A man pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday in New Jersey for his role in his then-girlfriend and a homeless man’s feel-good holiday story that garnered $400,000 on GoFundMe before it was exposed as a scam. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced that Mark D’Amico, 42, pleaded guilty to …
Jeffery Lynn Johnson, a former reptile seller who appeared in the popular Netflix docuseries “Tiger King,” reportedly took his own life in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Police Department told CNN that the deadly incident involving Johnson, 58, (not pictured) occurred during an argument between him and his wife in September 2021.. Johnson’s wife reportedly told responding …
Georgia authorities are looking for an 8-year-old girl with autism who reportedly vanished from a motel on Sunday. Gwinett County police said in a statement that Nicole Hall disappeared from Hometown Studios in Peachtree Corners between midnight and 1 a.m. Hall was described as being 4 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing approximately 80 pounds, and …
A 13-year-old Louisiana girl who died by suicide earlier this month was the target of relentless bullying that school officials was aware of, according to her mother. Tierra Perkins died on November 14, after reportedly shooting herself at her home. The girl’s mother told WWL that the eighth-grader at Akili Academy of New Orleans used …
A New Mexico mother who allegedly killed her 1-month-old son earlier this month called 911 twice in the days leading up to the murder, court documents detailed. On November 15, Kira Milton, 30, reportedly called police to her Los Lunas home, claiming her infant son was dead in her room. Responding officers said the baby, …
On Friday, a South Carolina grand jury indicted Alex Murdaugh on 27 new counts for allegedly stealing a total of $4.8 million in five counties. According to The Island Packet, the crimes involving Alex Murdaugh, 53, occurred between 2015 and May of this year. The lawyer is accused of stealing from his clients and his …
South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh paid an ex-client more than $155,000 from a fake account in the months leading up to the unsolved murders of his son and wife, according to recently-obtained bank checks and documents. Murdaugh, 53, is facing criminal charges for hiring his former client, Curtis Smith, 61, to fatally shoot him in …
An independent report found no legal basis for the stop that ended with the 23-year-old’s death
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’ death sentence to life in prison without parole on Thursday — four hours before the convicted killer’s scheduled execution. A statement from the governor’s office stated that Stitt granted clemency for Jones, 41, “on the condition that he shall never again be eligible to apply for, be considered for, …
‘Tiger King” star Carole Baskin said she believes her husband vanished in 1997 while flying an ultralight or experimental plane over the Gulf of Mexico. During an “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit, Baskin, 60, said she believes Don Lewis crashed over the Gulf. She alleged that Lewis did not have a license to fly, he …
Before closing arguments on Monday, Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys accused prosecutors of intentionally providing drone footage of last year’s protest shooting at a lower resolution than what they have. Rittenhouse’s attorneys sought a mistrial regarding the video, which prosecutors said is integral in proving that the teen did not act in self-defense as he first pointed …
