Girl who escaped knifepoint kidnapping attempt says watching ‘Law & Order’ helped catch the perp
Juveniles
Suspect REPAINTED his vehicle he was driving during the attack
Trials
May 20, 2021
WATCH: Murder of Mollie Tibbetts Trial [IA vs Cristhian Rivera]
The second day of trial resumes Tuesday, in the case against an Iowa farm worker accused of killing University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cristhian Bahena Rivera is accused of killing Tibbetts, 20, of Brooklyn, Iowa. Mollie was out for a jog in July 2018 and was never seen alive again. …
Attempted Murder
May 19, 2021
SEE IT: Couple hits her ex-boyfriend with truck, then lose control and drive into apartment living room
A Las Vegas couple intentionally hit the woman’s ex-boyfriend with a pickup truck Saturday night before losing control of the vehicle and driving it into a woman’s living room. Eduardo Ruiz-Rodriguez and Sabrina Villegas have been arrested in the case; Ruiz-Rodriguez for attempted murder and battery and Villegas for conspiracy to commit murder, according to …
Child Abuse
May 19, 2021
Toddler’s heart ‘ripped in half’ by apparent abuse: Affidavit
An Indiana man has been arrested on child abuse charges after a 17-month-old boy died this week of blunt force trauma to the chest. Aiden M. Clark had a fractured sternum and his “heart was ripped in half,” an arrest affidavit for Shaquille Rowe, 27, said, WANE reported. The toddler had a torn pericardium sac …
Celebrity Justice
May 19, 2021
SEE IT: ‘That 70’s Show’ star Danny Masterson takes smiling selfie outside courthouse; alleged rape victim says he threatened her with a gun
Actor Danny Masterson appeared at Los Angeles Superior Court this week for a preliminary hearing to determine if a trial on multiple rape charges will go forward. As the Associated Press reports, three of Masterson’s accusers have or will present testimony at the hearing, detailing the rape allegations, which go back two decades. Before heading …
Trials
May 19, 2021
Mollie Tibbetts trial: Lawyer casts suspicion on slain jogger’s boyfriend, brings up cheating & anger issues
The boyfriend of slain Iowa jogger, Mollie Tibbetts, testified Monday at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, during the first day of the murder trial against dairy farmworker, Cristhian Bahena Rivera During opening statements, Prosecutor Bart Klaver announced that DNA evidence and a video confession would help prove that murder suspect Rivera is responsible for …
Shooting
May 19, 2021
14-year-old girl is shot in head, gives cops 3 different locations where shooting occurred: Reports
A 14-year-old Illinois girl is expected to survive after she was grazed by a bullet while riding in a car on Wednesday. According to Chicago Tribune, the reported 1:50 a.m. shooting occurred in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. Police said the girl suffered a graze wound to the head which resulted in a skull fracture. WLS …
Sex Crimes
May 19, 2021
Boy begs for help after ‘heavy’ Florida woman pins him down, rapes him in front of 12-year-old girl: Arrest affidavit
A boy who attended a sleepover says he was sexually assaulted by a drunk Florida woman who pinned him down and forced him to have intercourse. On May 11, the Charlotte’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to a sexual assault report involving a minor male and an adult female, identified as 43-year-old Jessica Rae Good. According …
Juveniles
May 19, 2021
Autistic boy missing after walking out of elementary school might be playing ‘hide and seek,’ police say
An 11-year-old boy is missing in Nebraska, and investigators believe he may have gone into hiding intentionally. According to KETV, 11-year-old Ryan Larsen walked out of school in La Vista, Nebraska, at about noon on Monday and has not been seen since. Larsen, who is autistic and high-functioning, reportedly has a history of hiding and …
Crime Stories
May 19, 2021
CRIME STORIES: 4-year-old tot’s killer caught on nanny cam?
Home security footage helps police identify the alleged killing of a 4-year-old boy. Cash Germon was found lying in the middle of a street in his neighborhood. Cops say he died from violent injuries sustained from an “edged weapon.” The man arrested in the death, 18-year-old Darriynn Brown, is seen on home security footage obtained by …
Murder
May 19, 2021
Unsolved 2017 slaying of Asian-American girl burned alive in home is being investigated as hate crime: Feds
The 2017 unsolved murder of a 17-year-old Asian-American girl is being investigated as a possible hate crime, the FBI confirmed Monday. No arrests have been made in connection with the slaying of Maggie Long, who the FBI said was found dead at her family’s rural home in Bailey after someone called 911 claiming people inside …
