Larry Levine spent over a decade behind bars at federal prison, so he knows what prisoners like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Luigi Mangione are experiencing. He shares his knowledge and insight about life in Brooklyn’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center with “True Crime News.”
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DARLINGTON, Md. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested three suspects after a man was allegedly kidnapped, beaten, and held captive.
According to a news release from the Maryland State Police, on the morning of March 10, troopers responded to the area of 4200 Conowingo Road to a report of a man with his “hands bound behind his back running down the middle of the road.” WMAR-TV reports he was also gagged.
The victim claimed he had been assaulted and held against his will, but he was able to escape because he had been left unattended that morning. The victim allegedly said he was kidnapped after offering to help fix his girlfriend’s brother’s car on March 9. The unnamed man reportedly sustained multiple injuries, including a possible broken eye socket, and had to be flown to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.
According to WMAR, the victim identified the primary suspect as 48-year-old Chris Cochran. Police also named 38-year-old Grace Johnson and 48-year-old Leland Lewis as suspects in the case.
Johnson and Lewis allegedly witnessed the victim being held but didn’t alert law enforcement.
Cochran faces charges of kidnapping, first- and second-degree assault, and false imprisonment. Both Johnson and Lewis have been charged with false imprisonment and first- and second-degree assault. Lewis faces an additional charge of reckless endangerment.
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MORGAN CITY, La. (TCN) — An elderly woman faces multiple charges after allegedly keeping multiple deceased animals in her home and freezer.
On the evening of March 13, the Morgan City Police Department responded to a home on McDermott Drive to perform a welfare check. Officers noticed multiple unattended perishable items near the front door that had been delivered over the previous days.
Police tried to make contact with anyone in the home, but no one answered the door, so they went to the back. Authorities observed an apparent dead cat inside the house, as well as a “strong odor coming from the residence.”
Officers spoke with the occupant of the house, 71-year-old Sheri Hite, and asked her about the deceased cat. Investigators entered the home and said it emitted an “unbearable odor,” and they discovered multiple dead cats.
Police executed a search warrant on March 14 and observed eight deceased cats in rooms and 14 others in the freezer. Authorities discovered one living cat and turned the pet over to animal rescue, while the deceased cats were sent for disposal.
Hite told officers she picked up the cats from the Baton Rouge area to care for them, and she “explained the frozen cats were kept to be later disposed of.”
Hite was arrested and charged with 23 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals. As of March 18, she’s been released from the Morgan City Jail.
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PERRY, Iowa (TCN) — A 75-year-old man is in custody for allegedly killing his sick wife by slitting her throat because he wanted to “put her out of her misery.”
On the evening of Sunday, March 16, Richard Hoesing called the Perry Police Department and stated that he “killed another individual, who lived at the residence with him.” Officers arrived at the scene and located the victim inside the house. Hoesing reportedly cooperated with authorities and was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder.
According to the criminal complaint cited by WHO-TV, Hoesing reportedly told officers that he killed his wife, 74-year-old Jean Hoesing, because she had bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis. Police allegedly found Jean Hoesing in the bedroom with a “severe laceration across the front of her throat” and a kitchen knife in the bathroom. Richard Hoesing reportedly had blood on his clothing and hands.
Hoesing is being held in the Dallas County Jail without bond.
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The Zizians, a group of vegans in California who are wary of technology, are believed to be involved in six violent slayings across three states. From samurai sword killings to the shooting of a border patrol agent, are the Zizians and their leader behind this string of attacks?
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Seventeen-year-old Collin Griffith moved in with his mother after allegedly killing his father, but life in Florida with his mom was far from perfect. About a year later, his mother, Catherine Griffith, ended up stabbed to death. Collin was charged with her killing, but he claimed self-defense. A jury acquitted him, and now he’s a free man. Do you agree with the verdict?
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Single mother Patti Adkins had a great job and was working to get her life on track. But there was one dark secret she was hiding: Patti was dating a married man and gave him around $90,000 so they could run off and be together. Patti planned a trip with her mysterious boyfriend and left with him after work one day never to be seen again. Years later, “True Crime News” confronts the man at his home for answers, but the case remains unsolved.
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (TCN) — A 30-year-old teacher has been arrested for allegedly having an “extremely disturbing” sexual relationship with a student when he was 15 years old.
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(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for records related to security provided for the July 13, 2024, rally in Bulter, PA, during which there was an assassination attempt on President Trump (Judicial Watch Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:25-cv-00704)).
The lawsuit was filed after the agency failed to comply with a July 15, 2024, FOIA request to for:
All records, including emails, email chains, email attachments, text messages, video or audio recordings, photographs, outlook calendars, meeting minutes, correspondence, statements, letters, memoranda, reports, briefings, presentations, notes, summaries, requests for assistance, agreements, travel records, receipts, or other form of record, regarding providing support or manpower to President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign rally that was held in Butler, PA, on July 13, 2024.
The request specifically sought records from the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations, which is believed to have helped provide security at the Butler event.
On July 13, 2024, at a campaign rally in Butler, PA, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump. After the attempt on President Trump’s life, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas named a bipartisan panel to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions before, during, and after the rally.
“Federal agencies need to come clean on the events that led up to the assassination attempts on President Trump,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “It is now eight months since the first attempt, and the American people have yet to receive any answers under FOIA on the failures of the Biden administration to protect President Trump.”
Judicial Watch has an ongoing, independent investigation into the assassination attempts on President Trump.
In August 2024, Judicial Watch received Secret Service records that showed the Secret Service has made it a top priority that “diversity and inclusion is not just ‘talked about’ – but demonstrated by all employees through ‘Every Action, Every Day.’” [Emphasis in original]
Judicial Watch also uncovered records from the district attorney’s office in Butler County, PA, detailing the extensive preparation of local police for the rally at which former President Trump was shot, including sniper teams, counter assault teams and a quick response force.
In response to a separate open records request, Judicial Watch obtained bodycam footage of the July 13 assassination events from the Butler Township Police Department.
Judicial Watch reported that the FBI withheld information on a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information about its coordination with the U.S. Secret Service regarding the July 13 Butler, PA, rally.
On July 31, Judicial Watch reported that the United States Secret Service completely denied multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents about the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
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Louisiana businessman Gary Kergan, who co-owned multiple Sonic Drive-Ins with his brother, disappeared after visiting a nightclub in Baton Rouge. Despite suspicions surrounding an exotic dancer and her accomplice, the case went cold for decades. Gary’s brother Ted never stopped searching for answers until he finally saw justice served.
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