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Courtney Spraggins.Photo: GoFundMe McCoy is expected back in court on April 4. David McCoy.Huntsville Police Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. McCoy was arrested and placed on administrative leave from the Huntsville Police Department after the shooting. A motive for the alleged violence has not been made clear....

Photo: Christian County Dentention Center A former airline pilot from Kentucky has been convicted of fatally shooting three neighbors. On Wednesday, Attorney General Daniel Cameron announcedin a press releasethat Christian Richard Martin, 53, had been convicted in the 2015 murders of Edward Dansereau and Calvin and Pamela Phillips. Martin fatally shot the victims on Nov. 18, 2015. Calvin Phillips was found dead in his Pembroke home the following day while the remains of Dansereau and Pamela Phillips were discovered in a burnt car in a field....

Lindsey Boylan (left); New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (right).Photo: Rob Latour/Shutterstock; BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images Two months after initially accusing New York Gov.Andrew Cuomoof sexually harassing her, former aideLindsey Boylanis expanding on her account for the first time — speaking out in detail about how, she says, Cuomo mistreated her, including kissing her after a meeting. Boylan expanded on her story in alengthy post published on Mediumon Wednesday....

Photo: Facebook Multiple media reports out of Brisbane say the former New Zealand Warriors player Rowan Baxter, 42, also died after allegedly stabbing himself at the suburban scene of the attack on Wednesday morning. Baxter’s estranged wife, Hannah, 31, emerged from the burning car yelling, “He’s poured petrol on me!”, one witness toldThe Australian.She was taken from the scene and died later at a hospital. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the deaths as “devastating” in a message on Twitter....

At least one ofBen Flajnik’s Hollywood connections did not sit well with ABC, the formerBachelorleading man claims.Flajnik, 40, told theShe’s All Bachpodcast on that Thursday that he was asked to stop spending time withKris Jennerahead of his season headlining the dating show in 2012.According to the vintner, his appearance on Jenner’s talk show at the time led to awine night at Jenner’s home, which in turn led to affair rumors when photos of the pair surfaced....

Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted on federal charges for a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion in an alleged scheme federal prosecutors say involved self-publishing and selling children’s books. Pugh, 69, could be facing a lengthy prison sentence of 175 years, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland. She is expected to plead not guilty to 11 counts of fraud and tax evasion made public Wednesday,NPRreported....

Photo: William Van Hecke/Getty; Isopix/REX King Albert II, who abdicated from Belgium’s throne six years ago, is facing a hefty fine for each day he refuses to take a paternity test to settle a claim that he fathered a child in the 1960s. Delphine Boël, a 51-year-old artist, claims to be the daughter of Belgium’s abdicated King Albert II, and fought a lengthy and often embarrassing legal fight for public recognition....

Photo: William Van Hecke/Getty; Isopix/REX The former king of Belgium has publicly conceded that Delphine Boël is his biological daughter. After a seven-year legal battle, a DNA test confirmed that Boël is the child of King Albert II. The 85-year-old royal, who abdicated the throne in 2013 citing poor health, released a statement through his lawyer on Monday, recognizing the 51-year-old artist as his daughter. “King Albert has decided to put an end to this painful procedure in good conscience,” his lawyer said in the statement....

Sykea Patton.Photo: Facebook A Philadelphia man is charged with murder after allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend in front of her 5-year-old twin sons, say police. On Friday at about 3:11 p.m., Sykea Patton, 24, was walking her children home from school in West Philadelphia when shots rang out, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. As Patton’s children looked on, their mother was shot in the left chest, left arm, and lower back, say police,Fox 29andNBC10report....

Valerie Reyes.Photo: Greenwich PoliceThe ex-boyfriend of the 24-year-old woman whosebody was found stuffed in a suitcaseon the side of the road in Greenwich, Connecticut, last week, has been arrested for allegedly killing her, PEOPLE confirms.Javier DeSilva, 24, was arrested in Queens Monday night for allegedly murdering Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry said at a press conference Tuesday.DeSilva “is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a sentence of death or life imprisonment,” Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the Office of the U....

Photo: Facebook A 21-year-old man is reportedly facing criminal charges in Nevada stemming from his alleged role in the murder of Paula Davis, a 19-year-old honors student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Several local media outlets are reporting that the North Las Vegas Police Department arrested Giovanni Ruiz late Tuesday. PEOPLE was unable to independently verify his arrest, butKLAS reportshe is being held on a single open murder with a deadly weapon charge....

Candance Prunty.Photo: FacebookNearly six years after he was first identified as a person of interest in her shooting death, Candance Prunty’s ex-boyfriend has been formally charged in Ohio with the 26-year-old’s murder.Clark County Prosecutor Dan Driscoll tells PEOPLE that Thomas Albert, 38, was also indicted Monday on aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, felonious assault, weapons, and tampering with evidence charges stemming from the 2015 homicide.Prunty was shot to death at her Springfield, Ohio, home on Oct....

Meshay Melendez and daughter Layla Stewart.Photo: Vancouver Police Department/Facebook (2) The ex-boyfriend of a Washington mom has been detained after authorities identified him as a person of interest in connection with the disappearance and subsequent deaths of the mother and her 7-year-old daughter, according to reports. Police in Vancouver, Wash., say Meshay Melendez, 27, and Layla Stewart, 7, were last seen alive on the morning of March 12. A friend alleged to police they last saw Melendez that day “unresponsive and naked from the waist down” in the car of her ex-boyfriend, Kirkland Warren....