MAKE THAT A DOUBLE: Two friends get DUIs after one slams into ditch then 2nd crashes while “helping”
Missing
March 5, 2021
FOUND SAFE: 12-year-old Maine boy hasn’t been seen since before noon Friday
Update: Maine State Police said Atum Hosea has been found safe. Police in Maine are looking for a 12-year-old boy who walked into the woods behind his house Friday morning and hasn’t come home. Atum (pronounced “Adam”) Hosea left his house in Frankfort at about 9 a.m. and was last seen at Deb’s Store in …
School Crimes
March 5, 2021
SEE IT: Substitute teacher attacks one student, chases another outside: Police
A Florida substitute teacher has been fired after he allegedly brawled with one middle school student and chased another outside when that student tried to intervene, prompting the regular teacher to lock the classroom to keep him out. David Sierra, 52, was also arrested and charged with two counts of battery and one count of …
Murder for hire
March 5, 2021
Real estate agent mom busted in murder-for-hire plot to kill former mother-in-law: Cops
Leigh Ann Bauman allegedly texted her children, saying, ‘Your grandmother will die.’
Attempted Murder
March 5, 2021
‘Slender Man’ stabber seeks release from mental health facility after brutal attack of young girl
On Wednesday, a Minnesota woman who was 12 when she nearly stabbed a classmate to death in 2014 asked to be released from a mental health facility. Anissa Weier, 19, has served more than three years of a 25-year sentence for the near-fatal attack. While she was found to be not criminally responsible for attempted …
Court
March 5, 2021
Third-degree murder charge may be reinstated against cop in George Floyd’s slaying
The Minnesota Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the trial judge should not have refused to reinstate third-degree murder charges against the ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd. The appellate court’s decision means the matter will be reintroduced to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who will reconsider whether Chauvin will face third-degree murder charges. …
Sex Crimes
March 5, 2021
Adult woman is caught raping a 14-year-old boy. She’s now pregnant with his child: Reports
An Arkansas woman is facing charges after allegedly carrying on a sexual relationship with a minor. She’s now pregnant, according to reports. ABC 8 reports that on September 29, 2020, a tipster contacted the Paragould police and said they saw 23-year-old Brittni Gray having sex with a 14-year-old child. Months earlier, in February 2020, the …
Crime Stories
March 5, 2021
Friday Crime Stories: Cop & evil stepmom force 8-year-old Thomas Valva to freeze dead in cold garage
Emergency services are called to a New York home after reports of an unresponsive 8-year-old boy. His father says he fell in the driveway. Medical technicians and cops are suspicious considering the boy’s body temperature is just 76 degrees. Thomas Valva dies and now his policeman father and the stepmother are charged. Investigators say the …
Child Abuse
March 5, 2021
Autistic boy, 5, found in middle of road during rush-hour traffic after mom leaves him, gets drunk: Police
A Nebraska woman is facing charges after her 5-year-old non-verbal, autistic son was found in the middle of the road during rush-hour traffic. Lincoln Journal-Star reports that the incident happened Tuesday at around 5:30 p.m. when the boy walked onto the Capitol Parkway near the 27th Street intersection, according to an arrest affidavit. The boy’s …
Celebrity
March 5, 2021
Tiger Woods could not remember driving after crash that left him seriously injured: Docs
Tiger Woods allegedly told police that he did not recall driving after last month’s single-car rollover crash in California that left the golfer seriously injured. An affidavit stated that Woods, 45, repeated the same claim while at the hospital. At some point, he also told authorities that he could not say how the February 23 …
Court
March 5, 2021
Letecia Stauch: Alleged killer stepmother gets access to 1K pages of discovery for murder trial of 11-year-old stepson
A Colorado judge ordered on Friday morning that Letecia Stauch, who’s currently charged with murdering her stepson, will have access to thousands of pages of discovery after witness information is redacted. Stauch, who remains behind bars at the El Paso County jail in Colorado, announced last month that she planned to represent herself during her …
Jail
March 5, 2021
Man suspected of killing tot boy allegedly strangled the child’s mother months prior. She bailed him out of jail: DA
A Wyoming man suspected of killing a toddler boy apparently strangled the child’s mother previously but was still living with her despite a judge ordering him not to. Laramie Live reports that Laramie County District Court Judge Catherine Rogers ordered 27-year-old Wyatt Lamb to remain behind bars without bail for breaking his bond conditions from …
