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ORLANDO, Fla. - A man followed a woman who was walking to her Waterford Lakes- area apartment Tuesday night , attacked her and ripped off her clothes, according to the Orange County Sheriff 's Office. The woman had just gotten off the Lynx bus at Alafaya Trail and East Colonial Drive around 10:15 p.m. and was walking back to her apartment at Advenir at Polos East when she noticed a silver four-door sedan following her. She said she saw the driver park the car at Economy Suites Motel as she continued to walk home. The victim took a shortcut through a wooded area and she said the man followed her, according to the report. When she got to the courtyard of her apartment complex, the unknown man pushed her to the ground, pulled off her leggings and her underwear all while the victim was screaming for help and punching him, deputies said. "I heard the screaming," said one neighbor who didn't want to be identified. "'No, no! Stop! Somebody help me! Help!'...

Devastated relatives will say their final farewells to little AbbieGail Smith next Monday — and her Jamaican father hopes to be among them. "I want to see my daughter for the last time, please, one last time before she goes down into the earth," distraught dad Kenroy Smith , 50, told the Daily News Monday , breaking down with emotion. The 11-year-old New Jersey girl vanished from her mom's Keansburg apartment last Wednesday and was stabbed to death by an upstairs neighbor who dumped her body in a hiding spot on the property, prosecutors said. The medical examiner confirmed that Smith died from a stab wound to the neck. 11-year-old girl found dead behind New Jersey apartment complex Accused killer Andreas Erazo , 18, was arrested hours after her body was found Thursday. He was charged Friday with first-degree murder and illegal weapons possession . "I want to see the perpetrator. I want to see him brought to justice and would like to confront hi...

HAVERFORD TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- U.S. Marshals have apprehended the man wanted for a killing in Haverford Township, Delaware County that followed a burst of gunfire in the Overbrook Park section of Philadelphia late last month. Derrick Rollins, 24, was taken into custody Tuesday in Decatur, Georgia. Authorities say he initially attempted to hide from marshals, but eventually surrendered to K9 units after he was spotted by surveillance teams at an apartment complex with a female associate. Rollins has addresses in the 5100 block of Locust Street and the 4000 block of North A Street in Philadelphia. His arrest was based upon information developed by U.S. Marshals in Philadelphia suggesting he had fled to Georgia. Rollins is currently being held in the Dekalb County Jail pending extradition . This all began around 5 p.m. Saturday, July 29th, in the 1600 block of North 77th Street . According to police, a witness in Philadelphia's Overbrook Park section saw a man in a red hooded sweat...

Cottle's jury trial started Monday in Judge Brody Shanklin 's 211th Judicial District Court, according to First Assistant District Attorney Jamie Beck . On Wednesday, after the victim and several witnesses testified, he decided to change his plea to guilty, she said. The case went to the judge for sentencing later that afternoon. The incident started in 2009, when Cottle's daughter was 6 years old. Beck said Cottle lived alone at his home in the 100 block of High School Drive in Lewisville, and his daughter would visit him on weekends and one week in the summer. He sexually abused her for years until she told authorities at the age of 13, Beck said. The girl was interviewed at the Children's Advocacy Center for Denton County in Lewisville, and Lewisville police eventually arrested Cottle .  Other reports 600 block of Fallmeadow Court —  Police did not make any arrests Tuesday after a 48-year-old woman said her neighbor hit her with a door so hard she threw up. Polic...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Police say a stabbing and hostage situation in Kalamazoo Tuesday morning was a case of domestic violence. Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas told 24 Hour News 8 the male suspect broke into a unit at Canterbury House Apartments where a woman he was separated from was living with her two kids. The apartment complex is located in the 600 block of Dragonfly Road south of Main Street and US-131 in Kalamazoo. Police said the suspect stabbed a man inside the apartment. The woman and her two small children were able to escape to a neighbor’s apartment, but the suspect broke in through a window. The two kids were able to safely escape again, but the suspect held the woman hostage for some time. The standoff between police and the suspect eventually ended around 6:45 a.m. and the suspect was taken into custody. Authorities say the male victim is currently in surgery. He suffered several stab wounds, but police say he is in stable condition. The female victi...