New York officials are investigating alleged social media threats that were directed toward a middle school. The Uniondale School District said in a Facebook post that they learned of the threats targeting Turtle Hook Middle School in Uniondale on Wednesday and contacted Nassau police. The nature of those threats was not disclosed in the statement. …
An Ohio couple was arrested on Monday for allegedly helping their daughter abuse her 13-year-old stepson, who was extremely underweight. Hamilton County prosecutors said Armin and Susan Rodriguez, 70 and 67, were also aware of ongoing abuse and allowed it to continue. The boy was reportedly forced to stand for days on end, was not …
Texas police reportedly discovered a baby’s remains while investigating a child sexual abuse case on Monday. Lubbock police were investigating claims that a minor had been sexually abused for five years when they discovered a baby buried in the backyard of a home on Tuesday. Though officers obtained an arrest warrant for aggravated sexual assault, …
A Texas woman and her daughter are facing criminal charges for Tuesday’s death of the woman’s 3-year-old son who was reportedly found emaciated. Port Arthur police found the child dead at a duplex, but they have not said how he died or what specific injuries he suffered. The deceased child’s mother and sister, Tina and …
A North Carolina man who won $10 million on a scratch-off ticket in 2017 was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for fatally shooting his girlfriend years later. In July 2020, Michael Todd Hill, 54, killed Keonna Graham, 23, at the SureStay Hotel in Shallotte. Graham was reported missing before she was found deceased in …
A Florida woman was criminally charged for an altercation on Monday that reportedly led to her 10-year-old daughter fatally shooting a woman. Orlando police said Lashun Rodgers, 41, and Lakrisha Isaac, 31, were fighting when Isaac gave her daughter a bag that contained a gun. The girl retrieved the gun and fired two rounds, mortally …
Florida officials believe a man who was found dead at a park on Tuesday was attacked by an alligator. Largo police said a 47-year-old man who has not been publicly identified may have been retrieving frisbees from the water at John S. Taylor Park when he was fatally mauled. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
A New York daycare worker was arrested earlier this month for allegedly producing child porn with at least one child in his care. On May 3, police arrested Silfredo Castillo Martinez, 32, at his home daycare in the Bronx. Investigators said Martinez has been making child porn since 2011, and they identified one of the …
Bail was denied Monday for an Illinois man who last week allegedly dumped gasoline on a sleeping homeless man and lit him on fire. On Wednesday, Joseph Guardia, 27, allegedly burned Joseph Kromelis, 75, in Chicago. Surveillance footage showed Guardia silently standing over Kromelis for 16 seconds before walking to a nearby intersection, returning, pouring gas …
Illinois officials confirmed on Sunday that a body retrieved from a lake earlier this month is a grad student who vanished in late April with his girlfriend, who was also found deceased. On May 22, boaters reportedly spotted Daniel Sotelo’s body in Lake Michigan, about a mile offshore in Wilmette. The Wilmette Police Department told …
A man and his 4-month-old son were killed Sunday in a shooting in North Carolina. WSOC said that Darion McClendon, 25, and his son, Da’mari McClendon, were found dead at the scene of a shooting in Monroe. A 9-year-old and an 11-year-old were reportedly also in the home at the time of the shooting. No arrests …
Authorities in Virginia are looking for a 13-year-0ld girl who was reportedly last seen more than two weeks. According to WDBJ, Madilyn Braswell vanished from her grandmother’s home in Lynchburg on May 15. Additional details regarding her disappearance were not provided, but state police said she is a passenger in a black 2007 Dodge Ram …
