A Sterrett, Alabama, woman who swindled loved ones out of more than $260,000 by pretending to have terminal cancer was sentenced to 25 months in federal prison on Wednesday. Tuscaloosa News reported that Jennifer Flynn Cataldo, 37, lied to friends and family for more than two years and accepted donations intended to cover her medical treatments, …
The brother of rapper Nicki Minaj was convicted Thursday of raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter on multiple occasions in their New York home. The New York Daily News reported that a Nassau County jury deliberated for two days to find Jelani Maraj, 38, guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a …
A former Colorado airman who beat—and possibly strangled—the 4-year-old son he just met to death was sentenced Monday to life in prison. People reported that Jeremy Deonte Ralph, 26, was convicted in August of first-degree murder by one in a position of trust for the December 2016 death of Montana Glynn. Ralph called the 911 for a possible drowning …
A nurse who’s already serving a life sentence for two murders is now accused of killing at least 100 patients at two German hospitals he worked at. Though Evil Niels Hoegel, 41, was jailed in February 2015 for killing two intensive care patients, BBC reported that prosecutors believe he murdered 38 patients in Oldenburg and 62 patients in …
A British mother recalled being repeatedly raped by her long-term boyfriend who she said would also physically abuse her on a daily basis. Rebecca Bellenie, 33, talked about the harrowing ordeal with the Daily Mail after her ex-boyfriend, Neil Parrish, 33, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for repeatedly raping her. Bellenie said she and …
A customer reportedly captured the moment a woman was overcome with emotion she couldn’t order fries from a Taco Bell. “You’re Burger King, you don’t sell French fries?” the unidentified woman can be heard in the video asking the cashier. The possibly intoxicated woman is heard telling the cashier that she wants medium fries from the dollar …
A jury indicted a Pensacola, Florida, woman for first-degree felony murder for allegedly sitting on her 9-year-old cousin until she died. The Pensacola News Journal reported that Veronica Green Posey, 64, was indicted Tuesday in connection with the death of Dericka Lindsay. Authorities believe Posey was punishing the girl for “acting out” toward her adoptive parents, Grace Joan …
The woman who admitted to causing her fiancé’s drowning death during a kayak trip in the Hudson River in New York was sentenced to up to four years in prison on Wednesday. The Poughkeepsie Journal reported that Angelika Graswald, 37, has been jailed since April 30, 2015, and will be given time served. Graswald’s lawyer revealed …
Emerging surveillance video reportedly shows Sherri Papini running near a church in Yolo County, California, moments after she escaped her captors. KCRA reported that Shasta County Sheriff’s Office released the footage on Tuesday. The video, which can be viewed below, supposedly captured Papini on foot near the Jehovah’s Witness church in Woodland at 4:15 a.m. on …
Embattled producer Harvey Weinstein could face criminal charges in New York as early as next week. Page Six reported that the Manhattan district attorney is planning to file an indictment against Weinstein for allegedly raping actress Paz de la Huerta twice in 2010. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the tabloid last week that authorities are …
A British tourist is facing execution in Egypt after allegedly being caught bringing 300 of her husband’s pain pills into the country. The Sun reported that authorities jailed Laura Plummer, 33, after locating tramadol tablets in her suitcase at a Red Sea beach resort. Plummer was planning to spend a two-week vacation with her Egyptian husband, Omar, …
Texas church shooter Devin Patrick Kelley would reportedly stalk underage girls and bribe ex-girlfriends to date him. Speaking with NBC News, Brittany Adcock said she was 13 when she dated Kelley, who was 18 at the time. She also claimed that Kelley, 26, would harass her when she broke off the relationship. “He somehow would always find …
