A South Carolina mother has been charged with homicide by child abuse and/or neglect in the death of her 2-year-old son earlier this month, WBTW reported. The station said Okedia Colvin of Dillon failed to care for her son properly following a tracheostomy, citing a warrant issued for her arrest. The warrant says she failed …
Arizona police have arrested a man they say has been sexually abusing teenaged girls on city buses since 2017, the Phoenix Police Department said in a Facebook post. Martin Huerta-Herrera, 53, has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse, the department said. Police said the first incident took place in April 2017 when two …
A Wyoming, Ohio, woman operating an illegal daycare facility in her home was arrested this week after she was found unconscious with a blood alcohol level four times the legal limit for driving with nine children in her care, WKRC reported. Julie Groteke, 42, pleaded not guilty to nine counts of endangering children in Hamilton …
Colorado prosecutors on Friday released a stash of imagery used to convict Patrick Frazee in the death of his fiancee, Kelsey Berreth — a year to the day since she was last seen. Among the photos is the last known picture of Berreth, an image captured by her neighbor’s security camera at about 1:30 p.m. …
Two Los Angeles County students have been arrested for making criminal threats in the week since a Saugus High School student killed two classmates and wounded three others before killing himself, authorities said Friday. Sheriff Alex Villaneuva said a 13-year-old student at Animo Mae Jemison Charter Middle School was arrested after classmates reported hearing the …
Two taxi driver brothers are telling their tale of helping Joran van der Sloot escape Peru to Chile after he brutally killed the daughter of a prominent Peruvian businessman, ABC News reported. Van der Sloot, best known as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway from Aruba in 2005, is serving …
Three Ohio men have been charged with raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl and publishing parts of the rape to Snapchat. Quentin Smith and Alexander Wood, both 18, were arraigned in Warren County Common Pleas Court in Mason on Wednesday. Dominic Cboins, also 18, is scheduled to be arraigned on November 22, Fox 19 said. Court …
A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week for sending homemade bombs to then-President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2016, KHOU reported. Julia Poff, 48, pleaded guilty in July to the transportation of explosives with the intent to kill, injure and intimidate a person. In addition to Obama …
A Canadian flight attendant is recovering from a brutal assault while on vacation in Mexico 10 days ago, one that required hours of reconstructive surgery and left her with impaired vision in both eyes, multiple stitches, and a very swollen face. Lexie York, 29, told CBC that she hoped to be able to fly home …
Oklahoma law enforcement arrested a 48-year-old woman Tuesday and charged her with the stabbing death of her husband on Sunday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) said. Shonda Johnson-Williams is charged with first degree murder in the death of Jamie Williams, also 48, in Fort Towson. Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park wrote on Facebook …
A Utah inmate in jail since March for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl has now been charged with trying to have her killed so she couldn’t testify against him. Three counts of criminal solicitation to commit murder have been filed against Kristoffer Jones, 29, who is awaiting trial in Washington County on four counts of …
After a nearly year-long investigation, Philadelphia police have charged a 64-year-old woman in the death of her 32-year-old quadriplegic daughter last December. Yelena Nezhikhovskaya, 63, was arrested on Saturday and charged with third degree murder, false reporting, and drug delivery resulting in death, 6ABC reported. Police and emergency medical personnel responded to the northeast Philadelphia …
