A Petaluma, California, woman was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing money from wildfire victims. According to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, police arrested Katie Lehnhard, 31, on suspicion of mail theft and fraud. Lehnard’s victims are reportedly evacuees from Santa Rosa fires who are in shelters in Petaluma. SFGate reported that a fire victim informed police of fraudulent charges made …
Police charged a Delaware mother with the murder of her 5-month-old son and his 5-year-old half-brother after investigators said she was concerned she would be deported despite in the country legally, according to People. The mother, Kula Pelima, 30, of Delaware, was reportedly arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The victims are …
A former teacher aide at a Brevard County, Florida, private school is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student with special needs. Florida Today reported that Alana Chasky, 35, allegedly had a sexual relationship with the boy between February and September. Palm Bay police said the assaults didn’t happen on campus. Detectives said that Chasky also worked as …
The youngest sex trafficking victim a 3-month-old girl, the agency says
A North Carolina, couple is speaking out after learning that a monument company reportedly repossessed their 5-year-old son’s grave marker. Crystal and Wayne Leatherman of Hickory buried Jake almost a year ago after he lost a long battle with leukemia. However, Crystal told WBTV that she recently went to her son’s grave and was shocked to …
A 14-year-old girl shot in the head and left for dead says she’s “tougher than a bullet.” Police say two other teens tried to kill her because of annoying SnapChat messages. Nancy Grace digs into the case with Los Angeles psychologist Dr. Bethany Marshall, criminal profiler Pat Brown, Crime Stories contributing reporter, Bobbi Maxwell, and …
The upcoming interview will be the only one Campos gives in the wake of the deadly Las Vegas shooting massacre
Three teenagers have pleaded guilty to involvement in a brutal gang killing of a 15-year-old girl earlier this year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, prosecutors allege that Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas was brutally tortured on a cold January night before she was stabbed to death in what authorities have surmised was a revenge killing. Rayas, who …
A former Atlanta medical examiner is behind bars for reportedly giving opioids to patients in exchange for “sexual favors.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Joe Burton, an ex-medical examiner who currently works as a private consultant, landed on the radar of narcotics agents after they found out he’d been selling large amounts of oxycodone to patients, …
Jurors were unable to come to a verdict in the case of a Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers. WREG reported that a Panola County jury deliberated for ten hours before Judge Gerald Chatham declared a mistrial on Monday. At one point, the jury entered the courtroom and the foreman told the judge that they …
An Oklahoma jury recommended a mother and father each be sentenced to 130 years after they were convicted of the “worst case of child abuse” a local police officer said he had ever seen, according to People. The couple’s 9-month-old twin girls reportedly weighed approximately eight pounds each when they were examined at a hospital …
A Louisiana man allegedly confessed to the brutal murder of his toddler Tuesday morning, telling police that “God made him do it.” According to New Orleans Police Supt. Michael Harrison, police received a call from the suspect, identified as 45-year-old Mark Hambrick, from his Bywater residence in which he admitted to stabbing and suffocating his …
