Author: Voxtrend News
A Missouri couple are facing 12 felony charges each after police said they allegedly abused and neglected the woman’s two teenagers, as well as locking them in a chicken pen and forcing them to fight each other. Chantel Hayford and her boyfriend, Jerry Menees, were taken into custody Tuesday after police searched her Potosi home amid an investigation into alleged ongoing abuse, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Wednesday. Sheriff Scott Reed told KSDK that he was initially shocked by the alleged abuse reported by the Division of Family Services in December, but that Hayford immediately…
A quiet Thursday morning in Lexington turned into tragedy when 29‑year‑old Anisleys Font Lantaron was found stabbed to death inside an apartment on Larkin Road. Police and emergency crews responded around 10:45 a.m. to reports from residents of suspicious activity, only to discover Lantaron unresponsive with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Fayette County Coroner later ruled her death a homicide. Officers from the Lexington Police Department arrested 43‑year‑old Roberto Buffill Paredes at the apartment moments after discovering the victim. According to official records, Paredes now faces several felony charges, including murder (classified as domestic…
Woodbridge, Virginia — What began as frantic worry across this tight‑knit community has ended in a wave of relief. Fifteen‑year‑old Evangeline Elisabeth Williamson, who vanished on January 12, 2026, was located safe after days of dedicated searching by police, volunteers and family members. Evangeline’s disappearance had sent shockwaves through Woodbridge. The teenager was last seen wearing a long black jacket and blue jeans, and her sudden absence was described by authorities as “out of character,” prompting an urgent, all‑hands‑on‑deck effort to find her. From the moment her family reported her missing, the Prince William County Police Department worked side‑by‑side with community members…
Birmingham’s quiet early morning was shattered around 1:46 a.m. Friday, when a freight train struck a minivan that had gone around a lowered railroad crossing arm, killing two Birmingham women and injuring several children. The collision happened in the 1000 block of 24th Street SW, leaving neighbors stunned and first responders scrambling through the cold night. Carolyn Elaine Berry, 47, died at the scene, emergency officials confirmed. Her body was found near the wreckage of the badly crushed minivan, a grim reminder of how fragile life can be at rail crossings. Just minutes earlier, Aldereka Laqulla Ikes, 36, had been…
Early Saturday morning on Chicago’s CTA Blue Line, a 37-year-old man was stabbed to death while he slept, in an attack prosecutors say was recorded by the suspect on his own phone. The victim, identified as Dominique Pollion, was targeted without warning in a random act of violence that has shaken riders and reignited concerns about safety on the city’s public transit system. Around 2:15 a.m., on January 10, Pollion was asleep on a crowded Blue Line train heading through the Loop when 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman entered the same car holding both a knife and his cellphone, according to court…
NORCROSS, Georgia — A man whose angry tirade at a Social Security office in Norcross was shared widely online was arrested this week after police say his behavior crossed the line from hateful words to criminal conduct. The disturbing video that captured the confrontation drew attention not just for the harsh language used, but for how casually it unfolded where families and children could see it. It all started on January 14 at the Social Security Administration office on Shackleford Road in Gwinnett County. Witnesses inside the building recorded a white man repeatedly hurling threats, expletives and racial slurs at…
Crystal Royster, a 42‑year‑old mother from Michigan, will spend time in jail and on probation after she falsely reported a bomb at her daughter’s high school because the girl wasn’t allowed to be in a school play. The episode unfolded at Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores on March 12, 2025, and caused fear and chaos for students, teachers and families alike. It began when school officials told Royster her daughter couldn’t take part in that day’s school play. According to prosecutors, the girl had gone home sick earlier in the day, and school rules bar students from…
In the quiet, early hours of Thursday morning in Milwaukee, WI, a community on the city’s north side was shaken when 35‑year‑old Jahvee Taylor was found dead from a gunshot wound near 35th and Walnut Street, just east of Washington Park. Police and emergency crews were called to the scene around 4:45 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Investigators discovered Taylor with a fatal injury and pronounced him dead at the scene. Later that morning, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that Taylor’s death was a suicide. Neighbors in the Walnut Hill neighborhood woke to flashing lights and police tape…
Bradenton, Fla. — Grief and shock hung heavy over a quiet medical office complex Thursday afternoon after a deadly workplace shooting that ended the life of Myshaela Burnham, 29, and left another woman fighting for her life. The Bradenton Police Department says the suspect, 29-year-old Keith Roberts Jr., was arrested later that day and now faces murder and attempted murder charges. It was just before 1 p.m. when multiple 911 calls flooded dispatchers reporting gunfire inside a suite of offices in the bustling 5200 block of 4th Avenue Circle East. Officers arrived within minutes to find two women wounded inside…
On a quiet Thursday night in Westminster, South Carolina, tragedy struck the close-knit community on Cromer Moore Drive when 76-year-old Larry Moore and his 75-year-old wife, Sandra Moore, were found dead in their home after a worried family member made a welfare check. Around 9:05 p.m., Oconee County 911 Communications got a call from a relative who hadn’t been able to reach the couple and grew concerned. The family member drove to the Moore residence and, hoping simply to make sure they were safe, discovered the unthinkable. Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office were called out and, upon arriving,…