A man with a history of assaulting strangers was arrested this week for slugging a 4-year-old boy in the head, prompting the toddler’s mother and another women to take the assailant down themselves in busy Times Square. The incident took place at about 3:20 p.m., police said, when 34-year-old Babacar Mbaye cold-cocked the boy as …
A Nevada woman was sentenced to eight to 20 years on Friday for fatally pushing an elderly man off a bus in March 2019. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Cadesha Bishop, 28, pleaded guilty in December 2021 to abuse of an older or vulnerable person resulting in death. Bishop was initially charged with murdering …
A Virginia teacher was criminally charged on Friday for allegedly spitting on a 14-year-old student earlier this month. On February 4, Eselyn Maheia, 46, and other staff at Fred Lynn Middle School in Woodbridge restrained a male student who was reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis. An investigation by Child Protective Services and Prince William …
Six members of a Philadelphia family were stabbed in their sleep early Friday morning. A 29-year-old man, a member of the family who also lived in the house, was arrested a short time later when he was found covered in blood three blocks away. The victims ranged in age from 26 to 55, the Philadelphia …
The children’s aunt, who is their caregiver, has been charged with child abuse
A traveling nurse who allegedly attacked and set a co-worker on fire at a New Jersey hospital on Monday was found dead on Tuesday of a suspected suicide. WPVI reported that Nicholas Pagano, 31, was found deceased in his vehicle in Waterford Township with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Pagano fled Hackensack …
A father and son in Mississippi were arrested on Tuesday, days after they allegedly followed and shot at a FedEx driver. The Daily Leader reported that on January 24, Gregory Case used his truck to trap FedEx driver Demonterrio Gibson in his driveway as Gibson tried to leave. Gibson was in uniform and was driving …
An 18-year-old Detroit woman is fighting for her life after she was repeatedly run over in a school parking lot and left for dead. Police have not released the identity of the woman, who is in very critical condition, WDIV reported. A man walking his dog found her outside Fisher Magnet Upper Academy just before …
A Tennessee woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly broke into a relative’s home and attacked two family members with an ax. Nevada Fortson, 25, was charged with resisting arrest, violating an order of protection, aggravated burglary, and aggravated assault, according to Carter County jail records. According to police, Fortson reportedly broke into the house …
Three New York women were arrested on Thursday for allegedly attacking an airline security officer and a gate agent in September. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York said in a statement that Jordan Nixon, 21, Janessa Torres, 21, and Johara Zavala, 44, attacked the Delta security officer at John F. …
On Wednesday, a homeless man in New York allegedly attacked and robbed a Good Samaritan who gave him a coat moments earlier. According to the New York Post, Xavier Israel, 25, was lying on a Manhattan sidewalk when the 59-year-old covered him with a jacket. Surveillance footage appears to show Israel getting up, pushing the …
An Ohio man was arrested on Wednesday for reportedly throwing hot grease on a woman and her 18-month-old son as they slept. The 20-year-old victim contacted police on December 21, after Michael Maloney, 41, allegedly entered her Hamilton home and threw grease or oil on her and her son. The woman was hospitalized for burns …
