POPULARITY
A Massachusetts babysitter is awaiting trial in the death of a two-year-old boy, as his father speaks out about what he says happened in the hours before his son died. A Florida man is arrested after deputies say he was driving backward down a busy state road, telling them he thought it was the best way to get to an auto parts store. A multi-county diesel theft scheme in Northwest Florida leads to several arrests, with investigators saying suspects used magnets to bypass fuel pumps and fill big rigs without paying. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Georgia man is behind bars after a brave child’s report of abuse led investigators to a home packed with dozens of guns and illegal drugs in Carroll County, west of Atlanta. A California couple is charged with torture after investigators say an 11-year-old girl was abused for more than a year, forced to sleep in a garage, starved, and dragged with a dog leash. An armed robbery suspect threatens fast food workers in Atlanta, telling them to “serve me or get ready to die about some chicken” before reaching through a drive-thru window and grabbing cash. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Colorado schoolbus aide who abused non-verbal children with autism is sentenced to four and a half years in prison, a punishment families say falls short after months of violence caught on camera. A Florida woman is charged with murder after deputies say she shot her boyfriend while he slept, then tried to dismember his body and bury the remains across her yard. A stolen fire engine rampage that tore through an Everett, Washington neighborhood is now tied to a suspect through DNA, months after the truck slammed into cars and property across the city. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida nurse is accused of killing his co-worker/married lover during a secret birthday meeting. An Ohio jury orders a logistics company to pay $22.5 million after finding it refused to let a pregnant employee work from home, a decision jurors say led to her newborn daughter’s death. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Nevada man at the center of a court fight over ankle monitoring is kept in custody after police refuse to release him pre-trial. Then he’s let out. Then he is arrested again for the 36th time. A Florida hospital is suing a former patient who refuses to leave months after being discharged, claiming her continued stay is taking up a bed needed for other patients. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Georgia, a four-year-old girl suffers broken toes at a daycare, but her mother says no one called to tell her. In Texas, a routine traffic stop on Interstate 35 turns into a massive drug bust after a state trooper pulled over Julie Juarez of Roma on March 12th in Hill County. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In North Carolina, a wrongful death lawsuit claims a daycare worker caused the death of a 16-month-old girl during what should have been a routine nap, when the employee smothered the child as she scrolled on her phone. In Washington state, a man is arrested for DUI after deputies say he rode an electric unicycle down a road while drunk and crashed it into a ditch. In New York, a headless and handless body found along a rural road more than five decades ago has finally been identified, but the killer is still unknown. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fifteen years after a young Iowa realtor was shot and killed during an open house, an arrest in a case that led to changes across the industry meant to keep agents safe. In Indiana, a groom is arrested at the courthouse just moments before his wedding after deputies say he lied on his marriage paperwork and failed to disclose his past as a registered sexual violent predator. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Georgia, a family says an 83-year-old man with dementia vanished and returned in a new SUV tied to a nearly $70,000 deal he did not understand. In Florida, crews are tearing down the Pulse nightclub as the city prepares to build a permanent memorial nearly a decade after a mass shooting that killed 49 people. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Georgia, a longtime grocery store manager says he was fired after stepping in to protect an elderly co-worker from shoplifters and suffering a head injury during the attack. A mother is under arrest in North Carolina after police say she left two young children in a hot car while shoplifting inside a Walmart. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Hello Kitty sticker helps police track down a Tucson man now accused of opening fire during a road rage incident that left two teenage girls wounded. A two-month-old baby is dead and her mother is fighting for her life after a private ambulance crash in Philadelphia that police say may involve a family member driving under the influence. A massive international crackdown in Thailand is exposing industrial-scale scam centers that use thousands of phones to target Americans for fraud. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Continuing coverage of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, as investigators face growing pressure and new questions about motive. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Washington state teacher accused of sexually abusing a student pleads not guilty as parents pull their children from school and demand answers. The FBI adds a fugitive tied to a brutal Philadelphia double murder to its Ten Most Wanted list and offers up to $1 million for information leading to his arrest. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida mother is accused of holding a 10-year-old boy in place and telling her own children to beat him during a fight at a neighborhood park. A Delta flight headed to Taiwan is forced to land in Alaska after a passenger allegedly makes racial slurs and threatens crew midair. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a young mother is executed, closing a case that exposed failures in the 911 system and led to nationwide reform. An online prediction platform now faces criminal charges in Arizona as state officials accuse it of running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on elections. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two girls in California escape a suspected kidnapping by jumping out of a car after a man lures them in and drives them to a secluded street. A South Carolina inmate stays behind bars after trying to bond out with fake Benjamins and telling a judge to “keep the change.” Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Virginia babysitter is sentenced to jail after a judge finds she starved and abused a toddler in her care over the course of several months. A bill that would have banned first-cousin marriages in Florida fails to pass in the state Senate. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Arizona, the man accused of crucifying a pastor in his own home is now asking a judge to sentence him to death. In Florida, deputies say a man tried to steal a septic tank from a construction site with a compact car, failed, then came back the next day with a rented truck and took it. In New Jersey, a massage business advertising “happy endings” on its own website is now at the center of a prostitution case. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Texas woman who spent more than two decades in prison for the scalding death of a baby she was babysitting is now free after courts ruled she was actually innocent, and federal officials confirm she will not be deported. In Louisiana, an eighteen-year-old National Guard soldier is accused of firing a loaded pistol she believed was empty and shooting a fellow soldier in the chest at a military base in New Orleans. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Colorado community is grieving after investigators say an eleven-year-old boy is suspected of killing his five-year-old brother inside their family home. A false report of a mass shooting sends dozens of police vehicles racing to Disneyland in Anaheim, California before investigators determine the alarming calls were a hoax. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Pennsylvania, police say a man carried an injured parakeet into a bar in his pocket while allegedly bragging that he feeds the bird marijuana and forces it to drink beer. In Georgia, a young mother accused of killing two of her infant sons years apart by holding their nostrils shut has now been granted bond in one of the cases. Federal prosecutors say Florida man stole more than half-a-million dollars worth of onions and potatoes in a scheme that diverted produce shipments before companies were ever paid. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Florida, a Catholic priest who has spent decades feeding homeless people now faces more than half a million dollars in city fines as he fights a zoning dispute with the city of Oakland Park. In North Carolina, deputies say as many as 700 stolen firearms tied to an estate theft investigation have now been recovered. Florida Man is released from jail after cutting a plea deal in a bizarre case involving a thermos hidden inside his body. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A twelve-year-old girl in Georgia is dead after collapsing following a fight with another student near a school bus stop. A Georgia prosecutor says the family of a high school teacher killed during a prom season prank will play a major role in deciding whether criminal charges against five students move forward. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Cobb County, Georgia mother is arrested after police say she left her three young children alone in a car, allowing her toddler daughter to wander the parking lot for more than an hour while she went shopping at a busy mall. A Kentucky man is in jail after police say they found him covered in blood next to the body of his wife inside the garage of their Mount Washington home. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two Florida teens accused of plotting to kill a classmate at a high school in Seminole County will remain behind bars after running their mouths in the back of the patrol car. An eleven-year-old girl kidnapped from California when she was five has been found safe nearly six years later living under another name in North Carolina. A Florida judge throws out a red-light camera ticket and rules the law behind the citation violates constitutional due process. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A teacher’s aide in Washington, D.C., pleads guilty after admitting she put hot sauce in the mouth of a nonverbal autistic student as punishment. A treasure hunter who discovered one of the richest shipwrecks in American history is now free after spending more than a decade behind bars for refusing to reveal the location of missing gold coins. Florida man is arrested after police say he refused to pay a $650 bill for a string of private dances at a strip club in Clearwater. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A nine-year-old Detroit student says a substitute teacher hit him and ordered other children to attack him inside a classroom on the city’s west side, leaving him injured and afraid to return to school. A woman in Iowa is accused of trying to cause a woman to have a miscarriage by delivering a pan of lasagna allegedly laced with oxycodone to a pregnant woman’s family. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A tourist in Nevada faces felony animal cruelty charges after police say he broke into a flamingo habitat on the Las Vegas Strip, grabbed one of the birds, and carried it back to his hotel room while allegedly torturing it. An eighteen-year-old Wisconsin man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting he murdered his parents in a plot to fund an assassination attempt against President Trump. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A lawsuit in California accuses an elite Los Angeles private school of failing to protect a teenage water polo player who says he endured years of sexual assault and racist abuse by teammates. A crash involving a manure truck in central Pennsylvania is prompting firefighters to remind drivers to watch for tractors and slow-moving equipment on rural roads. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Southeast Portland, Oregon business owner says a heroic kitten likely saved his life as a fast-moving fire destroyed the home he spent years rebuilding. Police in southern New Jersey say they went from making an arrest to making a food delivery after pulling over a DoorDash driver with outstanding warrants. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
More than two dozen Southern California couples say the embryos they created to start their families have disappeared, and they are now suing their fertility doctor in an effort to get them back. A young American accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from the U.S. government has been arrested on a Caribbean island after an international investigation tracked the digital trail. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A former North Carolina private school teacher is behind bars after investigators say he created explicit images using AI on photos of his own students. A retired actor and California animal rescue founder now faces federal charges after investigators say he plotted to kidnap a former employee who won a multimillion-dollar judgment against his sanctuary. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A glove discovered near the Tucson home of missing Nancy Guthrie has now been traced to a restaurant worker and is not connected to the case. A ten-year veteran corrections officer with the Slidell, Louisiana Police Department is now in federal custody after investigators say he tried to meet what he believed was a fifteen-year-old girl at a park. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A horrific discovery made by a dog walker as two young Black girls are found dead in suitcases buried in shallow graves in Ohio. A South Florida man pleads guilty in federal court to distributing sexually violent videos showing monkeys being tortured, mutilated, and burned. A flight instructor and his teenage student survive a dramatic emergency landing after their small plane lost power and crash-landed in the icy Hudson River. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A husband says he is still trying to understand how his thirty-two-year-old wife ended up shot to death during the early morning hours in Mesa, Arizona, leaving behind seven young children. West Virginia lawmakers are pushing a bill that would let the state sell machine guns to some residents at West Virginia State Police headquarters. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the death warrant for Michael King, and the state now plans to execute him on Tuesday, March seventeenth, for the kidnap, rape, and murder of Denise Amber Lee. Twin sisters in Largo, Florida are facing felony animal cruelty charges after deputies say a tiny senior dog was thrown from an SUV moving about 50 miles an hour and then denied emergency care. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Ohio judge rules an Amish mother not guilty by reason of insanity after she drowned her four-year-old son and endangered the lives of her other children in a lake. Alabama plans to execute a seventy-five-year-old man in a wheelchair next week for a murder he did not commit—and one of the jurors who helped sentence him to death now says she wishes she could take that vote back. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A deadly road rage attack on a Virginia highway leaves one woman dead, three others wounded, a dog slaughtered, and the suspected attacker who worked for the State Department, shot and killed by a state trooper. An off-duty New York Police sergeant is facing felony charges after prosecutors say she drove drunk the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway and caused a fatal head-on crash. A New York woman is facing multiple charges after deputies say a simple traffic stop uncovered fake license plates, drugs, and a connection to a gas theft. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Two young children in York County, Pennsylvania are kept in restraints for most of the day, locked inside a crib turned cage and a car seat, in what prosecutors now call child torture. A former Louisiana mayor is on trial accused of having sex with her teenage son’s 16-year-old friend at a pool party. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A North Carolina mother now faces murder and attempted murder charges after 911 calls captured neighbors pleading for help as two small children lay unresponsive inside a Durham home. John Gotti’s grandson is asking a federal judge to shorten his prison sentence because he plans to donate a kidney to his sick mother. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Oklahoma mother is dead and her 13-year-old son is in custody in Texas. A California DJ who performed at children’s parties is now charged with raping a 17-year-old girl while she was unconscious and possessing hundreds of images of child pornography. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A self-driving vehicle blocks first responders called to this weekend’s mass shooting in downtown Austin, as they rushed to a scene that left three people dead and more than a dozen injured. A Bronx, New York mother is stabbed to death inside her apartment, and in her final moments she apologizes to her children. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A packed Clark County, Washington courtroom falls silent as the children of former fire battalion chief who murdered their mom stand just feet apart—united in grief, divided in belief—speaking on both sides of his case. A 13-month-old girl is expected to be ok after police find her crying inside a locked car that had been towed and impounded in Metro Detroit. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Federal prosecutors say a man already locked in an Alabama prison admits he kidnapped and killed seven-year-old Morgan Violi back in nineteen ninety-six. The nation’s largest used-car retailer now owes money to U.S. troops after the government says their cars were taken illegally while they were serving. Police in Oklahoma City are investigating whether a pregnant fifteen-year-old girl carrying twins was sexually assaulted and possibly used as a surrogate. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The search for eighty-four-year-old Nancy Guthrie enters its second month with no suspect identified and a one-point-two-million-dollar reward still on the table. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
investigators say a Thanksgiving family gathering that ended with poisoned wine will not lead to the death penalty for the woman accused of killing her own daughter. Federal agents arrest a Michigan woman accused of convincing parents to pour millions of dollars into a child modeling career that prosecutors say never existed. A Minnesota man opens a routine Amazon delivery and instead finds a loaded handgun sitting inside the clothing he ordered online. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A routine welfare check turns into a double murder suicide investigation after a Florida father, traveling overseas, asks deputies to go to his home when his young family suddenly stops answering calls. A southern Indiana doctor accused of sexually abusing male patients during genital and prostate exams has been fired and barred from practicing medicine. A Michigan mother is sentenced to a year in jail after admitting she gave her three children weed gummies so they would stay quiet during custodial visits. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A seven-year-old boy with autism is severely beaten after kissing a classmate’s cheek, and police in Florida say the suspect is the mom, a director at a women’s domestic violence shelter. A Maryland couple admits starving their five-year-old daughter to death inside a Baltimore home. A Florida driver without a right hand receives a ticket for holding a phone in her “right hand,” sparking a viral debate over distracted driving enforcement. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A twelve-year-old girl’s death in California leads to a homicide investigation after a school bullying incident where the girl was hit over the head with a metal water bottle. A Florida toddler overdoses after drinking from a sippy cup containing methamphetamine. A tarot-reading TikToker is ordered to pay ten million dollars after falsely accusing a University of Idaho professor of the Moscow student murders. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Florida mother is charged with murder after deputies found her lying on top of her six-year-old daughter who had been stabbed to death inside their Milton home. In Manhattan, two white men are accused of targeting a woman with racist harassment and setting her boots on fire during a livestream. Drew Nelson reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.