Florida prosecutors charged four men under the state’s hate-crime enhancement law for allegedly attacking a gay couple during Miami Beach’s pride parade. From the Miami Herald, Juan Carlos Lopez, 21, Luis M. Alonso Piovet, 20, Adonis Diaz, 21, and Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa, 21, face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of assaulting Rene Chalarca and …
A California mother and her boyfriend are facing first-degree murder charges after the woman’s 2-year-old son was found dead in a remote area late last month. Bakersfield.com reported that Ayled Chavez, 19, originally told police that she was walking on Union Avenue with Ramon Angel Reyes-Chavez in her arms when a Hispanic man jumped out of a …
More than a year after her disappearance, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that their search for a missing mother had turned into a murder investigation. Police said Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska was reported missing by her husband, Allen Gould, on April 10, 2017. WCAU reported that the Poland native was the mother to a 3-year-old son and a successful …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they’re not filing criminal charges in the case of a 1-year-old boy who was reportedly seriously injured at an Indiana daycare late last month. A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WCPO that no charges will be filed for an incident involving Jesse Harris IV, who reportedly returned home from Kiddie Garden …
An Ohio father is accused of hogtying his 13-year-old daughter with zip ties and dragging her across a parking lot—all to stop her from running away. John L. Hofacker was arrested Friday afternoon after his teen daughter was reportedly spotted outside New London Lanes bowling alley screaming for help. According to WJW, responding officers approached the …
A North Carolina police officer was reportedly caught on tape slamming a man into a window at a Waffle House before putting him in a chokehold. WTVD reported that Warsaw police are investigating after a video captured an officer in an altercation with Anthony Wall, 22. Wall had just taken his 16-year-old sister to prom …
The suspect in Monday’s beating death of a Utah teen was apprehended Wednesday in Colorado, the Salt Lake City Police Department announced. KSTU reported that authorities took Shaun French, 24, into custody at 11 a.m. Wednesday following a nationwide manhunt. At the time, French had a warrant out for three counts of unlawful sexual activity with …
A California father was reportedly shot and killed in front of his twin daughters Saturday night as he took out the garbage. According to KXTV, father-of-three Roy Eunice, 42, was shot in the chest in front of his Sacramento home. Hours earlier, Eunice was celebrating his daughters’ 10th birthdays—the birthday cake was on the table when …
A newly released report alleged that a Washington emergency room nurse was suicidal when she used her patients’ narcotics for herself before injecting them with the same needle—essentially exposing thousands to Hepatitis C. The document, obtained by People, stated that nurse Cora Weberg, 31, injected the narcotics “with a plan to end her life.” Originally arrested on …
The aunt of a woman who died while in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department reportedly threw her niece’s ashes at the police chief during a meeting Tuesday morning. Wakiesha Wilson, 36, was found dead in her cell at the LAPD Metropolitan Detention Center in March 2016. A day earlier, Wilson was arrested for assaulting …
A New York woman is accused of using obituary columns to determine her next burglary target. The Journal News reported that Latonia Shelecia Stewart, 26, was arrested last week in Greenburgh. Police said they have reason to believe Stewart was behind a string of break-ins throughout Westchester County. According to WPIX, the Bronx woman is accused …
