A 13-year-old New Jersey boy was killed Friday night when he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. Hightstown Police said the accident took place at about 9 p.m. when a car making a left turn from Mercer Street onto West Ward Street hit the boy as he rode across the street, according …
A Colorado police officer was shot and killed early Sunday while responding to a large family disturbance in Arvada. Dillon Vakoff, 27, was one of two Arvada Police officers responding to the scene, where they found several people fighting in the street. “The initial two officers tried to separate several belligerent and uncooperative individuals when …
Sex crime charges against accused child killer Lori Vallow Daybell’s oldest son have been dropped with prejudice, meaning they could be refiled at a future date. Colby Ryan, Vallow Daybell’s only surviving child, was arrested on September 5 on two counts of domestic violence/sexual assault, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Maricopa Chief of Staff Communications Director …
Multiple teachers, a Disney worker and members of law enforcement were among those caught in a recent undercover prostitution sting in central Florida, which resulted in the rescue of at least two victims of sex trafficking, FOX 35 reports. The week-long operation started on August 29 and resulted in 52 felony charges and 216 misdemeanor …
A new video shows the terrifying moment a senior citizen was robbed at knifepoint in the Bronx on Friday evening, WABC-TV reports. Around 7:20 p.m., a 69-year-old man using a walker entered an elevator when the suspect rushed in and brandished a knife. The perpetrator went through the victim’s pockets within seconds and was able to …
A Texas high school teacher has been fired for allegedly defending pedophilia during a class debate on the topic, although she reportedly clarified that she does not condone sexual relations with minors. Last week, a student recorded Franklin High School English teacher Amber Parker telling students to refer to pedophiles as “minor-attracted persons,” the El …
A woman who may have vanished more than half a century ago as a baby was reportedly seen recently in South Carolina after age-progression photos were posted by a missing persons group, WCSC-TV reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, someone notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that they believe they saw Melissa …
Law enforcement authorities have arrested a man on charges of child abuse and murder in the death of 8-year-old Sophia Mason, whose body was found decomposing in a bathtub on March 11. Sophia’s mother, Samantha Johnson, was arrested and charged with murder, obstructing an officer, and corporal injury to a child, while her boyfriend, Dhante …
Update: A 17-year-old Ohio girl who took a flight from Cleveland to Atlanta and disappeared has been found safe. According to WGCL, Emma Danei Linek walked into a local police station and has since been reunited with her father. The FBI said that Linek was originally supposed to fly to Boston but missed her direct …
Hundreds of mourners came too Second Presbyterian Church in East Memphis on Saturday to pay their respects to Eliza Fletcher, the 34-year-old mom and kindergarten teacher who was abducted and murdered while on her morning run. Outside the church, where Fletcher met and married her husband, Ritchie Fletcher, parking lots were full as local media …
New charges against the accused killer of Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher come from the results of a DNA test on genetic material from a rape last September. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told WREG in a statement that it didn’t complete testing on the sample from that rape until August 29, and Cleotha Henderson was …
