A Florida police officer was arrested Sunday for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to a man who was masquerading as a 15-year-old girl. According to WFTX, Lee Bassett pretended to be a 15-year-old girl while talking online with Charlotte County Sheriff Deputy Martin Allen, 40. Bassett reportedly contacted authorities once he realized the person he …
A missing San Francisco man has been found dead in his Mission District apartment building more than a month after he was reported missing. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Christopher Woitel was found dead Monday in the apartment building, though it is unclear where in the building his body was found. Woitel’s family reported …
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A former elementary school teacher in New Jersey was arrested on Sunday amid allegations he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old student and showed her pornography. The Monmouth County prosecutor said in a statement that Gustavo Barrientos, 53, was working as an elementary school teacher when he assaulted the victim on multiple instances. Authorities have not disclosed …
A North Carolina couple has been arrested and charged after the man’s girlfriend allegedly left his 4-month-old baby girl outside a hotel overnight. As WRAL reports, the bizarre incident unfolded in Wilson late last week, when the baby’s mother Dominque Sanders called to report her child missing. According to the report, the mother told police …
Letecia Stauch, a Colorado woman accused of killing her 11-year-old stepson, had her teaching license permanently revoked last week by the South Carolina State Board of Education. A permanent revocation order, first obtained by ABC 13, indicates that Stauch, currently behind bars at the El Paso County jail in Colorado, has over five years of …
An investigation is underway after a Maine man allegedly killed his landlords on Friday in an unprovoked attack. Sources told the Sun Journal that it appeared Patrick Maher, 24, ambushed Troy and Dulsie Varney, 52 and 48, and stabbed them multiple times at the couple’s Turner home. Troy Varney reportedly fought and held onto the …
A New York woman will not face charges after she was initially accused of making a false report against a Black man last year. CBSN New York reports that a misdemeanor false reporting charge against Amy Cooper was dropped Tuesday morning after she completed five therapy sessions that focused on racial equity. “Given the issues …
A Washington man is accused of carjacking a teen girl within 20 minutes of being released from jail, authorities say. According to the Spokane Police Department, authorities released 31-year-old Marcus Goodman from jail on Saturday, stemming from an unrelated felony charge. At around 10:28 p.m. on the night Goodman was released, a teen victim called …
A young girl and an adult woman are dead after a family attempted to use their vehicle to heat their home during an extreme cold weather emergency in Texas, which has left hundreds of thousands without power. As KHOU reports, two members of a Houston family died of carbon monoxide poisoning and two others were …
