A toddler in Nueces County, Texas, has died after accidentally shooting himself in the face on Sunday. According to KIII News, a 2-year-old boy in Corpus Christi was rushed to the Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital on Sunday after he somehow got a hold of a gun and shot himself in the face. He was treated for his …
A Florida college student reportedly traveled to Indiana to “steal” a woman, impregnate her, and force her into marriage, police said. An Indiana State Police trooper supposedly caught Kung Bik Cem, 19, trying to rape the woman in broad daylight in the backseat of his car. According to the Daily Journal, the 19-year-old told the trooper that …
An East Texas man was sentenced to 11 life sentences last Thursday and if it were up the judge, he would have gotten even more time. Dallas Morning News reports that a Cherokee County jury found Kevin Ray Morris Sr., 56, guilty of 34 counts of child abuse. Morris sexually assaulted and threatened multiple children between …
A broken pool heater caused a carbon monoxide leak that killed one child and injured several others at a Michigan hotel. According to ABC News, a hotel staffer found six children, ages 12 to 14, lying unconscious in an indoor pool area at a Quality Inn in Niles, Michigan, on Saturday. They were all believed …
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
A witness says the driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal crash with a church minibus confessed to have been texting while driving. Jody Kuchler, a 55-year-old self-employed welder, told the Associated Press (AP) that he and his girlfriend, Thania Sanchez, were driving behind the truck near Concan, and that it had been driving erratically — weaving in …
A Kentucky man who stabbed his dad during a church service last year after being “moved by the message,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Warren Circuit Court judge. People reports that on August 14, Ethan Buckley, 21, was arrested at the Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, after stabbing his father in the neck …
A customer at a Florida 7-11 threatened to kill a clerk who refused her payment: An “old, dirty jar of pennies,” as authorities told Florida Today. According to the news outlet, the woman showed up at a Melbourne 7-11 at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and picked up several items to purchase. When she got to …
A Bladensburg, Maryland, babysitter is accused of burning a 6-month-old’s feet because she wouldn’t stop crying. The baby, Ana Flores Guerrero, supposedly sustained second-degree burns after Ismelda Ramos-Mendoza, 36, watched her for three hours on March 22. Guerrero’s mother noticed redness on the bottom of the 6-month-old’s feet the next morning and asked Ramos-Mendoza if she …
The woman who drove the getaway car on Monday during an Oklahoma home invasion that left three would-be burglars dead, said that they she “doesn’t blame” the homeowner for shooting them. Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez, 21, is facing three counts of felony murder, three counts of burglary, and one count of second-degree burglary after she allegedly drove three teens …
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