Five gang members were sentenced to prison on Friday for fatally stabbing a 15-year-old New York boy whom they mistook for a rival gang member. Though all five men were convicted of first-degree murder, Joniki Matinez Estrella, 24, was the only person sentenced to life in prison without parole for the June 2018 slaying of …
A New Jersey police officer was indicted for murder this week in connection with the death of his 3-month-old daughter. NBC 4 reports that a grand jury indicted Daniel Bannister, a suspended Ewing Township police officer, on one count of first-degree murder and one count of child endangerment for the death of infant Hailey Bannister, …
A girl’s body was found in a basement Monday morning, and police believe it’s the body of a Wyoming teen who disappeared on October 3. Daily Times reports that although an autopsy is pending, authorities likely found the body of 16-year-old Shayna Ritthaler, of Moorcroft. The Meade County Sheriff’s Office announced that the South Dakota …
A fifth-grader in Ohio was nearly struck by a speeding car as she got off her bus on Thursday, according to reports. School bus surveillance video obtained by WEWS shows driver Lonnie Tole, 39, jump a curb and veer across several lawns before he nearly mows down a student who was leaving the bus to …
An Indiana school bus aide is scheduled to appear in court Monday after a security camera allegedly caught her slapping a special needs girl across the face. NBC 13 reports that 78-year-old Francella Van Fossen initially told investigators that she “touched” the face of a 10-year-old girl after the child bit her, but security footage …
A Michigan teen has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her newborn to death shortly after giving birth. Detroit Free Press reports that the 16-year-old teen was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday in connection with the February incident. According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, she’s accused of giving birth in a toilet …
One of the three men charged in connection with the murder of Dr. Teresa Sievers is on trial for the beloved physician’s brutal death. The trial against Jimmy Ray Rodgers continues inside a Lee County, Florida, courtroom. According to police, Teresa’s husband, Mark Sievers, 51, was the mastermind behind his wife’s murder. Sievers is accused …
A pitcher in the San Diego Padres farm system was kicked and tased by a Peoria, Arizona, homeowner who found that the ballplayer had crawled into the home through a doggie door. Jacob Nix, 23, was charged with two counts of criminal trespass and was apparently under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the …
The mother of a St Louis police officer who was killed by her police boyfriend during a game of Russian roulette says in a wrongful death lawsuit filed Wednesday that Nathaniel Hendren forced other girlfriends to play similar games and had serious psychiatric issues the St Louis Police Department should have known about, the St …
Florida police are searching for a man accused of brutally raping a 2-year-old little girl, who’s now in critical condition. Miami Herald reports that 40-year-old Robert Lopez of Immokalee, Florida, is wanted in connection with the assault. Authorities issued a warrant for Lopez for felony sexual battery on a victim under the age of 12. …
A Las Vegas man is accused of torturing and assaulting his girlfriend while he held her captive for two weeks. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Benjamin Obadiah Foster faces multiple charges including first-degree kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly kidnapped his girlfriend and held her captive in her Las Vegas …
A 12-year-old student at Westridge Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas, was arrested last month for forming a gun with her fingers and pointing it at four of her classmates one at a time and then herself. The Kansas City Star reported that the unnamed girl was charged with a felony for threatening. Court documents …
