Realistic Halloween decorations leads to frantic 911 call from neighbor
Weird Crime
‘THIS IS A HALLOWEEN DECORATION! Do NOT call 911 reporting a dead body’
Animal Crimes
September 22, 2017
Onlookers film 4-year-old boy’s cries for help after 17 wild dogs mercilessly attack him for 30 minutes, do not come to his rescue [Graphic Content Warning]
Warning: The details in this story are disturbing.
Teacher Scandals
September 22, 2017
High school soccer coach who ADMITTED to sexually abusing 13-year-old boy avoids prison
A former girl’s soccer coach who confessed to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in his own bedroom will not spend a day behind bars. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Rebecca L. Noonan, 33, admitted to having sex with the underage teen in his bedroom while his mother wasn’t home. The 33-year-old was sentenced this week to supervised probation for …
Sex Crimes
September 22, 2017
Husband molests five young girls at wife’s at-home day care and tries to blame his sick behavior on a car accident
A Waxahachie, Texas, man who sexually abused five children at his wife’s day care was sentenced to prison on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Dennis Ray Avery, 58, victimized the five children—all younger than 6—at his wife’s home-based day care over a two-year period. After pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a …
Court
September 21, 2017
‘It’s a joke:’ Trooper gets 10 DAYS behind bars after drowning death of handcuffed man [UPDATE]
A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper was sentenced to 10 days in jail for the 2014 drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man, as reported by WHO TV. The Kansas City Star reports that Judge Roger Prokes handed down the jail sentence to Anthony Piercy as “shock time.” In June, Piercy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor boating violation, …
Police
September 21, 2017
‘HE CAN’T HEAR’: Police allegedly shoot deaf, nonverbal man on his front porch as neighbors scream
Officers allegedly shot and killed a deaf man, despite neighbors begging them not to fire, as reported by KFOR. Oklahoma City Police Captain Bo Mathews says that Magdiel Sanchez, 35, ignored officers’ orders and advanced toward them while holding a metal pipe before one officer Tasered him and the other shot him Tuesday night, according to …
Unsolved
September 21, 2017
WHAT HAPPENED? Police find preemie born during Hurricane Irma dead in mom’s car
A baby that was born prematurely during Hurricane Irma was found dead in his mother’s car last week, as reported by PalmBeachPost. The newborn was discovered four days after his birth, last Thursday. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) records allege that the child’s mother went to a West Palm …
child endangerment
September 21, 2017
4-year-old girl fatally shoots herself searching for candy in grandmother’s purse: Police
“She just wanted some damn candy,” says the child’s father
Teacher Scandals
September 21, 2017
Married art teacher brought multiple students home for sex on the same day: Report
She also allegedly sent photos of herself in a thong
Sex Crimes
September 21, 2017
‘Corrupt, perverted, atrocious:’ Faux prophet Lee Kaplan heads to prison for sex with underage ‘sister wives’ [UPDATE]
A Pennsylvania man who sexually assaulted six juvenile sisters he took in as “wives” was sentenced Wednesday to 30 to 87 years in prison. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Bucks County Judge Jeffrey L. Finley called Lee Kaplan’s abuse “corrupt, perverted, [and] atrocious” before handing down the lengthy sentence. In June, a court convicted Kaplan, 52, on 17 counts of child sexual …
Child Abuse
September 20, 2017
Couple beat 5-year-old boy with a hammer, kick him in the groin so hard they made him bleed
Two Muskogee, Oklahoma, women beat a young boy so badly that he suffered two strokes while hospitalized. Tulsa World reports that Rachel Jean Stevens, 29, and Kayla Ann Jones, 26, (pictured left and right) pleaded no contest Friday to child abuse and child neglect charges and were both sentenced to two 20-year prison sentences to be …
Sex Crimes
September 20, 2017
$338M Powerball jackpot winner accused of sexually assaulting child for three years
A man who won one of New Jersey’s largest Powerball jackpots allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl for at least three years. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes accused Pedro Quezada, 49, of sexually assaulting a girl between the ages of 11 and 13 when he lived in Passaic. NJ.com reports that Quezada is charged with …