NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with fraud for claiming to own a storied Manhattan hotel where he had been living rent-free for years has been found unfit to stand trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. Doctors examining Mickey Barreto deemed he’s not mentally competent to face criminal charges, and prosecutors confirmed the results during a…
As the Hurricane Helene-driven waters rose around the Nolichucky River in Tennessee, Boone McCrary, his girlfriend and his chocolate lab headed out on his fishing boat to search for a man who was stranded by floodwaters that had leveled his home. But the thick debris in the water jammed the boat’s motor, and without power,…
FLORENCE, S.C. (WBTW) — Florence man Jeffrey Leibowitz was bit by the most venomous snake in the world — the inland taipan, in his home on Sept. 6, according to city police, and a lifelong snake keeper was “flabbergasted” at the way Leibowitz handled the snakes. After seeing various posts of Leibowitz’s videos on Facebook,…
Seated alone and handcuffed in a jury box while listening to the wife of the man he killed condemn him, Omar Rodriguez stood in his orange jumpsuit, removed the mask covering his mouth and exploded in rage. “A coward was your husband. That’s why I killed him,” he yelled. Even after seven corrections officers dragged…
