A Missouri woman has filed a lawsuit against Lyft, months after one of their drivers allegedly raped her in the backseat of his car. Cristen Giangarra, 30, has accused ex-Lyft driver Larry Ward, 53, of sexually assaulting her on June 22. Ward had picked Giangarra up after a night of drinking; her lawyers claimed she …
Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand Thursday and recounted how Harvey Weinstein raped her in her New York apartment 25 years earlier. The New York Post reported that Sciorra, 59, has accused Weinstein, 67, of raping her in her Manhattan apartment in 1993 or 1994. Before the alleged assault, Sciorra said he sent her two care …
A Nevada man has allegedly confessed to killing a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a sewer drain on Sunday. Citing an arrest report, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Jayshawn Bailey, 22, called 911 to report finding a body in a sewer drain located near West Lake Mead and North Martin Luther King …
A former Maryland police officer was indicted on Tuesday, months after he allegedly raped a woman following a traffic stop. In September, then-Fairmount Heights officer Martique Vanderpool, 30, and a colleague reportedly pulled over a female driver in Capitol Heights. The Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement that Vanderpool placed the driver …
An unlicensed Georgia daycare provider was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for the 2011 death of an 11-month-old baby who suffered a fractured back and extreme blood loss while in her care. Though Maria Owens, 51, was convicted of killing Jayden Kelly six years earlier, her felony murder conviction was reversed, sparking a …
A Pennsylvania man allegedly choked his girlfriend on Tuesday after he became upset while watching the Trump impeachment hearings. Fairview Township police officers responded to the Scottish Inn in York County after Lonnie Clark’s girlfriend reportedly called 911 claiming he assaulted her and fled the motel room. The victim told officers that Clark, 53, had …
Police said the teen is doing ‘really well’ in foster care
R. Kelly married a 15-year-old Aaliyah Haughton in 1994 to avoid prosecution — specifically to prevent her from being able to testify against him in court, witnesses reportedly told federal prosecutors. Federal prosecutors in New York filed court documents on Tuesday which detailed the witnesses’ allegations against Kelly, 52. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Aaliyah, …
A former Ohio police officer who admitted to urinating on a 12-year-old girl at a school bus stop in August was sentenced on Tuesday to four and a half years in prison. WOIO reported that Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, is also required to register as a sex offender. The former Cleveland police officer had urinated on …
A Texas woman used a stun gun on her husband at a nightclub early Sunday after catching him with his mistress, according to reports. Irlanda Parra, 24, was charged with assault causing bodily injury for an alleged incident that unfolded at 2 a.m. at Jefe’s Mexican Restaurant in Wichita Falls. KFDX and KJTL reported that …
Officials in Minnesota have not explained why a man who was in a fatal car crash on Wednesday night was found dead in a highway median roughly 16 hours after the wreck. KARE reported that Ryan Hobot, 22, was driving a Hyundai Elantra on Highway 169 when he veered onto a median and crashed into …
An Ohio boy found dead in a chimney earlier this month following a month-long search likely died the same day he vanished, reports made public this week revealed. According to WTVG, Port Clinton police chief Rob Hickman said Harley Dilly’s death appears to be accidental and not the result of foul play. The Lucas County …
