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LAKE CITY, Fla. - A man died after being punched several times, according to the Lake City Police Department . Officers responded to Windsong Apartments shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday night after receiving a report of an unresponsive person. When officers arrived, they found Christopher Roy , 39, unconscious. Police identified the suspect as Mario Brinson, 27, who was still in the apartment when officers arrived. Lake City police said Brinson tried several times to get to Roy by forcefully pushing officers aside until he was told to leave the apartment. Witnesses in the apartment told officers that Brinson and Roy had gotten into an argument, then “bowed up” at each other. Brinson then punched Roy once in the face with his fist and Roy spun around and fell face first to the kitchen floor, losing consciousness, according to police. Brinson then got back on top of Roy and struck him several more times while he was unconscious, LCPD said. The two female witnesses were unable to dial 9...

Landon K. Johnson. Photo: Weber County SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 22, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake City Police have announced an arrest in the homicide of Eric Padilla, the 18-year-old man who was shot and killed at a Salt Lake City apartment complex on Sept. 17. The suspect has been identified as  Landon Kavani Johnson , 20. Johnson is charged with one count each of aggravated robbery and murder, both felonies, and a misdemeanor charge of failure to appear on a citation. Johnson was arrested at about 5 p.m. today, according to SLCPD Lt. Robin Heiden. Heiden said she believes he was taken into custody without incident. Police have stated that Johnson was found to be in possession of items taken during the home invasion robbery at the Sky Harbor Apartments near 1820 West and North Temple. It was previously not made public that the incident was a home invasion. The victim was reported to have been visiting a friend who lives at the apartment complex . At about 9 p.m. Sept. 17, ...

SALT LAKE CITY – A wanted fugitive from Montana is behind bars in Utah after Salt Lake City Police say he went on a carjacking rampage Tuesday . It was an extremely chaotic 15 or 20 minutes for officers who were trying to locate the armed carjacking suspect . The suspect wound up being a Montana man already wanted there for similar crimes. "This whole thing went down so fast and there were so many egregious, felonious events that were taking place right after the other that it was hard to follow what was going on,” said Det. Robert Ungricht of the Salt Lake City Police Department . Things began Tuesday around 3:45 p.m. Detectives say Eddie Sanchez, who had already confronted a woman at knife-point in the area of 1000 South and State Street, then ran to the car washing bay behind Mark Strong Audi and stole an Audi at gunpoint. Moments later he showed up at Mark Miller Toyota , where he attempted to carjack another vehicle. But by then police officers had flooded the area and ...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

Torrential rains caused historic flooding in the Kansas City area Tuesday , leaving one man dead in Kansas and others stranded for hours by high water. Water rescues and evacuations kept police and firefighters busy with hundreds of calls after as much as 9 inches of rain fell starting Monday night . Flooding made many roads impassable, trapping people at homes and businesses along the Blue River and Indian Creek, which set a new record of 28.22 feet overnight and topped its banks after record flooding last month. Water spilling out of Indian Creek inundated bridges , businesses, apartments and houses. For just the second time ever, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency alert for the entire Kansas City area . The first time was last August. Johnson County declared a state of local disaster, and an American Red Cross shelter in south Kansas City took in nearly 20 people by Tuesday afternoon , when flood waters started to recede. Early Tuesday in Miami Coun...

As an investigation into the death of a Helena carjacking victim continues , his alleged attacker faces more charges stemming from a rampage in Salt Lake City . Authorities say Eddie Christopher Sanchez , 45, of Helena, started his crime spree in Helena early Sunday when he allegedly led officers on a pursuit and then strangled a man during a carjacking on Washington Street. He is also accused of assaulting a woman in Dillon and forcibly taking her wallet Sunday afternoon .  On Tuesday, authorities in Salt Lake City picked up Sanchez on a Helena-based warrant on felony charges of criminal endangerment, aggravated assault and robbery.  Just before authorities apprehended Sanchez , he pulled a knife on someone in Salt Lake City , according to police reports . He then allegedly attempted to carjack someone while brandishing a gun. Within moments, Sanchez was the suspect in another carjacking at an Audi dealership. Police reports state Sanchez then attempted to enter an apartment. Of...

CORAL GABLES, FL — City police were given a photo and description of an alleged Massachusetts murder suspect on Friday who may be hiding in the Coral Gables area . Cornel Bell is believed to be armed and possibly traveling in a stolen dark blue 2005 Ford pickup with Massachusetts plates . The 46-year-old Bell is wanted by Massachusetts State Police in connection with the Aug. 19 slaying of his girlfriend. "We're assisting their agency with whatever resources they need from us because they are a distance away," Officer Kelly Denham of the Coral Gables Police Department told Patch on Friday. "All of our officers have been made aware of the subject. They have his picture. They have the vehicle description and so they are aware of the situation." According to Massachusetts State Police , Bell may be traveling under the names Tony Smith , Mark Simmons, Cornel James, Cornel Carara, Cavin Lebert or Kerrol Florizel Bailey . Police said Bell has three separate Mass...

Photo: Gephardt Daily SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 21, 2017 ( Gephardt Daily ) — Police and medical personnel responded to a report of a car crashing into a tree a little before 9:30 p.m. Monday. Salt Lake Police Lt . Dave Cracroft told Gephardt Daily the accident happened when a woman was driving out of an apartment complex near 1400 S. West Temple St . The woman’s foot apparently got stuck on the gas pedal, sending the car into a tree on the other side of the street. Two adults were in the vehicle’s front seat, and three young children were in the back seat. Cracroft said any injuries were very minor, which he said leads him to think everyone was properly belted in. He said they were all transported to the hospital as a precaution because of the impact, which caused the air bags to deploy.

An Oxford University worker has been charged with murder after a man's body was discovered in an apartment with more than 40 stab wounds . Andrew Warren, 56, a senior treasury assistant at the institution's Somerville College, is accused alongside Professor Wyndham Lathem , 42, of murdering Trenton Cornell -Duranleau. The 26-year-old's body was discovered on the tenth floor of a Chicago apartment building with 47 stab wounds .  The charges of first-degree murder come after a post-mortem examination of the victim's body — who is believed to have been in a relationship with Lathem — found he had methamphetamines in his system.  Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warren " class="blkBorder img-share" /> Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Chicago police escorted fired Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem (right), 42, and Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warr...

Five persons suspected of ramming a van into people in Cambrils in Spain have been shot dead, police said hours after 13 people were killed in a similar incident in Barcelona. 7-year-old Sydney boy Julian Cadman is missing after the Barcelona terror attack . SUSPECTS in Spain’s twin terror attacks had been planning an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the horror. Police said they shot dead five “suspected terrorists” who had knocked pedestrians down in the Catalan seaside resort of Cambrils in a second attack in the early hours of Friday, and arrested four others as Spain reeled from the deadly violence . Catalonia’s regional police identified three of the suspects who were killed as Moroccan nationals. They were Moussa Oukabir, 17, Said Aallaa, 18, and Mohamed Hychami, 24. Police said they suspect 12 people of involvement in the attacks: the five who were killed, four who wer...