluding that the use of force by the Senatobia Police Department was "justified."The […]

New York City horse-drawn carriages will be riding into the sunset in less than two years after city leaders voted Thursday to ban the practice following the death of an 18-year-old tourist who was killed during a ride in Central Park over the summer.The City Council voted 40 to 7 with two abstentions on Romanch's Law, which would prohibit the issuance of new licenses used in the operation of horse-drawn […]