Investigators told CrimeOnline that a former Georgia pastor who molested two young girls inside his church will ask a judge next week for a new trial following his recent conviction. A jury found John Aubrey Pinkston, 78, guilty in 2015 on two counts of child molestation, WGCL reported. The former pastor is reportedly serving a …
Texas authorities said a San Antonio-area couple disciplined their three children by demanding they brush their teeth with cat feces, using a thorny switch to beat them and punishing them by using a shock collar, WXIN reports. James Chalkley, 32, and Cheyanne Chalkley, 22, are reportedly charged with injury to a child and are in …
A North Carolina couple is behind bars on felony child abuse charges after authorities reportedly found a baby inside their home wearing a maggot-filled diaper, and six other children in their care living in squalor. The Dispatch reports that Cpt. Michael Hunt with the Lexington Police Department said that officers arrived to a home at 410 Irma …
Roman Polanski was met with a group of protesters when he was honored for his cinematic achievements in France, according to the Guardian. Polanski, who fled the U.S. decades ago as he was facing sentencing for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, was honored in Paris on Monday with a retrospective of his films. …
A husband and wife in New York pleaded guilty to an array of abuses inflicted on a young girl in their care over a period of several months. According to the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, 28-year-old Justin Crandall and 27-year-old Jessica Crandall faced an impending trial Friday when they both accepted deals to plead …
New Mexico police arrested a woman they believe abused her foster child over an extended period of time. According to the Farmington Daily Times, 53-year-old Hope Graciano faces a total of four felony charges — including one first-degree count — associated with her alleged abuse of the 11-year-old victim. A licensed foster-care provider for roughly …
A member of a popular Texas-based rock band is reportedly the subject of an investigation into whether he saved nude images of a 13-year-old girl police say he had likely been “grooming” for sexual abuse. According to WFAA, Ringo Garza, the drummer for Los Lonely Boys, was the subject of an investigation after San Angelo …
A Houston man who had worked as an elementary school counselor for eight years was arrested on suspicion of indecency with multiple students. According to KHOU, 33-year-old Brandon Thomas McElveen was arrested Thursday in Victoria County, Texas. He currently faces three counts of indecency with a child while authorities investigate whether there have been other …
A Pennsylvania woman will spend the next two and a half to five years of her life behind bars after she beat her daughter for not reciting Bible verses properly. FOX43 reports that Rhonda Shoffner, 41, pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated assault, child endangerment, making terroristic threats, and endangerment. Dauphin County Judge John F. Cherry sentenced Shoffner …
Investigators charged two Georgia women with murder on Tuesday after questioning her claim that a 3-year-old choked while in her temporary custody and died hours later, according to WGCL. A criminal investigation reportedly revealed that the child, Kejuan Mason, 3, died of blunt force trauma. Police charged both Lashirley Morris, 27, and Glenndria Morris, 25, …
An Iowa couple was arrested Wednesday after their 4-month-old son’s body was allegedly found covered in maggots in his swing. The Kansas City Star reported that Cheyanne Harris, 20, and Zachary Koehn, 28, were charged with first-degree murder and felony child endangerment months after Sterling Koehn’s death. The father called 911 on August 30 to their …
Georgia authorities said they have initiated a criminal investigation after Kejuan Mason, 3, died as a result of blunt force trauma while being cared for by a temporary caregiver, according to WGCL. A police report states the caregiver first told officers the child choked on a cupcake she made, but investigators said she later changed …
