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Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (PARK CITY, Utah) — A Utah woman who is accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl is scheduled to appear in court Monday for a detention hearing. Kouri Richins, 33, was arrested in May and charged with aggravated murder and multiple counts of drug possession in connection with […]

Philadelphia Prisons (PHILADELPHIA) — A manhunt is underway for two inmates, including one facing multiple murder charges, who escaped from a Philadelphia detention center through a hole in the recreation yard’s fence, authorities said. The two men were discovered missing from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center during a headcount Monday afternoon, according to Philadelphia Prisons Commissioner […]

Massachusetts State Police (CENTRAL FALLS, R.I.) — An airline passenger accused of attempting to open a plane emergency exit door and then swinging at a flight attendant with a broken spoon allegedly tried to attack two guards Tuesday at the jail where he is being held, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Francisco Torres, 33, of […]

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Massachusetts 32-year-old woman charged with strangling her three young children to death last month planned the killings, prosecutors argued on Tuesday, disclosing new details about the alleged actions of the woman, Lindsay Clancy, on the day of the incident. Prosecutors, trying to prove that Clancy was not mentally […]

Grants Pass Police Department (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — A man accused of torturing a woman who evaded police for a week is dead following an hourslong standoff, Oregon police said. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, was wanted for attempted murder, kidnapping and assault, police said. The Grants Pass Police Department announced late Tuesday that Foster was in […]