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Artavoius North will be charged in the murder of his 2-year-old son, J'Asiah Mitchell. North had wrongly reported that Mitchell was kidnapped last month. A body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia last month has been positively identified as missing 2-year- old J’Asiah Mitchell, according to the East Point Police Department. Mitchell's father , 23-year-old Artavoius North, will be charged with murder , concealing the death of another and cruelty to children, according to the East Point Police Department. North had reported the child was kidnapped during an armed robbery last month. MORE: Police believe they have found body of missing Georgia 2-year-old, father charged with lying to police A desperate search for the child was launched in the wake of him being reported missing. However, North's story began to change in the hours after his son was reported missing. A day after police announced the child was missing, East Point police announced they were charg...

A teenager is in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of New York City dancer O'Shae Sibley, police sources told ABC News. A teenager has been charged with murder as a hate crime in connection with the fatal stabbing of New York City dancer O'Shae Sibley, police sources told ABC News on Friday. Police previously said that a 17-year-old male was wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of Sibley, a 28-year-old Black gay man, who was stabbed in his torso on July 29 around 11 p.m. at a gas station in Brooklyn. The unidentified suspect turned himself in accompanied by an attorney, police sources said. He is charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, police sources said. Those charges are subject to change once the Brooklyn District Attorney takes over the case. In a video posted to Facebook, Sibley’s friend Otis Pena said he and Sibley were among a group of friends that were voguing and dancing at the gas station while pumping gas whe...

A promise of free PlayStations appears to have led to a chaotic scene of unrest in New York City's Union Square, police sources said. I NFL uencer and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat will be charged with at least two counts of inciting a riot and unlawful assembly after thousands of people descended on Union Square in New York City Friday afternoon, police said. The crowd was apparently responding to Cenat's promise of free PlayStations, sparking a chaotic scene and a massive police response. The NYPD made 65 arrests and 30 of those arrested were juveniles, Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said in a Friday evening briefing. People gather around and cheer for Kai Cenat as members of the NYPD respond to thousands of people gathered for a "giveaway" event announced by popular Twitch live streamer Kai Cenat in Union Square and the surrounding area, Aug. 4, 2023 in New York City. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images The event was "unpermitted" and "not sanctioned...

A 17-year-old Florida mother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after she gave her 9-month-old baby fentanyl thinking it was cocaine. A 17-year-old mother in Florida has been arrested after her 9-month-old baby died when she allegedly put fentanyl in the child's bottle, police said. The suspect has been charged with aggravated manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance. After claiming she did not know what happened, the mother eventually admitted to investigators that she put a substance she thought was cocaine in the baby's bottle to put him to sleep. The investigation revealed the substance was actually fentanyl , according to Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper. MORE: Woman arrested in connection with death of Robert De Niro's grandson, sources say Leeper said deputies responded to a report of a baby boy who was not breathing and had no pulse on June 26. A responding deputy found the child unconscious on the floor of the living room. The deputy p...

Three former police officers were indicted on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi. Three former Jackson Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury last week on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, a Mississippi man who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022. Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced the charges against former officers Kenya McCarty, Avery Willis and James Land in a press conference on Wednesday. “All three officers have been indicted for homicide,” Owens said. “The District Attorney's office would like to acknowledge the brave actions of the entire Jackson Police Department. And we do not think the actions of a few represent the bravery of so many.” Owens said that McCarty and Willis were each charged with second-degree murder, while Land was charged with manslaughter. ABC News has reached out to attorneys for McCarty and Land but requests fo...

Rep. George Santos has been indicted on 13 counts related to COVID unemployment aid, lying to the House of Representatives and a scheme to receive campaign donations. A federal grand jury has indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on 13 counts centering around three alleged schemes, according to court documents. The congressman, who was sworn into office in January, was taken into custody Wednesday morning on Long Island. Santos is charged with five counts of wire fraud in what prosecutors allege was a fraudulent political contribution solicitation scheme. He's charged with two counts of unlawful monetary transactions for allegedly transferring donations he received for his political campaign to accounts he controlled before spending them on personal purchases, according to the indictment. He is charge d with one count of theft of public money and two more counts of wire fraud for allegedly fraudulently applying for and receiving unemployment benefits during the pandemic. MORE: Georg...

An Indiana woman has been charged with a federal hate crime for a racially motivated attack and stabbing of a woman of Chinese descent on a public transit bus. An Indiana woman has been charged with a federal hate crime for a racially motivated attack and stabbing of a woman of Chinese descent on a public transit bus. The incident occurred on Jan. 11, 2023 when 56-year-old suspect Billie Davis “willfully caused bodily injury to the victim and attempted to do so using a knife because of the victim’s race and national origin” on a public bus in Bloomington, Indiana, the Department of Justice said in a statement detailing the charge against Davis. MORE: Mom and 4 kids run over at school bus stop by driver trying to escape police “The victim reported to investigators that she had been riding the Bloomington Transit bus and had stood up to exit the bus,” the Bloomington Police Department said at the time of the attack. “She said that as she was standing and waiting for the bus door...

What was the motive, and other questions that remain unanswered after four University of Idaho students were found stabbed to death in an off-campus house in November. As more details emerge in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, questions remain about the Mysterious slayings. More than six weeks after the four students were found dead in an off-campus house in Moscow, a suspect was arrested and charged with their murders. Unsealed court documents shed more light on the investigation and what detectives learned in the weeks and hours leading up to the crime. Here are a few key questions as the case continues. What's the motive? A photo posted by Kaylee Goncalves a few days before their deaths shows University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves. Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram The four students -- Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21 -- were found dead at the girls' o...