Police Accused Of KILLING 15-Year-Old Girl Trying To Escape Kidnapping

A Georgia inmate is accused of stealing $11 million reportedly impersonated billionaires, including a California movie mogul, while inside a maximum-security lock-up. Arthur Lee Cofield Jr., a 31-year-old gang member serving 14 years for armed robbery, is accused of using contraband cell phones from inside the Georgia Department of Corrections’ Special Management Unit to impersonate California billionaire Sidney Kimmel and open a fraudulent bank account in his name.  Cofield allegedly arranged for $11 million to be wired from Kimmel’s Charles Schwab account to a company in Idaho for the purchase of 6,106 American Eagle one-ounce gold coins.

Authorities in Georgia discovered nearly 600 grams of fentanyl worth $172,000 on Thursday. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says the concealed package was discovered during a routine check for narcotics by the K9 unit at a Gainesville package delivery hub.  "The K9 was taking part in an open-air search of packages arriving at the delivery hub when he alerted on a package from California being shipped to Oakwood." The Hall County Sheriff's Office said in a post.

The FBI released its national crime data for 2021 this week, but it lacks data from nearly 40% of police departments nationwide, including massive forces in cities such as New York and Los Angeles.  "I don't think you could get national numbers, at least not useful national numbers, from this data," Jacob Kaplan, criminologist at Princeton University, told the Marshall Project earlier this year. "It's going to be really hard for policymakers to look at what crime looks like in their own community and compare it to similar communities." The FBI switched to a new recording program at the start of January 2021, called the National Incident-Based Reporting System.The new reporting method was rolled out to provide a more thorough snapshot of offenses, such as what weapons were used in an incident, types of property stolen, and more detailed demographic information on victims and perpetrators of crimes.

The suspect who allegedly kidnapped and killed a Merced, California family had once worked for the family's business and had a longstanding feud with them before committing "pure evil", a sheriff said Thursday. The bodies of each of the four family members, including an 8-month-old child, were found in an almond orchard in a remote area of Dos Palos on Wednesday.The family – whose trucking business was located 30 miles south in Merced – had been missing since Monday morning. 8-month-old Aroohi Dher was found with no visible signs of trauma and an autopsy will be preformed, according to Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke.

The body of a woman was found Thursday inside a clothing donation box near Los Angeles, authorities said.  The unidentified woman climbed into the box in Santa Clarita and was reported around 10 a.m. near the intersection of Orchard Village Road and Lyons Avenue., the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said, Fox Los Angeles reported.

Police in California are trying to solve a horrific string of serial murders stemming from seemingly random shootings — and now it appears there are more on the list.

Two inmates serving life sentences have died after being attacked at California prisons, corrections officials said Wednesday. Robert Tunstall, 64, died Wednesday morning after another inmate attacked him in the recreation yard at Salinas Valley State Prison, according to a statement from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Life-saving measures failed and Tunstall was pronounced dead about a half-hour after the attack, authorities said.

This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Members of the California family that were kidnaped at gunpoint and have been missing since Monday have been found dead, according to Merced County officials.

A small community in California is in shock this week after the terrifying kidnapping of an entire family — including an infant.

Police in the northern California city of Stockton believe they have finally found a “person of interest” in the murders of five men over the last three months.

The Supreme Court begins a new term today, but the Church of Scientology and Danny Masterson won’t be on the docket.

A 20-year-old California woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly fatally running over a man she believed was trying to harm a cat.

New details surrounding the kidnapping hoax scandal of Sherri Papini are being revealed!

Anne Heche's son, Homer Laffoon, filed court documents in Los Angeles claiming her ex partner, James Tupper, has made "personal attacks" ahead of an initial court hearing at which Laffoon will seek to establish himself executor of her estate.  Heche died Aug. 11 of "inhalation and thermal injuries" following a car collision in Mar Vista, California, the week before.

Have mercy! John Stamos revealed which Full House catchphrase his 4-year-old son, Billy, has already perfected.

It’s getting harder to breathe. While Adam Levine denied cheating on wife Behati Prinsloo with Sumner Stroh, several women have continued to come forward claiming the Maroon 5 frontman had inappropriate relationships with them.

Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears' child sexual assault lawsuit has been dropped after their accuser filed a notice of dismissal last Friday.  Cesidia Carosa confirmed to Fox News Digital that the lawsuit had been officially dismissed on Tuesday and included a photo of the dismissal notice filed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. According to the notice, the lawsuit was dismissed "with prejudice" by the plaintiff identified only as Jane Doe, who also filed the notice on behalf of the second accuser, her minor brother John Doe.