December 20, 2021 New Jersey hijacker who used backhoe to flip police car shot and killed: 'Out of a movie' The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting of a man who allegedly stole a backhoe and was filmed flipping a police car on its side.
December 15, 2021 Oklahoma boy’s arm ripped off by pit bull after trying to pet puppies, police say A pit bull ripped off the arm of a 4-year-old Oklahoma boy after he tried to pet one of the dog’s puppies, police said.
December 13, 2021 Illinois homeless man crushed to death inside garbage truck, some blame cold weather Lee Roy Stewart, a 58-year-old homeless man, was accidentally crushed to death inside a garbage truck in Springfield, Illinois, last week after he was believed to have been trying to keep warm inside a dumpster, according to local reports.
December 8, 2021 New Hampshire woman allegedly kept mother's corpse for months while Social Security payments continued Kimberly K. Heller, 54, was arrested in Bedford, New Hampshire, and charged with abuse of a corpse after allegedly keeping her mother's corpse inside her home for nearly six months.
December 2, 2021 Semitrailer drags sedan down Illinois highway in captured video footage A tractor-trailer was captured on video dragging a sedan down an Illinois freeway earlier this week. The incident happened on Tuesday on Interstate 294 northbound just outside Chicago.
November 14, 2021 Florida police seek help to ID victim from tattoo after body parts found floating in bay Tampa police have launched a death investigation after human body parts were found floating in McKay Bay last week and asked the public for help in identifying the victim from a tattoo located just below their lower right calf.
November 8, 2021 New York man bursts into flames after being tasered: Report Jason Jones, 29, burst into flames after dousing himself in hand sanitizer before Catskill police attempted to subdue him with a Taser, according to a local report.
November 7, 2021 New York firefighters rescue naked man stuck in bathroom wall for several days, officials say Firefighters rescued a naked man who was stuck for several days inside the bathroom wall of the Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York, on Friday, fire officials said.
November 4, 2021 Colorado man sets mom’s home ablaze trying to clear cobwebs with blowtorch: police A Colorado man was arrested this week for setting his mom’s house on fire after using a blowtorch to clear cobwebs, the sheriff’s office said.
October 25, 2021 Colorado hiker, lost for 24 hours, ignored rescuers' calls because hiker didn’t recognize the number A Colorado hiker who had wandered off the trail and got lost ignored repeated phone calls from rescuers because the hiker didn’t recognize the number, officials said.
