Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced on Sunday he was headed into rehab for alcoholism, two days after he was reportedly found drunk in a hotel room with a male escort who suffered an apparent drug overdose, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The reported incident involving Gillum, 40, occurred early Friday at a hotel in …
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who spent five years in prison after being convicted on multiple counts of fraud, has run afoul of two state attorneys general, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ABC reported. Bakker touted a product called “Liquid Silver Sol” on his website and The Jim Bakker …
A man in a hazmat suit dashed into a Las Vegas Walmart shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, but he wasn’t there to stock up on supplies. Instead, he sprayed a clear liquid of unknown origin onto people, conveyor belts, fresh food, and other items. Police said 13 people came in contact with the liquid, …
A two-year-old boy Colorado abducted by his noncustodial mother has been found safe and the mother arrested, the Loveland Police Department said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Alexandra Gralewski, 33, took Leo Liscum on Sunday while he was being babysat at a residence in Loveland. The boy’s father, Jacob Liscum contacted police and reportedly has full …
Lee County, Florida, Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced Saturday that the remains of a 9-year-old girl who vanished nearly three years ago had been found, 140 miles away in Osceola County. The man investigators believed killed her, Jorge Guerrero-Torres, is already behind bars, convicted in 2017 of possessing child pornography and sentenced to 40 years in prison. …
A 25-year-old former Georgia corrections officer is behind bars this weekend after being charged with the murders of his mother and stepfather. Anthony Douglas Shoffner has been charged with two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of Rebecca Griffin, 46, and Kenneth Griffin, 42, according to the Macon Telegraph. Perry police officers found the …
Investigators in eastern Michigan are searching for information relating to the death of a mom of two whose badly burned body was found last week in a ravine. Alison Sargent, 25, was reported missing on March 5 by her fiance, and Clayton County sheriff’s deputies found surveillance footage showing her leaving a Meijer superstore in …
A Florida woman allegedly told sheriff’s deputies she went “into a rage” over something her mother said and attacked her, fighting for several minutes until the 81-year-old mother was dead. Deputies found Carmelina Kohler’s body late Monday covered with boxes and a blanket in her Vero Beach garage, where Crystal Kohler, 38, had left her, …
The judge in cult mom Lori Vallow’s Idaho court case withdrew on Friday, at the request of her defense attorney Mark Means, and another of her lawyers said that he planned to withdraw from the case. Judge Farren Eddins approved Means’s request during a hearing held by phone, East Idaho News reported. Court administration must …
A jury in Chicago on Friday found a small-time drug dealer guilty of first-degree murder and armed violence for shooting a police commander to death in a downtown stairwell in 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Shomari Legghette, 44, was wearing body armor when he shot Cmdr Paul Bauer, 53, seven times with a semi-automatic handgun. …
Robert Durst’s younger brother testified under subpoena on Wednesday at his brother’s murder trial, saying the real estate heir was cruel and he was terrified of him. “This is a horrible experience and I’m fearful of my brother,” Thomas Durst, 70, said at the trial in Los Angeles, the New York Post reported. The elder …
New Jersey prosecutors on Tuesday announced they had arrested a convenience store owner for selling homemade spray hand-sanitizer that left several young boys with burns. The River Vale Police Department launched an investigation on Monday evening when photos of a boy with burns on his leg were posted to social media. The investigation led to …
