Authorities said an inmate at a Cleveland County jail died at a nearby hospital on Sunday, apparently after attempting suicide. At 11:55 p.m., 58-year-old Daniel Edward Freeman was pronounced dead at Norman Regional Hospital. Authorities said Freeman was seen moving around his cell at 10 p.m. before the jail’s lights out. Visual checks at 8:07 […]
Two Oklahoma County Jail guards were fired after being accused of smuggling contraband to inmates. Kaylyn Crawford, 20, and Xzavier Nicholson, 19, were arrested Wednesday, the prison said. Both live in Oklahoma City. “These two former employees abused the trust placed in them … and compromised the safety of our residents and staff,” Brandi Garner, […]
BOISE, ID — An Idaho man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman in California more than 50 years ago, authorities said. DNA evidence led investigators to identify 75-year-old Michael Eugene Mullen as a suspect in the 1973 death of Nina “Nadine” Fischer, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said. Mullen […]
Nearly 17 years after the murder of nine-year-old Rowan Ford, an execution date has been set for one of the men involved in her death. The Missouri Supreme Court issued an execution warrant for Christopher Collings on Tuesday. He will be executed on Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. In April, Missouri Attorney General Andrew […]
KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — Sascha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina want to get married. In their native Russia, this was not an option, but now that they live in Germany, where same-sex marriages are recognized, it is possible. “We don’t know how or in which city we will do it, but that’s the plan,” Skochilenko, 33, […]
KOBLENZ, Germany — KOBLENZ (AP) — Sascha Skochilenko and Sofia Subbotina want to get married. In their home country of Russia, that was not an option, but now that the two live in Germany and same-sex marriages are recognized, it is possible. “We don’t know how or in which city we will do it, but […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A federal judge ruled that the state of Illinois must relocate most of the inmates at its 100-year-old prison in less than two months due to dilapidated conditions. The Illinois Department of Corrections said U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood’s order Friday to vacate the Stateville Correctional Center is consistent with its […]
An inmate has died after being found unconscious at the low-security Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee. After Shauna Maryann Boselli was found unconscious, “squad command personnel initiated life-saving measures,” according to a press release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. “Emergency medical services were called and life-saving measures continued,” the press release said. “Ms. Boselli […]
