What We Know about wealthy heir who murders four Bucks County men: From petty crime to murder
Murder
DiNardo “is an absolute psycho,” said one acquaintance
Missing
July 16, 2017
‘They had no warning’: Flash flood at swimming hole in Arizona kills seven, including children, people still missing
A flash flood barreled through a popular Arizona swimming hole where more than a hundred people were taking refuge from summer heat, killing at least seven people, leaving many more missing and forcing survivors to cling to trees in the rocky terrain, officials and a witness said. Meteorologists had issued a flash-flood warning surrounding a …
Police
July 16, 2017
Baby boy drowns after police officer leaves him in bath for 45 minutes while arguing with wife
An El Paso police officer is facing a felony charge after his infant son drowned while in his care last month. KXAN reports that Raymond Licon Jr., 27, was off-duty on June 20, and watching his two children at home when he got into an altercation with his estranged wife via text messages and phone calls. He …
July 16, 2017
Missing woman found dead in car trunk more than 1,000 miles from home, child’s whereabouts not known
Police have arrested a man after a missing woman was found dead in the trunk of her own car more than 1,000 miles from her home. Authorities in Mansfield, Ohio — between Columbus and Cleveland — discovered the body of the woman early Saturday, the Mansfield News Journal reports. The woman’s name and cause of …
Child Abuse
July 16, 2017
‘Mom’ beat young daughter with aluminum baseball bat, forced her to clean up blood: Police
The alleged attack was punishment for the girl telling her mother’s boyfriend she was at another man’s house
Animal Crimes
July 15, 2017
Prison time! Animal killer lures 21 cats from owners’ homes and tortures, kills them
A San Jose, California, man who killed 21 cats and sexually abused one of their carcasses was sentenced to 16 years in jail on Friday. Prosecutors claimed that Robert Roy Farmer, 26, lured, tortured, and killed the cats over a two-month period in Fall 2015. Last year, the 26-year-old pleaded guilty to 21 counts of animal …
child endangerment
July 15, 2017
SEE PHOTO: Police ARREST mom for ‘bit of fun’
An Oregon woman was arrested on Wednesday after she towed three small children in a plastic wagon while driving her vehicle down a roundabout filled with heavy traffic. The Oregonian reports that Alana Nicole Donahue, 27, is accused of putting her two children, ages three and five, and her 8-year-old nephew in a tiny, red plastic …
Sex Crimes
July 15, 2017
Police: Newlyweds on honeymoon kidnap random woman, beat and sexually assault her
Georgia newlyweds who were on their honeymoon in Miami are behind bars after allegedly kidnapping a random woman and forcing her to participate in sexual activity inside a motel on Sunday. Crimesider reports that a 27-year-old victim was driving out of a Publix grocery store on Sunday afternoon when Rashada Horsley, 32, approached her as she was putting her …
July 15, 2017
Honolulu high-rise fire that left 3 dead like ‘horror movie’
HONOLULU (AP) — Karen Hastings was in her 31st floor Honolulu apartment when she smelled smoke. She ran out to her balcony, looked down, and saw flames five floors below her. “The fire just blew up and went flying right out the windows,” the 71-year-old Hastings said of the first moments of the high-rise blaze …
Murder
July 15, 2017
Jealous ‘monster’ disemboweled girlfriend, raped her with beer bottle after she said another man’s name
A Florida man is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty this week to brutally killing and disemboweling his girlfriend. Fidel Lopez, 26, admitted to police that he murdered his then 31-year-old girlfriend, Maria Nemeth, after she said the name of her former husband while she and Lopez …
School Crimes
July 15, 2017
Boy gets ‘lifted by the crotch’ and thrown in ‘torture closet’ at after-school program
Staffers of a New York City after-school program repeatedly locked a 6-year-old boy into a tiny, dark hole to punish him — and now his mother is suing over the abuse. The boy would be lifted “by the crotch” and placed headfirst into the compartment, which was within a closet, “kicking, screaming and crying,” the …
Mugshots
July 14, 2017
Woman was texting and driving when she crashed into and killed two young girls: Police
Police have arrested an Ohio woman who allegedly ran over two middle school girls, killing them and critically injuring a third child. The woman was allegedly texting at the time of the incident, according to the Akron Beacon. According to the Canton Repository, Natasha Boggs, 24, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and …
