Gregory Hoyt is owner & editor of TheBreakdownNews.com and current host of the web series “The Breakdown with Greg Hoyt.” A former Red Voice Media contributor based out of Sierra Vista, Arizona, Hoyt is a staunch and outspoken advocate of law enforcement and first responders, while also harboring the unique experience of having spent nearly 5 years in prison. Since then, he's used his distinct perspective to offer support and commentary about the criminal justice system.
A 41-year-old man convicted of murdering his mother and stabbing his father during what has been described as a potential psychiatric episode in 2024 learned his fate in court earlier in August, with the judge handing down a 45-year sentence for the grisly crimes. Read More.
This October, the Airpower Foundation will host Sky Ball XXIII at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, in celebration of the 250th birthdays of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Read More.
A Dekalb County Police officer with just shy of a year’s service with the force was fatally shot earlier in August while responding to an active shooter call near the CDC building at Emory University. Read More.
A 40-year-old pastor out of North Carolina recently made bond after being charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor after allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl back in 2024. Read More.
Border Patrols agents swarmed a Los Angeles-area Home Depot earlier in August as part of "Operation Trojan Horse," where agents hiding inside the cargo area of a rental truck baited suspected illegal aliens by way of seeking out day laborers outside of the home improvement store. Read More.
A 72-year-old Florida doctor will spend slightly over the next decade in prison after pleading no contest to charges relating to the murder of his wife, which authorities say was carried out by way of smothering the victim with a pillow. Read More.
President Donald Trump has ordered federal law enforcement to expand their presence in the nation’s capital following an increase in violent crime as well as a notable case which made national headlines involving former DOGE worker "Big Balls" being grievously assaulted in D.C. Read More.
A restaurant and bar in northeast Ohio held a fundraising event earlier in August meant to benefit the families of the Lorain Police officers who were caught in an ambush in late July which left one officer dead and two others injured. Read More.
A 32-year-old man originally from the small English town of Braunstone was sentenced to over a decade in prison in the U.K. after being convicted of rape, where the defendant tried to claim he suffered from "sexsomnia." Read More.
A Kentucky woman accused of killing two men back in 2021, reportedly decapitating one of the victims, accepted a plea deal earlier in August and is slated to spend the next two decades behind bars. Read More.
A 27-year old man along with his 54-year-old mother are facing several charges in the alleged torture and murder of a 21-year-old woman who was apparently the girlfriend of the male suspect. Read More.
A convicted child predator from Belgium was deported back to his home country this past July after ICE discovered he attempted to hide his criminal past here in the U.S. while also avoiding his prison sentence abroad. Read More.
The family of 16-year-old Katie Hong, who has been missing since late July, have launched an online fundraising campaign in an effort to help finance the ongoing search for the missing girl via the employment of private investigators. Read More.
A Florida man learned his fate in court in late July after pleading guilty to felony bigamy charges in connection to the three separate marriages he held without seeking divorce or annulments. Read More.
Catherine Hoggle has been re-indicted over the 2014 disappearance of her then-two young children, with the woman now facing murder charges after being released from a psychiatric facility upon being found fit to stand trial. Read More.