Authorities in Georgia say a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of walking toward a restaurant in Griffin with an arsenal in his possession. According to Fox News, a witness outside of the Pizza Hut location contacted the Griffin Police Department to report a suspicious person apparently hiding behind a wall near the parking lot. …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a pizza delivery driver is dead after an armed robbery they believe was staged at an abandoned structure in Philadelphia. According to People, 30-year-old Bobby Jenkins had just started his position at Stacy’s Pizza a few weeks before he was dispatched to the fatal call on Tuesday evening. Police Capt. Jason …
Authorities released the name of a toddler who passed away after an 11-year-old Maryland girl is accused of assaulting him while babysitting, NBC Washington reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the girl’s mother was babysitting the victim, Paxton Davis, but left the home to run an errand and left the 1-year-old boy alone with her daughter. …
Two Kentucky men are accused of using a dog shock collar to punish a young child as part of a “lesson,” the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. Authorities allege that 42-year-old Theodore Sampson put a dog shock collar on a 4-year-old boy, all with the support and encouragement of the boy’s father, 35-year-old Luke Sampson. Theodore and …
A Vermont man admitted he sexually assaulted his mother-in-law as she lay dying in hospice care last summer. He’ll now be a registered sex offender for life. Burlington’s ABC 3 News reports that Stephen Edwards, 71, was caught doing a lewd act on a 93-year-old woman at the Burlington Health and Rehab last July, after a …
Authorities in DeKalb County, Alabama, are asking for the public’s help in the search for a missing girl. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced in an alert on their Facebook page that 11-year-old Amberly Lee Barnett has been missing since Friday evening. According to the post, she was last seen in the Mt. Vernon community, which …
Authorities in Maryland say an 11-year-old girl is facing criminal charges related to the death of a young boy she had been babysitting last week. According to Fox News, Paxton Davis’ mother left the 1-year-old old in the care of a family in Suitland on Saturday. An adult woman at the home allegedly left the …
Authorities in New York say a 60-year-old man was discovered bound and beaten inside of his own pickup truck at a Newfane supermarket, but they believe his account of events was fabricated. According to Buzzfeed News, Robert Brandel claimed two acquaintances forced him at gunpoint to drive around the community for two days and left …
Video-sharing platform YouTube announced that it has disabled commenting on “tens of millions” of videos featuring children following allegations that pedophiles were exploiting the feature. On its Creator Blog, YouTube said that in the next few months, it will be “broadening” this action to not only include videos showcasing young minors but older minors as …
A Texas woman widely known for surviving a traumatic childhood locked inside of a closet is now facing charges of sexually assaulting a teen girl. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lauren Ashley Kavanaugh, 25, was arrested late last year on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. At that time, she reportedly acknowledged meeting the girl …
Johnny Depp has filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, claiming that she fabricated a narrative of domestic abuse in order to promote her career. The Blast obtained court records documenting the $50 million lawsuit, which appears to focus on Heard’s op-ed in the Washington Post in which she characterizes herself as a …
The victim said he thought the prison sentence was too long. “Everyone makes mistakes.”
