Year: 2017

Police now treating mysterious death of NY judge found in Hudson River as ‘suspicious’
Unsolved
April 19, 2017

Police now treating mysterious death of NY judge found in Hudson River as ‘suspicious’

The mysterious death of respected Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam is now being treated as ‘suspicious.’ Judge Adbus Salaam, the first black woman appointed to serve on New York State’s highest court and the first female Muslim judge in the United States, was found dead in the Hudson River earlier this month. Sources from within the New York …

Killer gets 25 years in 1979 case of missing boy Etan Patz
Cold Cases
April 18, 2017

Killer gets 25 years in 1979 case of missing boy Etan Patz

COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Almost four decades after first-grader Etan Patz set out for school and ended up at the heart of one of America’s most influential missing-child cases, a former store clerk convicted of killing him was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison. In a few angry words, …

WATCH: Toothy home intruder relaxes in victims sun-room
Animal Crimes
April 18, 2017

WATCH: Toothy home intruder relaxes in victims sun-room

A 9-foot alligator made its way to a second-story porch early and refused to leave early Easter Sunday. The Post and Courier reported that Susie Polston of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, took a nap and was awakened by a racket on her porch. She was shocked to discover the large lizard, who climbed a 15-foot …

Connecticut drama teacher facing sex charges after allegedly caught with student, 15, in dressing room
Teacher Scandals
April 18, 2017

Connecticut drama teacher facing sex charges after allegedly caught with student, 15, in dressing room

A New Haven, Connecticut, teacher charged with sexual assault was reportedly caught with a 15-year-old student in a school dressing room. An arrest affidavit obtained by the WFSB claimed that Wilbur Cross High School drama teacher Jennifer Frechette, 44, was caught in the act on January 5. Two school security guards allegedly told police that they heard noises behind a clothing …

Special ed teacher caught with drugs in car had sex with underage student, say police
Teacher Scandals
April 18, 2017

Special ed teacher caught with drugs in car had sex with underage student, say police

A Benicia, California, teacher who was allegedly caught with stolen property and marijuana edibles in her car is now accused of having sex with an underage student. According to KCBS, Benicia High School employees contacted police earlier this month to report that the student had been seen leaving the building on multiple occasions. When police …

April 18, 2017

Police: 17-month-old girl shot in face at Omaha apartment

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 17-month-old girl has been shot in the face at an apartment in Omaha, Nebraska. Police say a distraught man drove the bleeding toddler to a hospital around 3:40 p.m. Monday after the shooting at the Pine Tree Apartments in the northwest of the city. On Tuesday, police identified …

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Family Crime
April 18, 2017

Man stabs parents, kills mother before barricading himself in New Jersey home

A man with special needs has killed his mother and severely injured his father in Bridgewater, New Jersey. According to CBS Local, the unidentified suspect stabbed both his parents in the family’s home on Monday evening, and barricaded himself and his father in the home as police and the SWAT team responded to the scene. …

Beloved Walmart greeter, 88, fired after turkey wanders into store
Elderly Abuse
April 17, 2017

Beloved Walmart greeter, 88, fired after turkey wanders into store

An 88-year-old Walmart greeter is out of a job after a turkey reportedly wandered in and out of a Waukesha, Wisconsin, store. Bob Tallinger told WREG that he was fired for not removing the wild bird from the store. Tallinger, who worked as a greeter for eight years, was allegedly told he should have alerted a manager …