Judge Suspends Rapist Cop’s Prison Sentence, Says Victim Had ‘No psychological injury’
A Maryland police officer raped a woman after a night of drinking in 2017, but a judge presiding over his case ruled this week that the victim didn’t suffer from “psychological injury.” Former police officer, Anthony Westerman, 27, was convicted of two counts of rape in August, along with a sexual offense and two second-degree …
5-Year-old Boy Shot Dead by Sibling, 6, While Left Alone With Unsecured Gun: Police
Pennslyvania officials said a 5-year-old Pennsylvania boy was killed on Monday when his 6-year-old sibling shot him with an unsecured gun. WTAE reported that the deceased child was identified as Connor Wolfe. Wolfe was reportedly killed when his older sibling shot him inside a home in Penn Hills, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Allegheny County police …
GHOUL: Woman Uses Obituaries to Rob Houses as People Attend Funerals
A New York woman has been sentenced to over a decade in prison after she browsed obituaries to find homes to burglarize while people attended funerals. According to Fox 5, 30-year-old Latonia Stewart was sentenced Monday for burglarizing numerous homes between 2017 and 2018 in Westchester County. Police said Stewart broke into the homes of …
Gabby Petito’s Parents ‘Have Been Aware’ of Brian Laundrie Suicide, Suggest ‘Additional Individuals’ May Be Charged
UPDATE: The medical examiner’s office that performed the autopsy on Brian Laundrie has issued a press release confirming he died of a gunshot wound to the head. The manner of death is suicide. ORIGINAL STORY: The attorney representing the parents of murdered Gabby Petito have released a statement on their behalf, following reports that Brian …
Mom Arrested for Burying Newborn Baby in Yard, Bones Found Years Later: Police
A New York woman was criminally charged on Tuesday, months after her newborn’s skeletal remains were reportedly discovered in a yard. Watervliet police said in a statement that an “exhaustive investigation” determined that Kyleigh Sawyer, 23, buried her baby in a shallow grave outside a home in Watervliet. On June 25, police officers reportedly discovered …
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace: Suspect With Distinctive Facial Scarring Wanted in Tacoma Tot Teekah Lewis Disappearance
Two-year-old Teekah Lewis disappeared from a local bowling alley in Tacoma, Washington. She was there with her family: her mom, aunts, uncles, friends were all there bowling in lanes 7 and 8. It was league night at Frontier Lanes bowling alley, so there were tons of people there. But amidst all her family, Teekah seemingly vanished …
Boy Allegedly Compared to Ted Bundy by His Own Mother Dies From Beatings, Neglect & Fentanyl Intoxication [Court Docs]
Elijah Lewis, a deceased New Hampshire boy whose mother allegedly compared him to Ted Bundy, died from homicide, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 5-year-old Elijah was found dead in a Massachusetts park last month, about 90 minutes from his home in New Hampshire. A state police cadaver dog …
Little Girl with Autism Found Dead, Video Surfaces of Mother Allegedly Beating & Abusing Her Children
A mother and her partner are behind bars after police discovered a missing girl with autism, who had been reported missing earlier this week, dead in a wooded area in Georgia. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gwinnett County police said in a statement that Nicole ‘Amari’ Hall disappeared from Hometown Studios in Peachtree Corners between midnight …
Waukesha Christmas Parade Suspect Begged For Help, Ate a Sandwich in Stranger’s Home After Running Over Children, Elderly Women
The person of interest in a deadly vehicular attack more entered a stranger’s home as police were pursuing him on Sunday. NBC News obtained Ring doorbell camera footage of a man who appears to be Darrell Brooks, the person of interest in deadly massacre at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. As previously reported, five …
Boyfriend Admits to Role in $400K GoFundMe Scam About ‘Paying it Forward’ to Homeless Man
A man pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday in New Jersey for his role in his then-girlfriend and a homeless man’s feel-good holiday story that garnered $400,000 on GoFundMe before it was exposed as a scam. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced that Mark D’Amico, 42, pleaded guilty to …
Tennessee Cop Begs Girlfriend to Kill His Wife Because ‘This B**** is Worth a Million’: Affidavit
A Tennessee man is behind bars after he asked his girlfriend to kill his current, who he allegedly said was worth “a million,” according to police. Jerry McDonald, 49, was arrested and charged in Hamilton County with solicitation to commit murder, The Chattanoogan reports. He not only wanted allegedly his wife gone, but also wanted …