A Florida man was convicted last week of sexually abusing a 9-year-old cousin — a crime which he revealed in 2021 while interviewing to become a police officer. The Orlando Sentinel reported that Stephen Bodley, 26, first revealed playing “sexual games” with the victim in an application for Apopka police. He then told the interviewer, …
Tampa police officers continue to search for missing Florida woman Sylvia Pagan, who vanished Sunday with a man who took his own life when questioned by officers. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Pagan was reported missing Sunday evening after her partner, Jovanni Steffani, 38, abducted her and her 9-year-old daughter. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement …
A Mississippi man, wanted for the triple slaying of his mother and two sisters over the weekend, was shot to death in a shootout with Arizona police on Monday. Ridgeland, Mississippi, Police Chief Brian Myers said that Ida Thomas Welch, 76; Vicky Renee Welch, 56; and Crystal Lynn Welch, 52, were found shot to death …
An Endangered Missing Child Advisory has been issued for a 15-year-old Ohio girl last seen in days, according to police. According to the St. Clair Township Police Department, Ericka Heaton was last seen on May 9 in East Liverpool, on Grimms Bridge Road, wearing a black hoodie with butterflies, black shorts, and an orange backpack …
South Florida police are searching for a boat that struck and killed a 15-year-old girl after she fell off her wakeboard in Biscayne Bay Saturday afternoon. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said Ella Riley Adler was in the water wearing a lifejacket, with her board attached to her feet when she was struck …
North Carolina investigators asked the FBI and the US Attorney’s Office to assist their probe into the suicide of a South Carolina woman who had previously claimed her pastor husband was abusive and manipulative. In a statement released Monday, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said it had been in contact with both agencies from “the …
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A Florida woman was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stomping on her 10-month-old. Alicia Brea’s friend reportedly contacted authorities about Brea, 18, sending her pictures of her stomping on the baby’s face. Hollywood police officers who responded to Brea’s home did not see injuries to the baby, but a search of her phone uncovered pictures …
A Florida woman is reportedly still missing after her 9-year-old daughter — the subject of an AMBER Alert — is found alive, while their suspected abductor was discovered dead on Monday. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement canceled the alert an hour after issuing it as the girl was safely located in Suwannee County. Sylvia …
An investigation is underway after Williston police in North Dakota say they found a body over the weekend while in search of a missing woman On Sunday at around 1:45 p.m., the Williston Police Department responded to a call regarding an unresponsive person in the 400 block of 11th Avenue West. Officers said the description …
An Iowa teen who was sentenced in 2022 to probation for killing her alleged rapist two years earlier had a warrant issued for her arrest earlier this month. Pieper Lewis, 19, was ordered to serve five years of closely supervised probation — but records indicated that her whereabouts are unknown. KCCI reported that in March, …
A 41-year-old Mississippi man has been sentenced to death row following a first-degree murder conviction for the fatal beating of his 2-year-old stepson. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Biloxi jury deliberated for two hours Friday before determining that Joseph David Heard should face the death penalty for the killing of Hayden Lee Bataille. Court documents …
