A recorded phone call reportedly caught suspect Terrence Roach admitting to kidnapping Beckerle to get back at the teen’s mother
A 71-year-old Massachusetts woman was found dead Saturday night after reportedly falling into her backyard fire pit. MassLive.com identified the deceased woman as Worchester resident Jacqueline Cardinal. The woman’s daughter, Michelle Gay, told the newspaper that Cardinal was fine 10 minutes before she and her husband came upon the horrifying scene. Fire officials said they believe Cardinal …
Prosecutors announced Friday that they wouldn’t be filing charges against a Texas woman who falsely accused a state trooper of rape. Though Sherita Dixon-Cole, 37, made “blatantly false and malicious allegations,” the Ellis County District Attorney said she won’t face criminal charges as she never made a formal complaint, according to KDFW. “This office shares the outrage …
A Florida man was arrested last week for allegedly battering his girlfriend then holding her captive at gunpoint for two days. The Orlando Sentinel reported that the victim had tipped off staff at DeLand Animal Hospital on Friday by slipping them a note. “Call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He has a gun. …
Dr. Windell Davis Boutté, the Georgia dermatologist who has gone viral with videos of herself dancing while performing surgery, is facing numerous malpractice lawsuits. Per WSB-TV, Dr. Boutté is facing at least seven lawsuits, which include claims that she used unqualified staff during medical procedures that allegedly left her patients disfigured. Two additional lawsuit settlements are …
A North Carolina mother who lost her 12-year-old son to suicide has accused the school district of not telling her that the teen was being bullied. Mother Sharon McDonald told WNCN that her son, Logan, ended his life on August 15, 2017, just as he entered the seventh grade. “Mike and I were having our …
A California businessman who pleaded no contest to raping a 5-year-old girl will not only never see the inside of a jail, but isn’t required to register as a sex offender. KMOV reported that Lyle Burgess, 79, was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days of house arrest and five years probation for the 2016 incident involving a …
Bodycam footage reportedly captures the moment Florida officers rescued two young children after their mother allegedly dragged them onto a second-floor apartment ledge. Delray Beach Police Department uploaded the video to Facebook Wednesday, which they said showed a 23-year-old woman acting “erratically” while on the narrow ledge with her two young children, ages 1 and 3, who …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
A former star of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” recently alleged that a female masseuse had drugged and sexually assaulted her during production of the show in 2003. Meredith Phillips, who starred in the reality show’s second cycle, made the accusations during an appearance on the Reality Steve podcast. Phillips said she was staying in the mansion …
Multiple women have come forward to accuse actor Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, including harassment and sexual misconduct. Eight of the 16 people who spoke to CNN about the allegations claimed they were directly victimized by Freeman, now 80 — including CNN’s Chloe Melas, who co-wrote the explosive exposé. The other eight people claimed to witnessed Freeman’s …
To the outrage of many, an Ohio judge modified the house arrest of a teen accused of burning and burying her newborn daughter outside her parents’ home after giving birth. Warren County Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda II ended Brooke Richardson’s house arrest late last month but ordered that she be tracked with a GPS …
