Domestic violence

Stacy Rose Zelaya-Sheff has been charged with domestic violence after her boyfriend told police she became irate and violent.

The Largo resident was taken into custody, after allegedly hitting a woman with a winter squash on Monday.

When the lawyer and his client arrived to the North Dade Justice Center in North Miami, staff members told them to come back the next day because the courthouse had reached its capacity, the lawyer said.

Chattanooga police said they charged the 19-year-old with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.

The man threatened to drown his wife before throwing her into the Provo River, according to a police affidavit.

Wethersfield police officers arrested Thomas Gilmer late Monday night and charged him on a warrant with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree strangulation.

The shooting happened so quickly, other officers did not know about it until they drove by the scene shortly after, the chief said.

A coalition of state attorneys general is pushing for the Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act as concern rises over domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic.

"Projections show that if violence increases by 20 percent during periods of lockdown, there would be an additional 15 million cases of intimate partner violence in 2020 for an average lockdown of a duration of 3 months," the report states, and adding data for six months, nine months and one year.

"Deputies also noted there was bruising to the female victim's leg and that during the altercation the female victim stated that this subject stated he was going to kill her," the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said.

Italy's Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese announced a new app called "YouPol," which would allow victims to alert authorities without making a phone call.

"There's no way for us to directly link that, but that's the concern," said Dr. Jamye Coffman.

Sarah Boone, 42, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Jorges Torres Jr., the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

"I'm being guilted for "ruining his life" and I know that's not true but it's still scary."

The study involved tens of thousands of women, including over 18,000 who experienced domestic abuse.

A Florida woman allegedly flew into a drunken rage and punched out a window and then her boyfriend's face after he refused to have sex with her Sunday.

Fans flooded Twitter in support of the 56-year-old Hollywood star after a leaked audio recording was published in which Heard admitted to "hitting" Depp.

A very 21st century version of "she was asking for it" has reared its ugly head. Time to ban it from the courts.

Irlanda Parra, 24, was charged with assault causing bodily injury after an incident outside Jefe's restaurant in Wichita Falls, Texas.

A Florida couple's argument over a broadcast of the pop singer's talk show resulted in both being booked into jail on domestic battery after a fistfight ensued.

The suspension stems from an allegation that German slapped his girlfriend, who is the mother of his two children, at a September charity event.

A 36-year-old Florida man was reportedly arrested Sunday after allegedly throwing a Pop Tart toaster pastry at his wife's head during a heated argument.

A woman charged with stabbing her boyfriend has received 90 additional counts of contempt of court for repeatedly trying to contact her victim.

Larry Dinwiddie, 57, of Marshfield, told officers he attacked his wife after he lost his nerve in an argument.

Warren Brown, 57, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 43 year old Sophie Solis in St. Petersburg, Florida,

Federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers or family members subject to a protective order from possessing firearms.

Shanda Johnson-Williams has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her husband in a home in Fort Towson, Oklahoma.

A man was charged with domestic violence after punching his brother in the face after their family said they wouldn't support his America's Got Talent dream.

Dustin R. Hieronymus pleaded guilty after setting his girlfriend on fire during an argument over karaoke, but his girlfriend said she didn't think he belonged in prison due to his mental illness.

During a "frenzied" attack on December 30, 2017, Junior Fayiah Carlos, 27, stabbed Christine D'Cruz, 19, 35 times.