Ex-NFL player pummels Peeping Tom he caught masturbating outside his daughter’s window: Reports
Heroes
‘We just had a good conversation,’ Tony Beckham said of the encounter that left the alleged Peeping Tom with several broken facial bones
Weird Crime
January 17, 2019
[WATCH] Cruise line bans drunk ‘daredevil’ passenger for life after he takes dangerous 120-foot dive from balcony
Officials at Royal Caribbean say it has permanently banned a 27-year-old passenger after a stunt caught on cellphone video and shared widely via social media. According to the cruise line, Nick Naydev could still face legal challenges related to the footage posted to Instagram on Friday. He can be seen jumping from the 11th deck …
Sex Crimes
January 17, 2019
Child rape suspect claims 11-year-old girl got pregnant from his clothing: Reports
A 33-year-old New York man accused of raping a tween girl reportedly claimed she got pregnant from his clothes. Police have accused Robert Cronin, 33, of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl sometime between February and March 2018. WTEN reported that the victim recently had the baby; DNA testing confirmed Cronin is the father. While Cronin didn’t …
Child Abuse
January 17, 2019
The next ‘House of Horrors’? Mom of 8 adopted special needs children jailed after young disabled girl found dead in filthy bathtub
A Rhode Island woman who adopted eight children with special needs was arrested when a 9-year-old girl in her care was reportedly found dead inside her filthy home. Michele Rothgeb, 55, was arrested on January 13, more than a week after police responded to her Warwick home and found the girl unresponsive in the bathtub. The …
Sex Crimes
January 17, 2019
Source claims family of pregnant woman in vegetative state visited her at Arizona facility days before she gave birth; questions why they didn’t notice pregnancy
A person who claims to have intimate knowledge of the patient in a persistent vegetative state who gave birth at an Arizona nursing facility last month has given a cryptic interview, insinuating that the public is still unaware of key details related to the patient, who clearly had to have been raped in order to …
Family Crime
January 17, 2019
Mother who waded into ocean with baby in her arms charged with attempted murder
Police in California charged a woman with attempted murder after they say she was discovered wading into the Pacific Ocean with her infant, in an alleged attempt to kill herself and the baby on Tuesday afternoon. The San Mateo Sheriff’s Office arrested 36-year-old Chisato Chiyoda, of Cupertino, after they responded to a report just after …
Podcast
January 17, 2019
Thursday Crime Stories: Did sisters shoot, slash mom to death after she takes their cellphones?
PLUS: Alleged nail shop killer captured!
Child Abuse
January 17, 2019
‘The water is going to be very hot’: So-called ‘dad’ places tot boy in washing machine & dryer repeatedly, TURNS IT ON: POLICE
An Alabama man is facing life in prison after police say he confessed earlier this month to placing his toddler in a washing machine and dryer—and turning it on—time and time again. Authorities arrested 25-year-old Steven Garrett Todhunter, of Alabaster, January 12 on numerous charges related to child and domestic abuse, AL.com reported, citing authorities. …
Unsolved
January 17, 2019
Beloved student killed in ‘horrendous, horrific’ murder while walking home, talking to sister on FaceTime: Report
Police said an Israeli student attending college in Australia was on the phone with her sister, using FaceTime when she was killed in a “horrendous, horrific” attack on Tuesday. According to the BBC, the body of Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was found Wednesday morning in Melbourne near LaTrobe University. Maasarwe was reportedly last seen getting off a tram near …
Murder
January 17, 2019
‘Violent chaos’: Children found dead, buried in backyard endured horrific abuse that worsened after family moved in with step grandmother [Report]
Two Georgia children found last month deceased and buried in their own backyard, lived with abuse for years before their deaths, according to interviews and documents that span back for years. AJC reports that Elwyn Crocker Sr. and every adult living in a home in Guyton, Georgia, are behind bars after after Mary Crocker, 14, …
Juveniles
January 17, 2019
Want to help Jayme Closs? Here’s how!
A GoFundMe fundraiser set up for 13-year-old Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs, who escaped her captor last week after being kidnapped from her own home, has far exceeded the original goal. The fundraiser is now closed, but there are still ways people can help the young girl. ABC 13 reports that Jayme’s aunt, Jennifer Smith, gave …
Family Crime
January 17, 2019
New development in missing Kelsey Berreth murder investigation: Authorities to search landfill near Colorado Springs
The investigation into the disappearance and presumed murder of Kelsey Berreth is reportedly focused on a landfill in Fountain, Colorado, about 40 miles from Berreth’s home in Woodland Park. ABC News reports that a spokesperson for Midway Landfill said that investigators had been in contact about a search of the landfill, believed to be related …
