Crime Alert Hourly Update

The search for 53-year-old Nicole "Nikki" Winder started three weeks ago, following the discovery of her vehicle engulfed in flames at an oil pad located off FM 974, north of Highway 21.

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A Massachusetts babysitter is awaiting trial in the death of a two-year-old boy, as his father speaks out about what he says happened in the hours before his son died.

A Florida man is arrested after deputies say he was driving backward down a busy state road, telling them he thought it was the best way to get to an auto parts store.

A multi-county diesel theft scheme in Northwest Florida leads to several arrests, with investigators saying suspects used magnets to bypass fuel pumps and fill big rigs without paying.

Drew Nelson reports.

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A report by The New York Times released on March 18 uncovered claims that Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW), engaged in sexual misconduct with multiple individuals over a span of years during the 1960s and 1970s

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A Georgia man is behind bars after a brave child’s report of abuse led investigators to a home packed with dozens of guns and illegal drugs in Carroll County, west of Atlanta.

A California couple is charged with torture after investigators say an 11-year-old girl was abused for more than a year, forced to sleep in a garage, starved, and dragged with a dog leash.

An armed robbery suspect threatens fast food workers in Atlanta, telling them to “serve me or get ready to die about some chicken” before reaching through a drive-thru window and grabbing cash.

Drew Nelson reports.

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A Colorado schoolbus aide who abused non-verbal children with autism is sentenced to four and a half years in prison, a punishment families say falls short after months of violence caught on camera.

A Florida woman is charged with murder after deputies say she shot her boyfriend while he slept, then tried to dismember his body and bury the remains across her yard.

A stolen fire engine rampage that tore through an Everett, Washington neighborhood is now tied to a suspect through DNA, months after the truck slammed into cars and property across the city.

Drew Nelson reports.

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A retired sergeant of the Detroit Police Department, who served nearly three decades on the force, is now in custody facing serious allegations of multiple sexual assaults and kidnappings that occurred many years ago.

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A father is accused of causing severe injuries to his infant child, resulting in 30 fractures and two broken legs over a series of weeks, claiming he "lost control" due to the child's persistent crying.

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A Florida nurse is accused of killing his co-worker/married lover during a secret birthday meeting. 

An Ohio jury orders a logistics company to pay $22.5 million after finding it refused to let a pregnant employee work from home, a decision jurors say led to her newborn daughter’s death.

Drew Nelson reports.

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A Nevada man at the center of a court fight over ankle monitoring is kept in custody after police refuse to release him pre-trial. Then he’s let out. Then he is arrested again for the 36th time.

A Florida hospital is suing a former patient who refuses to leave months after being discharged, claiming her continued stay is taking up a bed needed for other patients.

Drew Nelson reports.

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A Pennsylvania man is facing charges for allegedly allowing his mother's body to decompose for about two weeks in their home, leading a neighbor to alert authorities due to an unbearable odor

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