Florida police have arrested a former sheriff’s office employee in the death of a missing private investigator whose body was found a day earlier. The Pensacola News Journal reported that former Escambia County Sheriff’s Office employee Ashley McArthur (pictured right) was arrested and charged with the first-degree homicide of Taylor Wright, 33 (pictured left). Missing since September 7, authorities …
A Westlake, Ohio, babysitter who admitted to giving Xanax to an 18-month-old baby girl who later died was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison. Cleveland.com reports that Summer Susan Shalodi, 32, gave the drug to Nadia Gibbons on December 12, 2015, then went to the movies with a friend. She returned to find Gibbons unresponsive and …
Rosemont Police are expected to release photos and reports related to the death of Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old found dead in a hotel walk-in freezer last month, family attorneys revealed. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that authorities will release the photos and documents sometime Friday in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A statement from …
Lawyers for the mother of Kenneka Jenkins, the Chicago teen found dead in a hotel walk-in freezer last month, said that photos police recently showed them leads to more questions. Attorneys Larry Rogers Jr. and Sam Adam Jr. said in a statement that the newest photos were “of a personal, private and indecent nature.” According to …
An investigation is underway after a rock reportedly thrown from a Vienna Township, Michigan, overpass crashed through a car’s windshield and killed the passenger. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said they are investigating Wednesday night’s incident as a “potential homicide.” Kenneth Andrew White, 32, died as he was traveling south on I-75 and the rock struck the vehicle. Four drivers told officers that they also …
Police said a Canyon County, California, woman was drunk when she struck and killed a mom who had just finished visiting her premature twin girls at the hospital. The Santa Clara Valley Signal reported that Alexia Cina, 21, (pictured left) was charged Wednesday with suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence in connection with the October 6 crash …
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, teacher was seriously injured Wednesday when a fourth grader’s mother allegedly attacked her following a dispute over a cellphone. KDKA reported that the student bit Janice Watkins, 46, (pictured) a teacher at Pittsburgh King PreK-8 School, after Watkins confiscated her phone. Sources said the girl’s parents came to the school, where the mother …
The husband of a woman accused of dressing up as a clown and fatally shooting his first wife now says his second wife is innocent. Michael Warren told ABC that Sheila Keen Warren, 54, is “falsely accused” of killing his first wife, Marlene Warren, 27 years earlier. Sheila is facing charges for allegedly pretending to be a clown …
A Petaluma, California, woman was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing money from wildfire victims. According to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, police arrested Katie Lehnhard, 31, on suspicion of mail theft and fraud. Lehnard’s victims are reportedly evacuees from Santa Rosa fires who are in shelters in Petaluma. SFGate reported that a fire victim informed police of fraudulent charges made …
A former teacher aide at a Brevard County, Florida, private school is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student with special needs. Florida Today reported that Alana Chasky, 35, allegedly had a sexual relationship with the boy between February and September. Palm Bay police said the assaults didn’t happen on campus. Detectives said that Chasky also worked as …
The youngest sex trafficking victim a 3-month-old girl, the agency says
A North Carolina, couple is speaking out after learning that a monument company reportedly repossessed their 5-year-old son’s grave marker. Crystal and Wayne Leatherman of Hickory buried Jake almost a year ago after he lost a long battle with leukemia. However, Crystal told WBTV that she recently went to her son’s grave and was shocked to …
