An off-duty cop allegedly stopped a man trying to abduct a child on a Florida beach last week. According to WESH, Daytona Beach police officer Troy Belden was in a McDonald’s drive-thru line last Friday night when he saw Robert Sawyer, 54, trying to pull a kid from a car parked outside the New Smyrna Beach restaurant. Though Darrell M. …
A little girl tells authorities she only gets to eat when she’s at school, while “mom and dad” go out for pizza
The Department of Justice will decline to charge two white police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, last year, four sources close to the situation told The Washington Post. Alton Sterling, 37, was killed last July when officers Howie Lake II and Blane Salamoni pinned him down and shot him …
The mother, who was an accomplice, committed suicide
A Florida woman is facing prostitution charges after she allegedly charged $25 and Chicken McNuggets for oral sex. According to the Bradenton Herald, Alex DiReeno, 22, of Bredenton, allegedly solicited her services to an undercover officer at a Marathon gas station on Tuesday night. While in the car, the man said he wanted oral sex and was …
A Delta Airlines pilot who struck a female passenger as she fought another woman was hit with a week-long suspension. Video captured the April 21 incident at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport where a disagreement between two passengers got violent. In the footage obtained by TMZ, one woman can be seen knocking another woman over as passengers …
Genene Jones, a Texas nurse convicted in 1984 of murdering a baby and trying to kill another, may be a free woman next year. The New York Daily News reports that Jones, 66, could be released on May 1, 2018, because of Texas’ “good time” law. To combat prison overcrowding, the law allows inmates convicted of …
Authorities believe an Austin police officer constructed an intricate suicide setup and fled to Mexico. According to KXAN, Coleman Miller’s wife called police on April 25 to report that her husband was suicidal. She claimed that Miller, 29, left around 10 am and had been depressed about family issues for the past two days. Texting throughout the …
On Friday, a postal service employee admitted to faking a non-Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosis so she could work from home and claim 112 sick days. KUSA reported that Caroline Zarate Boyle, 60, lied because she was passed up for a promotion and wanted to take time off of work. She originally provided her supervisor with a total …
Authorities said an 11-year-old boy took matters into his own hands when he stabbed and chased off a violent home intruder who was attacking his mother. The NYPD told ABC 7 News that the suspect, identified as Brian Febus, 22, knocked on the door of the Bronx family’s home Tuesday afternoon and requested to use the bathroom. …
A St. Louis, Missouri, woman was charged with first-degree murder on Friday for allegedly persuading her boyfriend to suffocate his own infant son. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that police recovered texts indicating that Emily Paul, 27, “aided and encouraged the suffocation death” of Ayden Baker by his father, Jibri, 23. Jibri allegedly pushed his son’s …
A California bus driver sexually abused three disabled women he was hired to transport, Orange County prosecutors alleged. Jon Francis Farris, 57, was arraigned on multiple sexual assault charges on Friday. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Tustin Police Department arrested the 57-year-old at his home early Wednesday. Police Lieutenant Jon Strain claimed that Farris’ arrest came about two …
