A Long Island woman has been charged with harassing a toddler with a rare genetic disorder for more than a year on social media and via the U.S. mail, NBC New York reported. Krista Sewell, 26, was arrested on Thursday on charges that included aggravated harassment as a hate crime, a felony. She is alleged …
A Philadelphia teen is accused of beating a military veteran and prominent animal rescuer inside his home this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Prosecutors have charged 14-year-old Ajahnae Smaugh with murder, tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice, among other alleged crimes. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities say Smaugh used a blunt weapon to kill 59-year-old Albert Chernoff …
Authorities have released new information about the investigation into the disappearance of Adrienne Quintal, who vanished from her family’s cabin in Honor, Michigan, last month. As MLive reports, police arrived to Quintal’s family cabin in the early morning hours of October 17, after a friend of the woman contacted police to say that Quintal had …
New details cast doubt on the official account of the Mormon killings in Mexico, with evidence indicating that some victims were shot at point-blank range, the New York Post reports. Nine women and children of a Mormon family were gunned down Monday as they were traveling in a convoy of sport utility vehicles in the …
Marquis Jefferson, father a 28-year-old Texas woman who was shot and killed in her own home by a Fort Worth police officer last month, has died, sources have told CBS DFW. The cause of his death was not immediately known. Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games in her home with her 8-year-old nephew on October …
A Florida woman has been charged with animal cruelty after she tried to drown a cat in a drainage culvert, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. The Edgewater Animal Shelter took custody of Hubble the cat and reported he was “doing well.” An Edgewater police officer responded to a call from a witness who said he …
Montgomery County, Maryland, police said Sunday that a 17-year-old boy with autism who drove away from his home on Saturday has been found safe and unharmed. Micah Kriesberg left his Potomac home on Saturday and was thought to have been trying to drive to Canada. The teen was described as 5′ 11′ and 130 pounds …
Two 16-year-old boys were ordered this week to stand trial as adults in the Labor Day death of an Ohio photographer who was killed by a 75-pound log pushed over a cliff at Hocking Hills State Park. Victoria Schafer, 44, was taking senior photographs for a group of students near the Old Man’s Cave section …
Police in Sanger, California, said Sunday that a teenager who didn’t come home after Friday night’s football came had been found and was safe with her family. Yesenia Luviano, 15, was described as 4′ 11″ with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with any information should contact the Sanger Police Department at (559) 875-8521 and …
A month long investigation in Polk County, Florida, netted 17 men on hundreds of charges relating to child pornography and solicitation of a minor for sex, the Polk County Sheriff’s Department announced on Friday. A former middle school assistant principle and two Disney employees — a custodian and a guest experience manager — were among …
Shocking video released by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office this week shows a deadly scene play out after a car crashed into a tree in Carmichael, California on October 27. In the end, Earnest Easterling is dead in a hail of bullets from deputies, and Chanell Brown is dead from a single gunshot fired by Easterling …
Raymond Lazarine was convicted of murder in the shooting death of his wife of 35 years and sentenced Friday to 75 years in prison, as a jury didn’t buy his defense that he was sleepwalking when he pulled the trigger, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lazarine admitted shooting …
