The police union has declined to criminally defend a California police officer who allegedly fondled a woman’s dead body last month. The unidentified officer, who works in Los Angeles’ Central Division, was placed on paid leave in light of the allegations. Citing officials, the Los Angeles Times reported that detectives discovered the footage on the …
An Alabama teen who was found dead earlier this month reportedly fought her abductor before she was fatally shot. Affidavits detailing kidnapping and capital murder charges against Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, stated that police spoke to a person who claimed they saw him at a Montgomery residence wearing only shorts and a gun tucked in them. …
A homicide investigation is underway after an autopsy determined that a 1-year-old Texas toddler who was reportedly found dead with her brother in late September died of neglect. While Janea Boyd’s cause and manner of death have been determined, KWTX reported that autopsy results for her brother, Terric Boyd, 2, remain pending. On September 30, …
A suspect in the shooting death of Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard was charged with a second capital murder count on Wednesday. The Opelika-Auburn News reported that Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, received the additional charge during his initial hearing at Lee County. Earlier this week, Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes said Yazeed, who was initially jailed …
George Zimmerman has filed a $100 million lawsuit in Florida against Trayvon Martin’s family, their attorneys, prosecutors, and a book publishing company, alleging they’re responsible for years worth of defamation and harassment. Zimmerman, 36, filed the civil suit on Wednesday in Polk County. Larry Klayman, a prominent conservative activist and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor, …
Police in Kentucky arrested a woman on Tuesday for allegedly selling her newborn baby for $2,000. Bowling Green police said in a statement posted to Facebook that Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School officials contacted them after receiving information about a woman selling her child. Officers eventually spoke with Maria Domingo-Perez, 31, who allegedly gave them …
A Florida teacher is accused of having sex with her son’s 15-year-old friend for more than a year. Arrested on Monday, Susan Weddle, 40, has resigned from her position as a learning resource specialist position at the J.E. Hall Center. Last month, a high school guidance counselor contacted the Department of Children and Families after …
An Alaska man was accused of fatally shooting his younger sister on Thanksgiving as her 1-year-old son sat in her lap. The Anchorage Daily News reported that Moses Crowe, 27, shot his sister, Amanda Owen, 23, in the head after getting into an argument with her about unfriending or blocking him on Facebook. Crowe’s grandmother …
Zymere Perkins’ mother reportedly left to get food after the brutal beating, leaving her son dead for hours before getting help
Authorities in South Dakota are still actively investigating the unsolved disappearance of a 9-year-old girl from a residential children’s home. Serenity Dennard is believed to have run away from the Black Hills Children’s Home on February 3. Early on, police classified their search as a recovery mission due to the freezing temperatures at the time …
An Indiana man was fatally shot on Friday night as he attempted to stop a gunman during his bachelor party, according to reports. Christopher Smith, 41, was one of two people shot at Jake’s Pub in Indianapolis shortly before 10 p.m. Smith was to be married in two weeks, and his fiancée’s sister told WXIN …
Prosecutors said they are seeking the death penalty against the man who they alleged abducted and murdered Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes announced on Monday that they will be upgrading first degree-kidnapping suspect Ibraheem Yazeed’s charges to capital murder. Hughes revealed that the 19-year-old had been fatally shot, but declined …
