Security footage played in court that showed a former Michigan State University basketball star pulling a young woman to his hotel room wasn’t enough to convince a jury that the man sexually assaulted her. ABC 7 reports that a Grand Blanc jury in Michigan acquitted Mateen Cleaves of four counts of sexual assault on August …
A Washington man is behind bars after his getaway truck was stolen while he robbed a store, according to police. NBC 10 reports that 42-year-old William Kelley contacted the Kennewick Police Department to report his Chevrolet pickup truck on Sunday. He reportedly claimed he left his keys in the front seat of the truck while …
Last week, a supposed “concerned citizen” claimed they found a dog abandoned on the side of an Ohio road and quickly called for help. Police now say the person who found the dog was actually the abuser. Washington Post reports that by Monday, authorities, who were searching for the owner of the dog, didn’t have …
The Motion Picture Association of America’s executive vice president was reportedly fired Monday, following his arrest on rape and blackmail charges. Variety reports that detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. arrested Steven Fabrizio on Friday and charged him with second-degree sexual abuse and blackmail. Following his arrest, MPAA Chairman and CEO, Charles Rivkin, announced …
On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department filed its intent to seek the death penalty against a Pennsylvania man accused of killing 11 people at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue. CNN reports that Robert Bowers, 46, was indicted with over 60 federal offenses, which, in part, includes hate crime charges after he allegedly opened fire …
A Pennsylvania woman is behind bars after reporting her son missing, although the boy was actually in her home, allegedly surrounded by heroin. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that 29-year-old Leslie Brown called police Thursday night and reported her little boy missing from the Family Dollar store in Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar. Responding officers arrived at the store and while …
There have been 30 police reports against a fraudulent Georgia “school” and now, its director is facing a slew of felony charges. Atlanta’s ABC Channel 2 reports that on Friday, a grand jury indicted Rommys Beltran, the former director of Advancing Youth Academy on Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta, on 29 charges, including child cruelty, theft, …
Police are searching for the person who cruelly taped a dog’s mouth shut and slit her throat before tossing her on the side of an Ohio road. Dani the dog, a beautiful Labrador, is going to be OK, thanks to a Madison Township resident who found her off of Trenton Franklin Road in Butler County …
An Atlanta lawyer is behind bars after police say he intentionally rammed his car into a man, killing him, after claiming the man threw a golf ball at his car. According to prosecutors, 60-year-old Hamid Jahangard accidentally hit 48-year-old corporate lawyer Bryan Schmitt’s 2011 Mercedes CLS550 with a golf ball on July 30, AJC reports. …
The civil trial against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, in connection with the death of Susan Cox Powell’s two young sons, has been set. KOMO News reports that the trial is scheduled to begin on February 10, 2020, at the Pierce County Court in Washington. Susan’s parents filed the lawsuit against …
A Texas mother and her 6-year-old boy, who was the center of a recent AMBER Alert, are both dead, police say. According to police, Phillip Oliver “Ollie” Wiedemann and his mother, Candace Harbin, 46, were found deceased inside a parking garage in Ellis County, Texas, near the Ellis County Courthouse, on Friday night. Fort Worth …
Arizona State Police found a newborn baby inside a trash bag on Friday and said the baby could have possibly been injected with heroin. Albuquerque Journal reports that police arrived at a camper in Alcalde after a man contacted them and said he returned home from a trip to find that his girlfriend no longer …
