Jamie Frevele

5 days ago | lawandcrime.com | Jamie Frevele

A Michigan man who shot his girlfriend during an argument about the paternity of one of their children learned his fate during a sentencing hearing on Friday. Vaughn Smith, who was 35 years old at the time of the shooting, sobbed in court during his sentencing hearing. Almost a full year after the May 2024 altercation between Smith and his girlfriend, whose name was being kept private, Smith stood before a judge as he pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit murder and two firearms charges.

6 days ago | lawandcrime.com | Jamie Frevele

An Alabama woman who died during a fatal shooting that also took the life of her 5-year-old son texted the name of the man suspected of committing the crime in her final moments. Arkia “Kia” Berry, 28, was one of three people in a car that was found riddled with bullets on July 13, 2024, along with her 5-year-old son Landyn Brooks and her 28-year-old boyfriend Eric Ashley Jr. According to reporting by local news outlet Al.com, Birmingham homicide Det.

6 days ago | lawandcrime.com | Jamie Frevele

An Arizona man dialed 911 after allegedly shooting his mother, then he apparently changed his mind and said she was just in her pottery studio. Aaron Morse, 51, was charged with second-degree murder after police said he shot and killed his mother, 74-year-old Susan Morse, on April 16. According to court documents obtained by KTVK, a local CBS affiliate, officers responded to a 911 call made by Aaron Morse that afternoon.

6 days ago | lawandcrime.com | Jamie Frevele

A New Jersey mom who allegedly crashed her car while driving drunk while her kids were in the car now faces multiple felony charges. Megan Fackler, 39, was caught on bodycam by Ewing Township police on Oct. 5, 2024, after officers responded to the scene of a vehicle collision. Fackler was the driver of an SUV that allegedly collided with a box truck. When police questioned her, she slurred her words and seemed confused as to what direction she had been driving.

1 week ago | lawandcrime.com | Jamie Frevele

A convicted triple murderer in Oklahoma was sent to prison for the rest of his life after committing a gruesome crime in 2021. Now, the daughter of one of his victims says he’s “bragging” about his despicable deeds from behind bars. Lawrence Paul Anderson, 46, is serving a life sentence in Oklahoma’s Dick Conner Correctional Center after he pleaded guilty to the horrific 2021 murders of Andrea Blankenship, 41, and his own uncle Leon Pye, 67, and niece Kaeos Yates, 4.