A 5-year-old Michigan boy was killed Tuesday night while riding his bike when he was struck by a man trying to beat a traffic light to get to work. Preston Singleton was with his aunt, cousin, and sister at about 9:45 when Maurice Sumler, 22, sped through the intersection and hit the boy, Fox 2 …
A Wisconsin judge on Thursday ordered the release of one of two women convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case when both were 12-years-old. Then-sixth graders Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser stabbed classmate Payton Leutner 19 times in May 2014 in an attempt to curry favor with the fictional horror character, who, they said, they …
A four-day long sting operation netted 21 arrests last week, 10 charged with felonies related to contacting minors to arrange sex. Another 11 people were charged with misdemeanors during Operation Stolen Hearts, according to KMPH, mostly on charges such as loitering for prostitution. The Department of Homeland Security assisted with the operation. Fresno police said …
A 10-year-old Texas girl with a gunshot wound to her arm clutched her baby brother close and played dead after a gunman killed three members of her family in Houston overnight, then she FaceTimed her grandmother to get help. Family members rushed to the apartment and found 35-year-old Gregory Carhee, 29-year-old Donyavia Lagway, and their …
A Las Vegas woman has been charged with murder in the death of a 5-year-old police believe died from the effects of being left in a hot house with no air conditioning. Kemaya Taylor, 23, was also charged with two counts of child abuse or neglect, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Police were called to …
Virginia parents have been arrested after Chesterfield police found their son’s body inside a chest freezer in their home. Kassceen Weaver, 49, and Dina D. Weaver, 48, have been charged with conspiracy to conceal a body and failing to render aide to a child, WTVR reported. Police said Eliel Adon Weaver was under five years …
A Texas mother was shot and killed while sitting on the patio of her hotel in Annapolis, Maryland, where she had come to drop off her son to begin his time at the US Naval Academy. Michelle Cummings was apparently hit by two bullets just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, ABC 13 reported. Cummings’ son, Leonard …
Former “Smallville” actor Allison Mack was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for her role in the cult-like Nxivm and its secret, women-only group DOS. Mack had previously pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges. In a letter submitted as part of the sentencing memorandum, Mack apologized “to those of you that I brought in Nxivm. I am sorry I ever exposed you to the nefarious and emotionally abusive schemes of a twisted man,” a reference to Nxivm leader Keith Raniere, who was convcted on racketeering charges last year and sentenced to 120 years in prison.
A 35-year-old California mother accused of killing her son was denied bail Wednesday during her first Nevada court appearance after she was extradited from Colorado. Prosecutors told the court that Samantha Moreno-Rodriguez admitted strangling Liam Husted, who had autism, and leaving his naked body on a Nevada hiking trail in May, KLAS reported. A hiker …
A Tennessee man is in jail after Nashville police say he pretended to be a police officer during a road rage incident and threatened to shoot the other driver. Clifford Polly Jr., 34, drove a personal vehicle equipped with a public address system and red and white “wig wag” lights on the front and back …
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the “suspicious” deaths of three children found dead in an East LA home Monday afternoon. The 28-year-old mother of the two boys and one girl — all under the age of 3 — has been identified as a “person of interest” and has been taken in for questioning, …
The Talladega, Alabama, Police Department said Monday it is looking for a fugitive who attacked his then-girlfriend — who was 8 months pregnant at the time — with a hot iron. Skyy Jamar Fomby has been hiding from police since the September 2019 incident, police said. The victim was ironing a shirt when Fomby allegedly …
