The body of a missing Florida woman was found Saturday morning in the septic tank of her Jensen Beach home. Cynthia Cole, 57, was last seen at a weekly festival in Jensen Beach on February 24. Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t say what led them to Cole’s backyard, but they began excavating on Friday and …
A former substitute school paraprofessional and a 22-year-old mother were arrested last month for producing child pornography — with the woman’s 4-year-old son. Jonathan Rivera, 31, appeared in federal court on February 28 on charges of production and receipt and distribution of child pornography. Dilicia Aguirre-Orellana faces the same charges, plus possession of child pornography, …
Police on the Florida Panhandle have arrested a 26-year-old man who allegedly held a woman against her will for nearly a week while beating, burning, and raping her. The Springfield Police Department said the victim contacted them on Wednesday and said she’d been held for five days and subjected to brutal treatment. Officers said the …
A Kansas high school student opened fire in an office of Olathe East High School Friday morning, wounding an administrator and a school resource officer, who in turn shot the suspect. Olanthe Police Sgt Joel Yendell said the incident began with a confrontation between the administrator and the student, according to the Kansas City Star …
A 31-year-old Florida mother faces child abuse charges after a doctor’s examination on her toddler daughter found 15 fractures and multiple bruises on her body. An arrest report says that Veronica Sanchez took her 3-year-old daughter to a southwest Miami-Dade hospital for a head injury, WTVJ reports. The doctor told detectives he believed the little …
A California woman whose disappearance more than five years ago prompted a desperate three-week search was arrested on Thursday and charged with lying to federal agents about being kidnapping and defrauding California’s victim compensation board. Sherri Papini, 39, was reported missing on November 2, 2016, and found 22 days later just off Interstate 5 near …
A south Florida Lyft driver has been charged with raping an intoxicated passenger over the weekend and ordered held on a $500,000 bond. The Miami Beach police report says that Kevyn Rojas, 26, is charged with sexual battery on a physically helpless victim, according to the Miami Herald. He was ordered to give up his …
A Philadelphia grand jury has indicted a veteran homicide detective for his part in a violent interrogation of a man who spent 11 years in prison for murder before he was exonerated. James Pitts has been accused of assaulting Obina Onyiah during his interrogation for the 2010 murder of a jewelry store owner. Onyiah confessed …
An Ohio man set to go on trial on abduction charges was arraigned Thursday for a 2019 rape in which he allegedly took a woman’s prosthetic leg and kicked her unconscious before the sexual assault. Prosecutors said Yoder was identified as the suspect in the July 2019 rape via DNA testing, WKRC reports. At Thursday’s …
A Florida mom who reported her 5-year-old daughter missing back in 2019 pleaded guilty Thursday to killing the little girl. Brianna Williams, who was a Navy petty officer when she was arrested, had been charged with aggravated child abuse, lying to police, and tampering with evidence, as CrimeOnline previously reported. She pleaded not guilty. The …
Jacqueline Avant, wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, was shot dead in their home in December.
A Michigan man charged with killing his girlfriend in 2020 took a plea deal this week and led investigators to her body. Amber Griffin, 27, was reported missing in June 2020 by her mother and boyfriend Derek Horton — who was charged with open murder after evidence linked him to Griffin’s death, as CrimeOnline previously …
