A child welfare employee in Connecticut is accused of helping a person wanted on child sex trafficking charges elude law enforcement, News 8 reports. Now that employee has also been arrested. The incident occurred Friday at a Department of Children and Families office in Hartford shortly after 4 p.m. Police went to the office upon learning …
Three young children died at the hands of their father in a tragic triple murder-suicide in Oklahoma, Fox 25 reports. Police say 30-year-old Francoise Littlejohn shot and killed 6-year-old Kyren Littlejohn, 4-year-old Aliyah Littlejohn, and 3-year-old Trinity Littlejohn before taking his own life on August 6. Before the deaths, Francoise Littlejohn and the children’s mother reportedly …
The woman now in her 30s who was 14 when singer R Kelly allegedly filmed himself having sex with her will testify at his federal trial in Chicago. Four other accusers are also set to testify, but the woman known as “Minor 1” in court documents has not testified previously. He is accused of paying …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace doesn’t think Scott Peterson’s claims of juror misconduct hold any water as the convicted killer of his wife Lacy Peterson and their unborn baby tries to get a new trial. Grace told Fox News that the defense’s claims that a juror “lied about being a victim of domestic abuse and that she …
An inmate serving a life sentence for rape escaped an Arkansas prison on Friday, apparently with the help of his mother and sister. According to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Samuel Hartman fled a work detail in a field near the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys. He and an unnamed accomplice reportedly fired on …
Police in Arizona have arrested a man they say ran over another man — twice — and then got out and stomped his head, killing him. A witness fired a shot into the ground to get John Lagana’s attention and “put an end to Lagana’s actions,” the Mesa Police Department said. Witnesses told police that …
A Florida couple has been charged with murder, child abuse, and child neglect after a 3-year-old girl in their care was brought to the hospital this week “pulseless.” Doctors revived Brandy Crews on Tuesday but she had no brain activity and died on Friday, WTVT reported. Hospital personnel found multiple burns, cuts, and fractures along …
An FBI forensic report has concluded that the gun used in the fatal shooting on the “Rust” movie set last year could not have been fired without pulling the trigger. Actor Alec Baldwin fired the shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during rehearsals for the Western, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Baldwin believed the gun he …
The man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie appeared in court Saturday and was charged with attempted murder and assault. An attorney for Hadi Matar, 24, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, the Associated Press reported. Matar was ordered held in the Chautauqua County Jail without bail, Reuters said. Chautauqua County District Attorney …
A school bus driver is accused of stalking an 8-year-old boy and his family, at times requesting inappropriate photos, walking around the child’s home at night and tracking the boy’s parents with GPS devices, WMTW-TV reports.The driver, 39-year-old Michael Chick of Eliot, Maine, is now charged with interstate stalking, a federal crime.Authorities allege that Chick gave the boy …
Three men have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 33-year-old mother whose decapitated corpse was found in a plastic container floating in Puget Sound 16 years ago, KING-TV reports. On January 15, 2006, police responded to a report of a suspicious object seen floating between Blake Island and Manchester outside of Seattle. Two months later, a …
