A little boy is alive thanks to the quick action of strangers who were ready to use their on-the-job training. A vacationing New Jersey police officer and a hotel manager are being hailed as heroes for helping to rescue a 2-year-old who nearly drowned in Clearwater Beach, Florida. According to a statement by the Clearwater …
Another person has come forward to say that Chinatown director Roman Polanski sexually assaulted her as a minor. Variety reports that high-profile attorney Gloria Allred is representing the yet-unidentified woman, the third accuser to say that Polanski assaulted them when they were minors. The woman and Allred are expected to announce further details at a …
BOSTON (AP) — The New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston has been vandalized for the second time this summer. Police said a 17-year-old Malden boy smashed a glass panel on the memorial Monday evening. He was detained by two bystanders until officers arrived on the scene. Police said he will be charged with willful and …
An Alabama woman endured weeks of living in the woods in Bullock County until a passerby spotted her. Authorities say her story is truly a miracle. MS News Now reports that Lisa Theris, 25, of Louisville, disappeared almost a month ago after she was hanging out with two men who reportedly burglarized a hunting lodge. Theris had …
A young mother in Thailand sent a video of herself tying a noose around her one-year-old son’s neck in a twisted bid to get her husband’s attention. The Sun reports that Nareumon Jampasert of Bangkok, Thailand, had been trying to reach her husband on the phone. When he wouldn’t respond, she recorded video of herself tying …
Mexican authorities cleared through 31 Mexico resorts, clubs, and restaurants, confiscating 10,000 gallons of illicit alcohol, during a “crackdown” that occurred shortly after CrimeOnline called attention to a girl who died at a Mexico resort shortly after consuming a drink. Police swept through 31 businesses in Cancun and Playa del Carmen over the past several days …
A convicted rapist was found to be working at a rape counseling center in California. The Daily News reports that Damon Rodgers has been working as a security guard at Rape Counseling Services in Fresno, California, despite two previous rape convictions, and one attempted rape. Rodgers reportedly posted on Facebook about wanting to obtain a …
‘She was my only daughter, my best friend’
An Iowa court has agreed to a plea deal for a woman who tried to flush her newborn son down a toilet before abandoning him in a hospital trash can, as reported by NBC 13. Reports indicate that Ashley Hautzenrader, 24, was originally charged with attempted murder but made Alford pleas in regards to the neglect or …
An Oklahoma court has ordered an ex-middle school teacher to pay $1 million to a teenage boy she had a sexual relationship with, as reported by The Oklahoman. A federal judge handed down the ruling against former grammar teacher Jennifer Caswell, 31. The unnamed boy and his father sued Caswell and the Hollis School District …
“We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated… but recognize nothing can compare to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.”
By JAMES ANDERSON and TATIANA FLOWERS, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift won $1 and long-awaited vindication after a jury decided that a radio host groped her during a pre-concert photo op four years ago. After a weeklong trial over dueling lawsuits, jurors determined that fired Denver DJ David Mueller assaulted the pop star by …
