Crime Alert Hourly Update

A Kentucky family speaks after being reunited after more than four decades apart, following the arrest of a woman accused of abducting her young daughter in 1983. A Wisconsin woman accused of felony retail theft is arrested after walking into a Walmart during a “Shop with a Cop” event. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lorenza Inman Jr., 38, was apprehended on December 12, just a day after the body of 31-year-old Frezja Baker was discovered in her car parked behind a church in Charlotte See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Jewish family in Southern California says they were targeted in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime after gunmen shouted slurs and opened fire on their home as they celebrate Hanukkah. A former Georgia police officer is facing federal charges after investigators say she produced images involving child sexual abuse and animal exploitation. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Federal authorities say a coordinated New Year’s Eve bombing plot targeting multiple locations across Southern California is thwarted after investigators tracked suspects into the desert while they tested their explosives. A Georgia high school football coach is behind bars after investigators say he assaulted multiple players during the season. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Officials announced Monday that four suspects were arrested last Friday in the Mojave Desert, east of Los Angeles, as they rehearsed the attack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Rigdon, 22, entered a guilty plea on Friday to two counts of child abuse or neglect, then the judge suspended her prison sentence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kayakers are looting flooded property in Washington as deputies investigate a theft case tied to historic high water in Snohomish County. A Tennessee NFL player returns home from a Sunday night road game to find his house burglarized while he was away in California. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Florida retiree is facing the loss of his home and the collapse of his marriage after an artificial-intelligence scam using deepfakes of Elon Musk drained his savings. A Florida middle school goes into lockdown after an automated safety system mistakes a clarinet for a gun. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Authorities say they’re pursuing a new lead after releasing photos and video of an individual seen around 2 p.m. Saturday , just hours before the deadly attack. The FBI has announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Authorities say Derek James Jones was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of child kidnapping and object rape of a child. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former gymnastics coach has been arrested by the FBI in Iowa—more than three years after being flagged for sexual abuse and suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport. An American identified only as Martin D. has been indicted in Germany on espionage charges. Wyoming authorities are investigating a second fatal shooting involving an F-E Warren Air Force Base airman. Prosecutors in Utah have announced plans to seek the death penalty in the case of Ryan Michael Bate, accused of killing two police officers during a domestic disturbance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legendary filmmaker/actor Rob Reiner & his wife of 36-years, Michele, are dead, butchered by their own son...cops say. Nick Reiner, who has a history of drug abuse & homelessness, was living in a guest house on their mansion property; reports say he got into a shouting match with his parents at a star-studded holiday bash...shortly before the double slaying. A machete-wielding maniac butchers 2 women & a service dog in a bloody rampage officials called "pure evil." Plus, a food fight has shoppers checking out with aggravated assault. Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The search is on for the sick stranger who doused a random mom with a chemical substance, causing her skin, clothes & keys to melt! Officials need your help to get this fiend behind bars! A pair of teen porch pirates are shot trying to lift a package, but the homeowner is the one facing felony charges. Plus, a crook is trying to dim a family's holiday spirit! Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Texas man has been served a life sentence for gunning down a good Samaritan over a filet-o-fish sandwich. An 84yo dad guns his son in the face over a missed hospice visit to his dying mom. Plus, shop with a cop event ends in cuffs for a woman who was trying to get a 5-finger discount! Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In West Virginia, a 15-year-old boy’s suicide is now tied to an online sextortion scheme that his father says is “100% murder.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A routine ride request in Los Angeles turns into a shock when a woman discovers a stranger locked inside the trunk of a self-driving Waymo near MacArthur Park in the Westlake area. An American grandmother is back home after being arrested in the Bahamas when authorities found a handgun and ammunition in her purse during a cruise stop in Nassau. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the morning of December 10, Houston Police found the body of 41-year-old Christelrose Angel Ramirez. Investigators say she had been killed in her sleep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A spider is now at the center of a criminal investigation after a DoorDash delivery ends with a husband and wife getting sick and a driver accused of spraying their food with alleged pepper spray during a late-night drop-off in Indiana. A New York City man is accused of stabbing his wife and torturing his 12-year-old stepdaughter inside a Bronx apartment, allegedly forcing a needle-like object into the child’s brain. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York prosecutors say a massive, organized retail theft ring that targeted Home Depot stores across nine states has been dismantled, with 13 people now facing hundreds of felony charges. A woman in Missouri escapes an alleged sex-trafficking operation after using ChatGPT to create a fake email, leading to the arrest of a man accused of beating her and threatening her one-year-old child, according to court records. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Walshe has been convicted of first-degree murder in the case concerning the death and dismemberment of his wife, Ana Walshe, who was the mother of their three children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Authorities say Nick Reiner, the son of legendary Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner, is under arrest and being held on $4 million bail, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department jail records. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A teenage boy in Pennsylvania is now living with a new foster family after police say he was confined, starved, and repeatedly abused inside a Brookville home for years, leading to more than 900 criminal charges against two women. A Los Angeles judge orders a thirty-one-year-old man held without bail after prosecutors accuse him of fatally stabbing his father, Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes inside the family’s Santa Monica home. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A woman in Georgia is recovering from life-threatening burns after a stranger poured a corrosive substance on her during a nighttime walk in a Savannah park. A family dispute in Florida ends with an elderly man charged with attempted murder after police say he shot his adult son in the face for not coming to visit. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A man who was previously labeled a "person of interest" in the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday, December 13, has been released from police custody, while the actual shooter remains at large. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Breaking news out of Los Angeles. Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, have been found dead in their Brentwood home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.