A mother of 17 in Tampa, Florida, is in hot water yet again as she and her 12 children are reportedly facing eviction from their home during the holiday season. Per WFLA, the Tampa Housing Authority pays for Angel Brown’s (neé Adams) rent. However, the mother and husband Eric Brown are entangled in a nasty …
An East Brunswick, New Jersey, surgeon had his license temporarily suspended for allegedly reusing single-use anal catheters on dozens of his patients. According to TapInto East Brunswick, a complaint filed by the state accused Dr. Sanjiv K. Patankar of washing and reusing catheters that were inserted into patients’ rectums during anorectal diagnostic testing. Attorney General Christopher …
An inmate who escaped from a Georgia jail last week was reportedly captured this weekend in South Carolina. Public safety officers announced that Christopher Nicholas Carroll was apprehended Saturday afternoon in North Augusta, South Carolina, and transported to the Aiken County Detention Center, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Augusta Chronicle reported that the North …
A Minnesota man who said he smacked his girlfriend’s toddler son in the face with a flip-flop “no more than five times” was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for the boy’s beating death. The Star Tribune reported Thursday that Quran J. Mitchell, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder charges in connection with Joshua Isaiah Lockhart Jr.’s …
Prosecutors all over Massachusetts will reportedly throw out more than 8,000 drug-related convictions after a lab chemist admitted to using the drugs she was entrusted to test. The Washington Post reported that the cases are connected to lab chemist Sonja Farak, who admitted to using and testing drugs seized by police for eight years. Documents …
A Kansas man fatally shot by police Thursday was possibly the victim of “swatting,” a prank where someone calls emergency services about a false ongoing crime so that a large police presence goes to a particular house. The Wichita Eagle reported that an officer shot and killed Andrew Finch, 28, as he exited his home …
On Thursday, the Oregon Court of Appeals announced they would uphold a $135,000 fine against a Gresham-based bakery who refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. According to the Portland Tribune, the Court agreed with the Bureau of Labor and Industries’ (BOLI) determination that Sweet Cakes by Melissa violated Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer’s civil …
A 4-year-old Texas boy who suffered extensive head injuries after a treehouse fell on him has died, according to his mother. Courtney Contreras, the mother of Kade Contreras, took to Facebook Wednesday to reveal that her son had passed away. “I’m trying really hard to not question the whys because i will never know that,” …
A Brooklyn man is reportedly fighting for his life after two men knocked him unconscious on a subway platform and left his head in the path of an oncoming train. The victim’s mother told the New York Daily News that her son is was seriously injured when a train struck his head and shattered his …
An 8-year-old Utah boy is recovering after reportedly chasing his dog across a frozen pond and falling through the ice. According to The Washington Post, the boy became trapped about 25 feet from shore on Christmas Day. Another child who witnessed the incident ran and alerted the boy’s parents. Minutes later, Washington County Sheriff’s Sergeant …
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A Michigan mother was reportedly forced to throw her three daughters from a top-floor window to allow them to escape from an apartment fire that left seven children and a firefighter injured. WDIV reported that the blaze broke out Wednesday morning at an apartment building on Detroit’s west side. Though the fire was extinguished shortly after …
