A Florida man who exchanged sexually explicit texts with a 9-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison last week. The Miami Herald reported that a North Carolina father found messages between his daughter and Scott Trader, 32, on the “SayHi” application on his child’s phone. The father contacted local police on May 30 and …
“If Landyn was here, he would be happy right about now,” the boy’s grandmother said.
A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening to kill everyone on a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to Sacramento. KOVR reported that Valerie Curbelo, 24, was ordered to go back to her seat after being caught attempting to smoke in the airplane bathroom. The man who recorded the video claimed that Curbelo also pushed a …
The woman accused of kidnapping and killing pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind changed her plea on Monday. Brooke Crews, one of two suspects facing charges, appeared in the Cass County Courthouse and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and providing false information to police. Crews had previously pleaded not guilty. Crews will be sentenced …
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a North Carolina teen who was last seen in Concord. The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Precious Maxwell, 15. WNCN reported that officials haven’t said when she was last seen but the alert did say she was spotted near …
An investigation is underway after a father and his two children were found dead in their Texas home early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide. KDAF reported that the children’s uninjured mother called 911 from their North Richland Hills home. The mother allegedly told police that her husband and their 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were …
A 1970s report by the Food and Drug Administration indicated that the ever-popular silver sprinkles seen on many homemade holiday sweets are not edible. The FDA deemed in 1977 that silver sprinkles, also known as silver dragées, are to be used only for decoration and are not intended for human consumption due to their metal coating. “When …
The case of a dead North Carolina girl has reportedly turned into a homicide investigation as police revealed the 5-year-old was raped and strangled. On November 13, staff at Pender Memorial Hospital notified police about Paitin Fields, who was admitted with injuries consistent with assault. A report obtained Friday by WECN revealed that Fields died …
No arrests have been made nearly five years after Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found dead with her clothes cut off in the bathtub of her off-campus apartment. According to M Live, authorities determined the 23-year-old’s cause of death was asphyxiation associated with drowning. Police noted that Niswender was deprived of oxygen before being placed in …
A 5-year-old boy who survived the Sutherland Springs church shooting is asking people to send him Christmas cards while he spends the holidays in the hospital. KSAT reported that Ryland Ward lost his stepmother, JoAnn, and two sisters, Brooke, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, in the November 5 shooting that killed a total of 26 …
Singer Jennifer Hudson was granted a gag order in her custody dispute with ex-boyfriend David Otunga following reports that Otunga was awarded temporary custody of their 8-year-old son–a claim her camp denies. The Chicago Tribune reported that an Illinois judge issued the gag order, which bans Hudson, Otunga, and their representatives from disclosing, publishing, and posting videos, statements, …
A video reportedly shows a panicked man rescuing a rabbit from California wildfires that raged mere inches away. The Sacremento Bee reported that the incident occurred Wednesday along Highway 1 near La Conchita. So far, the Thomas Fire has destroyed at least 90,000 acres and is only five percent contained. The now-viral video shows an unidentified …
