A Pennsylvania man remains jailed amid allegations that he sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl and gave her a sexually-transmitted disease (STD). According to NorthCentralPA.com and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport City police arrested Daniel Prieto, 38, on suspicion of having forced the child to have oral and vaginal sex on at least three occassions in January. …
A California woman was arrested on Friday for allegedly leaving xenophobic letters at least five homes belonging to Asian Americans. According to SFGate, Nancy Arechiga, 52, demanded in handwritten letters for people born outside the U.S. to “return, go back to your land immediately, fast, with urgency.” A copy of the letter was also found …
Authorities in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania are searching for a man who they believe killed a stranger and acquaintance last week before abducting the acquaintance’s girlfriend. WPVI reported that University of Connecticut student Peter Manfredonia, 23, is suspected of killing Theodore Demers, 62, in an attack Friday morning in Willington that left another man …
A former Louisiana sheriff’s deputy husband and ex-teacher wife who were arrested in October on rape charges also gave students cupcakes that were tainted with bodily fluids, multiple lawsuits have alleged. WBRZ reported that four civil lawsuits, the latest filed last week, accused Dennis Perkins, 44, of putting his semen in batches of cupcakes that …
A recent study revealed that just 55 percent of Americans know that Memorial Day commemorates those who died in service while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The University of Phoenix found that 27 percent of participants who didn’t know the meaning of Memorial Day mistook the federal holiday for Veterans Day, which recognizes all …
William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., the man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery’s February 23 shooting death, attempted to use his vehicle to “confine and detain” Arbery in the minutes leading up to murder, federal authorities alleged in recently-released warrants. According to CNN, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Vic Reynolds told reporters Friday that if they believed …
A Florida teacher who requested castration as punishment for sex crimes involving students was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison. Mark Lua, 32, a former English teacher at Booker T. Washington High School, was arrested on three separate instances last year following allegations that he forced a student to send him a sexually-explicit video, …
A West Virginia woman who filmed herself sexually abusing a young girl was sentenced Wednesday to up to 155 years in prison. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported that Elizabeth Haway, 43, will have to complete 45 years of her sentence before she’s eligible for parole. Mercer County Detective-Sergeant Steve Sommers said the victim was 5 …
An Arkansas woman who was sentenced to 140 years behind bars for murdering her physically abusive husband in 1985 will be freed from prison. The Appeal reported that Willie May Harris, 72, was granted parole after serving 34 years in prison. Harris has maintained her innocence, claiming she accidentally shot her husband during an argument …
A Nebraska man allegedly killed a registered sex offender last weekend because he believed he posed a threat to children in the neighborhood. KPTM reported that James Fairbanks, 43, fatally shot Mattieo Condoluci, 64, inside Condoluci’s Omaha home. Fairbanks’ ex-wife, Kelly Tamayo, allegedly stated that her ex-husband first learned of Condoluci’s sex offender status while …
A Canadian man is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbed his friend’s young daughter in her home Monday. Melissa Desrosiers told CBC News that she had just put her two daughters, Lily, 4, and Bella Rose Desrosiers, 7, in bed when her longtime friend, David Michael Moss, 34, entered the room and stabbed the …
A Colorado man was arrested Monday, days after he allegedly shot a Waffle House cook because he was kicked out of the restaurant for not wearing a mask. Kelvin Watson, 27, was arrested on attempted murder charges for a shooting that reportedly occurred Thursday night at a Waffle House in Aurora. Watson returned to the …
