Jury selection has begun in the high-profile murder trial for a former Texas police officer who fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that more than 500 prospective jurors were summoned to the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Friday—on the one-year anniversary of Amber …
UPDATE Hollen Hile was found safe on Sunday afternoon, according to police. He was with his father in Butler County, 11 News reports. No further information is available at this time. Original Story Police are searching for a missing Pennsylvania boy who disappeared before social services were scheduled to pick him up, according to police. …
A California man has been arrested after authorities discovered the suspected remains of his wife, who has been missing since July. According to the Sacramento Bee, police on Friday arrested Anthony Gumina, 44, in connection with the disappearance of his wife, Heather Gumina, 33. Deputies served him a “no bail warrant for domestic violence,” according …
Investigators say an up-and-coming country singer caused a fatal crash that took the life herself and of a young teen, who was discovered by her own EMT father. The EMT who responded to a fatal car crash involving country singer Kylie Rae Harris on Wednesday learned that his daughter was killed in the wreck upon …
A California man accused of raping and fatally beating an elderly woman will claim he didn’t kill the victim, but instead engaged in necrophilia with her dead body, The Mercury News reports. Authorities allege 39-year-old Jonathan Jackson attacked 81-year-old Sun Yi Kwon while she was on a morning walk in January 2012 in Richmond, California, …
A California father was arrested this week after his young son was shot in the head and died, the Visalia Times-Delta reports. William Stallworth, 25, was taken into custody after the shooting occurred in Visalia, California, about 45 miles southeast of Fresno. Stallworth called 911 shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday to report that his 2-year-old …
‘Desperate Housewives’ actress Felicity Huffman will spend time in prison for trying to bribe her daughter’s way into college — if federal prosecutors get their way. TMZ reports that the U.S. Attorney filed court documents on Friday recommending that Huffman pay $20,000 in fines and spend one month in jail — a lesser sentence than …
Singer R. Kelly has been moved from solitary confinement to general population in an Illinois federal jail as he awaits trial for multiple crimes, including sex trafficking and sexual assault. Prosecutors, who announced Kelly’s move on Tuesday, denied the defense’s claims that the singer was in solitary confinement against his will—offering a recorded phone call …
A New Jersey court learned on Thursday that a mother accused of killing her 22-moth-old son last year had allegedly filmed herself mocking her injured son hours before he died. Judge Edward J. McBride Jr. ruled Thursday that Tynaizha Brown, 24, will remain jailed pending her trial for murder, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare …
It’s been said that the bond of twins can never be broken, and a Maryland sister who lost her twin over 20 years ago continues to exemplify the statement. She has dedicated her life to finding justice for her best friend, a twin sister senselessly shot to death while sitting alone inside her car. “We …
A 43-year-old American woman, caught allegedly trying to smuggle a newborn onto an international flight, has been charged with human trafficking in the Philippines, the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said in a press conference Thursday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Jennifer Talbot initially concealed the 6-day-old boy in what International Airport Investigation Division chief …
An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who’s in an adult jail for allegedly killing a 6-month-old boy last year was found unfit to stand trial on Wednesday—a decision which was influenced by a doctor’s finding that the preteen’s mental capacity has worsened in recent months. WQOW reported that Chippewa County Judge James Peterson ruled the girl incompetent, …
