San Jose, CA

Philadelphia, PA

Contributors represent independent, third-party users who have joined our contributor program. Contributors are expected, like all users, to adhere to our community standards.

newsbreak_contributor

This badge represents contributors who have consistently met NewsBreak's standards for quality, along with adhering to all policies, requirements, and editorial guidelines.

certified_community_voice

Upper Chichester Township, PA

The Quick Historian

UPPER CHICHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A 51-year-old man has been taken into custody by police on suspicion of neglecting his mother, who was found in distressing conditions, lying in soiled sheets stuck to her bed.

Woman found dead and "fused" to bed, son arrested

San Quentin, CA

CBS San Francisco

A man who was condemned to death row at San Quentin State Prison in 1998 was found dead in his cell Monday and authorities are investigating it as a suicide, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Daniel Jenkins, 68, was discovered unresponsive in his cell and pronounced deceased by Marin County Fire Medical Emergency Services at 6:59 a.m., according to the state. The cause of death is pending the results of an autopsy; however, the death is being investigated as a suicide. Jenkins was sent to death row on Oct. 6, 1998 in Los Angeles County for first-degree murder armed with a firearm, conspiracy to commit a crime, and first-degree attempted murder, according to the CDCR.Jenkins was convicted of killing an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department Detective in 1985 as he picked up his six-year-old son from daycare. The officer had just testified in a case against Jenkins.


San Quentin death row inmate found dead in his cell may have committed suicide

Oregon State

Lake Oswego, OR

The Oregon man accused of feeding drug-laced mango smoothies to his daughter’s friends showed a creepy interest in his co-workers’ children, The Post has learned. When Michael Meyden was working as an HR director for renewable energy company Avangrid, he was known around the office for being friendly and jovial — but one of his former colleagues now questions his motives.

Creepy dad who allegedly drugged 12-year-old girls’ smoothies always ‘kept track’ of co-workers’ kids: ‘Thought he was being nice’

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A Jacksonville man who spent more than 44 years in prison is suing over his wrongful arrest. Willie Williams was convicted of attempted murder in a store robbery in 1975 and sentenced to life in prison, a crime he always insisted he did not commit. He was paroled in 2020 at age 79.

Freed Jacksonville man sues after 44 years in prison

Stockton, CA

Elk Grove, CA

CBS Sacramento

ELK GROVE — A man was arrested on accusations that he kidnapped and raped a woman who was found in Elk Grove nine days after she was reported missing out of Stockton, police said Friday night.The Stockton Police Department said the 24-year-old woman was reported missing on April 16 after her family was unable to get in touch with her.CBS Sacramento spoke with the mother of the victim, who said her daughter was held captive in an Elk Grove apartment for nine days without clothing. We are not naming the victim or the mother due to the nature of the...

Man accused of raping woman, holding her captive in Elk Grove apartment for 9 days

Missouri State

Fredericktown, MO

Police in Fredericktown, Missouri, have arrested a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy, who showed signs of malnourishment and multiple injuries.

Couple arrested after malnourished 4-year-old son found dead

Los Angeles County, CA

Llano, CA

Pain In The Pass

LLANO, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Four people are injured as the result of a head-on crash on Highway 18 near the town of Llano Sunday afternoon, according to California Highway Patrol. (Photo above is credit by Don Luis Meza.)

Two Airlifted after Head-On Crash on Highway 18 Sunday Afternoon

California State

Redding, CA

KYLD WiLD 94.9

People in this city do not live as long as residents in other California cities.

California City Has The 'Shortest Life Expectancy' In The Entire State

Anaheim, CA

NewSantaAna

Patrol Officers arrested Joseph Michael Sanders , a 34-year-old transient with a criminal record, on 4/18/2024 at approximately 6:30 p.m., on charges of kicking a small dog, as seen on a widely publicized video, according to the Anaheim Police Department .

Transient ex-con who repeatedly kicked a small dog arrested by the Anaheim Police

San Francisco, CA

TheDailyBeast

The child of billionaire businessman Stewart Butterfield is missing, and authorities believe the teen may have run away to San Francisco’s seedy Tenderloin district.According to the Marin County Sheriff’s Office, Mint Butterfield, 16, was last seen around 10 p.m. Sunday night in Bolinas, a coastal community of roughly 1,500 people. They were reported missing early the next morning by their mother, entrepreneur Caterina Fake.“Mint has brown/reddish curly hair and their eyebrows are pierced,” Deputy Jose Suarez posted to neighborhood networking site NextDoor. “They were last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots. They possibly had a...

Tech Billionaire’s Teen Reported Missing in the Bay Area

Chicago, IL

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.

Sandra Kolalou found guilty of 2022 murder of Frances Walker. In a harrowing case that shook the Arcadia Terrace neighborhood of Chicago, Sandra Kolalou has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of her landlord, Frances Walker, in 2022. Kolalou, who was accused of killing Walker before dismembering her body, faced multiple charges, including the gruesome act of body mutilation.

Chicago Woman Convicted of Murdering, Dismembering Landlord After Receiving Eviction Notice

Texas State

Dallas, TX

New York Post

A Secret Service officer assigned to protect Vice President Kamala Harris who got into a brawl with her colleagues earlier this week previously filed a $1 million gender discrimination lawsuit against the city of Dallas while working as a police officer.

Michelle Herczeg was removed from her duties on Wednesday after displaying erratic behavior and assaulting a superior officer while awaiting Harris’ departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday.

In December 2016, Herczeg — then a senior corporal with the Dallas Police Department — filed her claim against the city, alleging that she “was targeted for being a female officer...

Secret Service officer who fought colleagues while assigned to Kamala Harris once sued Dallas for $1M claiming gender bias

A corrections officer is one of 17 people who have been arrested after a six-month investigation into illegal drug trafficking at the Duval County jail. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Tuesday announced the arrest of corrections officer Kobe Collett, 23, the fifth employee the agency has arrested this year.

Corrections officer among 17 charged in Duval jail drug ring

Santa Clara, CA

Campbell, CA

Milpitas, CA

Sunnyvale, CA

Alviso, CA

Los Gatos, CA

Cupertino, CA

NewsBreak

San Jose fire captain was part of 24 arrested in sting by undercover officers

The San Jose fire captain accused of sending lewd photos to someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl was one of the 24 people arrested in...

San Jose fire captain was part of 24 arrested in sting by undercover officers

Comments / 0