A New York man going through customs at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) was caught with 10 pounds of cocaine taped to his legs, officials alleged Friday. Juan Carlos Galan Luperon, 28, of Manhattan supposedly looked nervous and his pants “appeared to be rather snug” when he arrived from the Dominican Republic on Saturday. …
An Ohio man who shot his girlfriend to death before kidnapping her 7-week-old daughter was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday morning. Police claimed Dakota M. Steagall, 20, killed Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak, 22, Wednesday night at in front of his Mansfield apartment building. Steagall is not the father of the baby, according to …
A 5-month-old is on life support after his babysitter violently threw him into a playpen Tuesday afternoon, authorities alleged. Detectives claimed Barbara Kendrick, 65, admitted to thrashing the infant—who was teething and had a fever—because he was fussy. The 65-year-old was taking care of the baby while his parents worked, according to WLTV. The 5-month-old …
A Nashville, Tennessee, man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for supposedly throwing his mother’s Shih Tzu into a trash compactor last month. Arbor Hills Apartments’ surveillance cameras allegedly captured Terrence Clark, 27, drive up, retrieve the dog from the back seat, put it in a plastic bag, and place it into a trash compactor. The 27-year-old …
A New Jersey woman who killed her boyfriend with a fireplace poker a decade ago was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday. Eileen Leone, 46, killed her boyfriend, Darius Smith, 32, in the Egg Harbor Township condo they shared with their 4-year-old daughter on June 29, 2006. Arguing the entire day, Leone repeatedly struck …
A New York couple reportedly scammed people out of thousands by raising funeral funds for a 5-year-old who is alive and fighting a rare form of cancer, authorities alleged. Brittney Schmidt, 30, and Vincent Fina, 29, of Brooklyn pleaded not guilty to scheme to defraud and child endangerment charges on Tuesday. Dee Tirado, 52, told …
A newspaper is fighting for access to the video, but the grieving family does not want it made public
The suspect went to the victim’s funeral
A Sharon, Pennsylvania, couple were arrested after their 5-year-old reportedly told a 911 dispatcher he couldn’t wake up his parents and thought they were dead. Sarah Williams, 30, and Timothy Kolsky Jr., 30, are charged with child endangerment after they allegedly overdosed on heroin on Saturday. According to WKBN, the boy called Mercer County Dispatch …
The baby’s mother covered for him once before
The truck was on its way to a processing plant
An ex-nurse who admitted to having sex with two patients at an inpatient drug rehabilitation center will not spend a day in jail. Candace A. Seelbinder, 35, of Niagara Falls, New York, was sentenced to probation for 10 years on Tuesday. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Jessica Griffin, 39, a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance …
