Archives: 2018

911 dispatcher killed in wrong-way crash on way to work

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Russian curler under fire for alleged doping

Alexander Krushelnitsky and wife and partner Anastasia Bryzgalova, Olympic athletes from Russia, celebrate after winning the bronze in Mixed Doubles curling, Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — It’s not a sport where you’re hurtling down a mountain at 70 miles an hour, or flying 60 feet above an icy jump. Instead, curling requires slow precise movements where a granite…

Missed warning signs emerge in Florida school shooting

Nikolas Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where he allegedly killed 17 people, is seen on a closed circuit television screen during a bond hearing in front of Broward Judge Kim Mollica at the Broward County Courthouse on February 15, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Pool / Getty Images PARKLAND, Fla. — The…

Texas detectives renew effort to ID 1981 murder victim

An evidence box in the case of an unidentified 1981 Texas murder victim IOLA, Texas — There’s a case that has been haunting former detective John Leflore for almost four decades. It began in 1981, he says, when a human head rolled out of a garbage bag left alongside a Texas farm road, startling the local highway worker who had…

Family of woman killed by Baltimore police awarded $37 million

BALTIMORE  — The family of a Maryland woman who was fatally shot by police two years ago may never receive the entire $37 million it was awarded in a lawsuit last week. Maryland has a cap on local governments’ liabilities in such cases, and judges have a tendency to lower large awards on appeal, the Baltimore Sun reported. Legal experts…

Wash. man pleads guilty to murder, rape of 6-year-old girl

Gabriel Gaeta in an undated photo CBS affiliate KIRO PORT ORCHARD, Wash. – A Washington man has pleaded guilty to the rape and killing of a 6-year-old girl and faces a minimum 40-year sentence. The Kitsap Sun reports that 21-year-old Gabriel Gaeta of Bremerton pleaded guilty Friday in Kitsap County Superior Court to first-degree murder and first-degree rape in the 2014…

Gunman who shot family outside Texas restaurant still at large

SAN ANTONIO — A masked shooter opened fire on a family waiting to be seated at a San Antonio restaurant, wounding a 6-year-old boy and four of his relatives, police said Monday. Police Chief William McManus said shortly after the Sunday night shooting that the boy was shot in the leg and was expected to survive, but that two of…

Severe Weather Tips with Amanda

Meteorologist Amanda Reynolds is here to tell us about severe thunderstorms.  Severe thunderstorms can produce damage similar to tornadoes and far more widespread.  That’s why it’s important you pay attention if a severe thunderstorm warning is issued for your area. Be sure to download the WCBI App for your mobile device.  You can get push alerts sent to your phone…

NYC rape case highlights loophole for police sex charges

A New York City police car is seen in a 2013 file photo. Fernando Carniel Machado / Getty Images ALBANY, N.Y. – The 18-year-old woman was driving with two friends near Coney Island in September when the two plainclothes detectives pulled her over and found marijuana. The officers released the two male passengers, handcuffed the woman and told her she…

Cops: Man shot dead in dispute with Uber Eats driver

A man was allegedly shot dead by an Uber EATS driver outside this Atlanta condo complex WGCL ATLANTA — Authorities in Atlanta say a 30-year-old man was fatally shot Saturday night following a dispute with an Uber Eats driver. The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. outside a condo building, reports CBS affiliate WGCL. Witnesses told police the victim had placed…

New York woman falls 5 stories to her death out of apartment window

NEW YORK — Police are investigating the death of a woman who fell from a fifth-floor window of a Harlem housing development. CBS New York reports Quanneisha Baskerville stopped at her estranged boyfriend’s apartment Saturday to drop off her children, ages 4, 9 and 10.  Baskerville was possibly violating a restraining order by being there. She was facing assault charges…

No move to oust judge who approved probation for child rapist

OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma lawmaker isn’t pushing for a vote on a resolution to oust a judge who approved probation for a man who admitted raping a 13-year-old Texas girl at a church camp in southern Oklahoma. Republican Rep. Mike Ritze tells The Oklahoman newspaper he’s putting the resolution on hold so lawmakers can focus on other issues, including…

FBI joins search for missing Kansas boy, 5

WICHITA, Kan. — Authorities searching for a missing 5-year-old Kansas boy have scoured a nature park and set up a tip hotline. The Wichita Eagle reports that police said they received a call at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday to report Lucas Hernandez was lost in southeast Wichita. When officers arrived, Lucas’ 26-year-old stepmother said he was last seen at about…

Lawsuit: Girl raped after school allowed felon to pick her up

Lincoln College Preparatory Academy KCTV KANSAS CITY, Mo.  – A lawsuit filed last week alleges a Kansas City school allowed a violent felon to pick up a 14-year-old student. The suit alleges he then took the girl to a motel and raped her, reports CBS affiliate KCTV. The now 21-year-old plaintiff is suing Kansas City Public Schools, a former Lincoln…

Doctors blast Trump's mental illness focus to fight violence

Frustration is mounting in the medical community as the Trump administration again points to mental illness in response to yet another mass shooting. “The concept that mental illness is a precursor to violent behavior is nonsense,” said Dr. Louis Kraus, forensic psychiatry chief at Chicago’s Rush University Medical College. “The vast majority of gun violence is not attributable to mental…

Youth baseball team to hold AR-15 raffle despite outcry

NEOSHO, Mo. — A Missouri youth baseball team is moving ahead with a raffle of an AR-15 rifle despite criticism it received after a similar gun was used to kill 17 in a Florida high school. Coach Levi Patterson told the Kansas City Star the fundraiser for the third-grade team in Neosho, Missouri, had been planned before last week’s shooting…

Florida school shooting suspect appears in court – live stream

Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is expected to appear in court Monday afternoon. A status hearing was scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET. The hearing will be livestreamed in the player above. Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder following last week’s deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. © 2018 CBS…

First African-American press secretary to Detroit mayor dead at 61

DETROIT — Cliff Russell, a former reporter and anchor for CBS station WWJ-TV, has died, the station reported Monday. Russell worked at the station in the mid-’80s until 1994, when he became Detroit’s first African-American press secretary to the mayor. He was appointed to the position by former Mayor Dennis Archer. Russell was 61. Family members said he had a…