Video camera delays misled police at Florida high school shooting: Report
Mass shooting
The delay led officers to believe that the shooter was still in the building when he was actually in a McDonald’s a mile away
Juveniles
February 22, 2018
Florida teen brings knife, ‘dead ha ha dead’ hit list to school: Police
A Florida teen was is accused of bringing a knife to school along with a list of students’ names with the caption “dead ha ha dead.” The Sun-Sentinel report that Benjamin Mendoza, 18, a student at Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, was arrested Monday after police received a tip Friday that Mendoza had brought a gas …
Juveniles
February 21, 2018
Teen buys rope, sets up noose before filming friend’s suicide: Police
A Utah teen who allegedly helped a younger classmate hang herself last year was found competent to stand trial on murder charges. KSTU reported that Tyerell Przybycien pleaded not guilty last year to first-degree murder and failure to report the findings of a dead human body in connection with the death of Jchandra Brown, 16. Przybycien, now 18, allegedly …
Court
February 21, 2018
Girl was taken to motel and raped after school allowed violent felon to pick her up: Lawsuit
The victim contracted a venereal disease from the 2010 attack, the lawsuit also alleged
Murder
February 21, 2018
Mom of four fatally stabbed by homeless man she was trying to help, family says
A homeless man was arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing a mother to death in her Denver, Colorado, loft as she tried to help him get on his feet. According to KCNC, police found Jeanna Leslie, 49, stabbed to death in her third-floor unit at the Rio Grande Lofts on Valentine’s Day. At the time, the mother …
Juveniles
February 20, 2018
Teen poses as victim, sets friend up to be carjacked and robbed: Cops
A 17-year-old Texas girl was arrested on suspicion of arranging for her friend to be robbed and carjacked as she also pretended to be a victim. The Houston Chronicle reported that Susan Marie Mize, 17, and a 16-year-old boy were charged with felony aggravated robbery for a scheme that allegedly involved two boys carjacking and robbing …
Murder
February 20, 2018
Erica Parsons: Adoptive parents charged with murder, dismemberment of daughter they waited two years to report missing
The adoptive parents of a slain North Carolina girl have been indicted for her murder and dismemberment nearly seven years after her disappearance. The Charlotte Observer reported that nobody knows exactly when Erica Parsons died but authorities believe she was 12 or 13 when she vanished. On Monday, a Rowan County grand jury indicted her parents, Sandy …
Murder
February 20, 2018
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ rejection of model mom may have drove her to kill her family and dog in grisly murder-suicide, friends say
A Michigan mother who killed her two adult children and her husband before taking her own life in an apparent murder-suicide, possibly carried out the grisly act as she struggled with being shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Detroit Free Press reported that Lauren Stuart, 45, and her husband, Daniel, 71, had left the denomination five years earlier. …
Missing
February 20, 2018
UPDATE: Ride-share driver who vanished after picking up fare FOUND a week later in hospital
A California ride-share driver who disappeared more than a week ago after picking up a fare has reportedly been found in a Los Angeles hospital. The Los Angles Times reports that Joshua Thiede, 29, was found late Monday night at Good Samaritan Hospital, less than a mile away from where he disappeared. Los Angeles Police …
Drug Crime
February 19, 2018
‘Kingpin Granny’ busted with more than 1K illegal pills was the ‘go-to’ drug dealer for decades: Cops
A 75-year-old woman given the nickname “Kingpin Granny” was arrested after police allegedly found more than 1,000 prescription pills in her Decatur, Tennessee, home. Betty Jordan was arrested February 9 after police seized more than 1,000 prescription pills–including morphine, oxycodone, and Xanax–and more than $12,000 in cash and assets while raiding her home. Police executed the search warrant …
Sex Crimes
February 19, 2018
Where’s HER justice? Lottery winning ‘grandpa’ sexually assaults 6-year-old granddaughter and may get off on PROBATION
“He won the Iowa Lottery. He’s celebrating. He thinks he’s terrific…Where’s her justice? Where’s her celebration?”
child endangerment
February 19, 2018
Day care worker uses picture frame as playpen lid, toddler suffers permanent brain damage when his head gets stuck
A Richfield, Utah, day care employee was sentenced late last month for nearly killing a 22-month-old boy in her care by placing a heavy picture frame on top of his playpen. The Richfield Reaper reported that Casey Bertelson, 28, was sentenced to 80 days in jail and 30 days home confinement for a May 15 incident that …
