Jonathan Anderson, Journalist

Jonathan Anderson is a Midwest-based journalist. Follow him on Twitter at @crimescoops.

Nurse impersonating a teacher tries to kidnap 4-year-old boy from elementary school, calling him the name of her teenage son: Report

 Nurse impersonating a teacher tries to kidnap 4-year-old boy from elementary school, calling him the name of her teenage son: Report
Family Crime

A California woman is accused of impersonating a teacher and attempting to kidnap a young child, KTXL-TV reports. Officers were dispatched to Cooper Elementary School in Vacaville, California, on Thursday because of reports that a woman was acting erratically. Police say that Aileen Caringal, 56, was taking pictures of vehicles and people as children were …

Three children left alone with no food in filthy home covered in feces
Family Crime
October 5, 2019

Three children left alone with no food in filthy home covered in feces

Four Florida children were left inside a filth-ridden home that was filled with animal feces, urine, swarming insects, and numerous cats and dogs, WKMG-TV reports. Their mother, Sarah Mahoney, 31, is now accused of child neglect after police discovered the kids were alone inside the residence for 13 hours without food. A witness notified authorities …

Murder
September 29, 2019

Video confession of baby-faced Canadian killers reveals they planned to kill again

The two Canadian men who authorities believe murdered three people, including an American citizen, recorded several videos before they killed themselves, NBC News reports. Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were found dead in a densely wooded area of Manitoba, British Columbia, on Aug. 7. Police say the cause of death was suicide. The …

Death of beautiful tot girl, found wrapped in blanket along rural highway, is ruled a homicide
Homicide
September 29, 2019

Death of beautiful tot girl, found wrapped in blanket along rural highway, is ruled a homicide

The death of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found along a Minnesota highway earlier this year has been ruled a homicide, KAAL-TV reports. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced on Friday that it had completed its investigation into the death of Noelani Robinson. Authorities determined that Noelani died from blunt force trauma to …

Mom hands her baby boy to stranger at a laundromat, saying he’d be better off
Family Crime
September 28, 2019

Mom hands her baby boy to stranger at a laundromat, saying he’d be better off

A Pennsylvania mother reportedly gave her baby to a stranger on the street because she believed the child would be in better hands, WOLF-TV reports. Police say the mother handed the boy to a woman on Tuesday near a laundromat in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The mother, whose name has not been released, told the woman the …

Suspicion of murder charges for parents who claim 4-year-old boy drowned in pool: Police
Murder
September 28, 2019

Suspicion of murder charges for parents who claim 4-year-old boy drowned in pool: Police

A California mother and father have been arrested following the death of their 4-year-old son in July, KTLA-TV reports. Police on Thursday arrested 27-year-old Jose Cuatro and 25-year-old Ursula Juarez on suspicion of murder, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The couple initially told authorities that their son, Noah Cuatro, had drowned in …

‘These streets can’t have my daughter!’ Missing teen girl appears on sex-trafficking websites as mother pleads for help [Reports]
Missing
September 22, 2019

‘These streets can’t have my daughter!’ Missing teen girl appears on sex-trafficking websites as mother pleads for help [Reports]

A New Jersey mother is pleading for the public’s help after discovering that her missing teen daughter has appeared on sex-trafficking websites, CBS Philly reports. “The streets can’t have my daughter!” Angelica Scarlett posted on Facebook Saturday. Scarlett’s daughter, 17-year-old Aviana Weaver, has been missing since September 12, when she was last seen in Mount …

6-year-old girl handcuffed, arrested after tantrum prompted by medical condition: Report
September 22, 2019

6-year-old girl handcuffed, arrested after tantrum prompted by medical condition: Report

Police in Florida arrested a 6-year-old girl for having a tantrum at school, an incident her outraged grandmother says was the result of a medical condition, WKMG-TV reports. On Thursday, Meralyn Kirkland got a call notifying her that a school resource officer had handcuffed and arrested her granddaughter, Kaia Rolle, at Lucious and Emma Nixon …

Jeffrey Epstein paid doctors to drug, sedate his victims; one accuser says she told doctor about abuse — and got LITHIUM instead of help: Report
Celebrity Justice
September 21, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein paid doctors to drug, sedate his victims; one accuser says she told doctor about abuse — and got LITHIUM instead of help: Report

Jeffery Epstein paid doctors to prescribe sedatives and anti-depressants to his victims while they were being abused, a new Miami Herald report alleges. At least two alleged victims have made the claim and are now suing over the abuse. Accuser Virginia Giuffre said Epstein’s doctors prescribed her Xanax during the three-year period she was being …

Former NFL player accused of trashing his own restaurant & spraying ‘MAGA’ and swastika signs to stage theft, hate crime
Weird Crime
September 15, 2019

Former NFL player accused of trashing his own restaurant & spraying ‘MAGA’ and swastika signs to stage theft, hate crime

An ex-NFL player allegedly vandalized his own restaurant to make it look like a hate crime and burglary so he could collect insurance money, CNN reports. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged Edawn Louis Coughman with insurance fraud, false report of a crime and concealing a license plate. The 31-year-old former tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers …