Month: August 2020

Cannon Hinnant: Dad says there had been no ‘bad blood’ with neighbor who randomly shot 5-year-old point blank range in the head

 Cannon Hinnant
Murder

A North Carolina father says he has no idea why his neighbor of eight years shot North Carolina boy, Cannon Hinnant, in the head over the weekend. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the U.S. Marshals Service Carolinas Regional Task Force arrested Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 25, on Monday. He’s been charged with murder in connection with the death of 5-year-old …

Murder
August 15, 2020

Nancy Grace says teen set on fire, stabbed is an ‘example of lawlessness taking over our country’

The brutal murder of New York City teen Winston Ortiz suggests violent crime may be increasing around the country, CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace told Fox News. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 18-year-old Winston Ortiz was stabbed multiple times and then set on fire in an apartment building on Wednesday. Authorities have charged 22-year-old Adones Betances with murder and manslaughter in …

Missing
August 15, 2020

‘You’re a warrior’: Mourners gather to remember murdered soldier Vanessa Guillen

Mourners this week gathered to say goodbye to U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen, who was allegedly murdered by a fellow soldier earlier this year in a case that has prompted outcry over the mistreatment of women in the armed forces, the New York Times reports. On Friday, a custom-made coffin on a horse-drawn carriage circled the track at César E. …

Cold Cases
August 14, 2020

Alabama man charged in 1999 cold case murders of his mother and sister

A 42-year-old Alabama man was arrested this week for the murders of his mother and sister 21 years ago, AL.com reported. Joe Daniel Stallions is being held without bond in Coosa County for the shotgun deaths of Bobbi Ingram, 38, and his sister, Jodi Stallions, 17, on January 12, 1999. Both were shot in the …

Murder
August 14, 2020

Georgia state trooper fired, charged with murder in traffic stop shooting

A Georgia State Patrol trooper has been fired and charged with murder in the August 7 shooting death of a 60-year-old man who tried to flee a traffic stop, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Jacob Gordon Thompson, 27, has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the incident and booked into …

Coronavirus
August 14, 2020

Inmate HANGED himself with prison-issued COVID-19 mask, officials say

An inmate at a Connecticut prison reportedly hanged himself this with a mask intended to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Daniel Ocasio, 32, was reportedly found unresponsive in a cell on Wednesday at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center. The state Department of Correction said he was discovered sitting on a bunk with a prison-issued …

Greg Hasse
Weird Crime
August 14, 2020

Mild-mannered Florida apartment resident busted with 26 pipe bombs near playground: Police

A Florida man is behind bars after police allegedly found him with more than two dozen pipe bombs. Boynton Beach Police reports the arrest of Gregory Haase, 34, on multiple counts of making, possessing, throwing, making, projecting, placing, or discharging a destructive device. According to an arrest report obtained by the Miami Herald, Haase “fully …

Missing
August 14, 2020

Grandmom still MISSING weeks after winning big at bingo hall: Reports

Authorities in Texas are still looking for an elderly woman who reportedly vanished last month after winning a large cash prize at a bingo hall. Carolyn Riggins, 69, reportedly has partial dementia and was possibly last seen on July 11 at Watauga Road Bingo in Watauga. Her family told WFAA that Riggins won a sizable …