PORT HARCOURT – The Take It Back Movement has strongly condemned the violent dispersal of peaceful protesters by security operatives during a demonstration in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, 7 April 2025. In a press statement issued on Monday, the Movement described the incident as a “brutal and insensible attack” carried out by a…
CALABAR – Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, have intercepted a large consignment of illegal wildlife products at Calabar’s Mfum/Ekok Joint Border Station. Speaking at a press briefing in Calabar on Monday, 24 March 2025, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Chukwudi Ogbonna, disclosed…
CALABAR – In a significant blow to illegal mining activities, the Cross River State government’s Anti-Illegal Mining Taskforce, led by Chairman Prince Paul Bassey Effiong, has arrested 21 suspected illegal miners in a joint operation with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The operation, which spanned several days across Biase, Yakurr, and Obubra…
On the night of Feb. 17, police and fire departments in a Connecticut city rushed to Kimberly Sullivan’s home to put out the flames. Inside, they discovered a house in disarray, and rescued her adult stepson, who appeared emaciated and missing most of his teeth. The man claimed he had been held captive for 20…
A routine errand of getting gas turned into a violent incident when Naomie Breton’s boyfriend set her on fire and chased her with a knife. Naomie miraculously survived the attack, but tragedy struck again years later when her oldest son was fatally shot at just 20 years old. © True Crime Daily
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (TCN) — Investigators recently identified a suspect in the cold case death of a 25-year-old woman whose body was found five decades ago. According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, on May 28, 1976, deputies responded to an area near Aptos Village Park, where they found Karen Percifield deceased. Authorities determined…
OREGON CITY, Ore. (TCN) — A 23-year-old man has been convicted of causing a fatal crash while high on mushrooms, resulting in the death of two people, including his roommate. The Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office announced April 1 that a jury found Fullington Frazer III guilty of two counts of first-degree manslaughter, driving under the influence…
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (TCN) — A 40-year-old man was taken into custody after he and his underage pregnant girlfriend, who was the subject of a recent Amber Alert, were located in Nebraska following a two-month search. The Beaver Dam Police Department announced this week that on Wednesday, April 2, Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office officials near Omaha, Nebraska, received a…
FRISCO, Texas (TCN) — A 17-year-old is in custody after he allegedly fatally stabbed another student in the heart during an argument about where the suspect was sitting. On April 2 at around 10 a.m., the Frisco police and fire departments responded to a call about a stabbing at a track meet and located the critically injured 17-year-old…
In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Ashley Willcott joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Linda Stermer’s second trial for allegedly striking her husband, lighting him on fire, and hitting him with the family van, sexting messages exposed in court by…
