A Missouri deputy sheriff and his wife have been arrested on charges of attempted sex trafficking of a child under 12 and attempted use of a child in a sexual peformance. The St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department said that David K. Blankenship, 39, and Karlie Blankenship, 28, are being held without bond. The department said …
Police in Arkansas have arrested a 49-year-old man who allegedly flew a 15-year-old girl to California for sex. The Fort Smith Police Department said they were contacted by officials in California on Friday about Sean Robert Schiemann, who had allegedly been engaged in a relationship with the teen online and had reportedly bought her a …
A tribal police officer and another person were killed early Saturday morning in a shooting in Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community. Another officer and three more civilians were wounded at what Gila River Police described as “a disturbance at a home.” A large crowd was involved, police said, and multiple gunshots were fired as police …
A former Virginia police officer has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for gunning down his wife and stepdaughter and shooting at police officers who responded to the scene for his hours-long standoff. Richard Crowder, 60, pleaded guilty in February to the deaths of Diane Crowder, 53, and Carrie Czaksz, 35, in July 2022, …
Maryland police are searching for a registered sex offender after his parole officer was found dead in his apartment. The Montgomery County Department of Police said it had obtained a warrant for the arrest of Emanuel Edward Sewell, 54, on a charge of second degree murder. They cautioned that Sewell may be armed and is …
A North Carolina jury took just 15 minutes to return a guilty verdict on Friday for Christopher Palmiter, who was charged with failing to report his stepdaughter, Madalina Cojocari, missing in late 2022. Palmiter was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation and ordered to pay $30,000 in attorney’s fees, WCNC reported. Madalina Cojocari was …
A day after finding Chad Daybell guilty in the murders of his first wife and two of his stepchildren, a Utah jury on Friday returned to deliberations to decide whether to sentence him to death. The jurors heard emotional statements from family members of all three victims and closing arguments from the prosecution and defense …
Tennessee investigators have arrested a third suspect in connection with the murder of a missing man who was found buried in a chest freezer earlier this month. Joey Lee Guinn, 46, was arrested for the murder of 64-year-old Edward Elliott on May 16 — the day after Elliott’s body was found in a remote part …
The sheriff of a mountainous north Georgia county has been arrested and charged with sexual battery, public indecency, and violation of his oath. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols, 45, turned himself in on Friday and was bookedinto the Rabun County Detention Center. The state agency said it was asked …
A Connecticut judge on Friday sentenced Michelle Troconis to 20 years in prison for helping her boyfriend with the murder of Jennifer Dulos, a mother of 5 who disappeared after dropping the children off at school in 2019. Judge Kevin Randolph said that Troconis’s sentence would be suspended after she serves 14 1/2 years, and …
Two Florida teens jumped into a Broward County canal this week and pulled a driver out of his truck after it plunged into the water. The incident happened just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, WSVN reported. Tony Cooper and Elijah Hodge, both 13, were walking home from a Dollar Tree when they saw the driver …
A Kentucky couple was arrested earlier this month after police found their baby in a maggot-infested stroller. The Madisonville Police Department said it received a call about suspicious people who appeared intoxicated walking down the street with a baby stroller, WFIE reported. Police approached the couple, later identified as Thomas Parker and Tiffany McCord, but …
