Georgia police announced on Tuesday that they are reopening the investigation into the 2013 death of a teen boy whose body was found in his high school gymnasium. Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said that this week, a federal judge approved his request to obtain evidence in Kendrick Johnson’s case. Paulk claimed he originally made …
A California woman facing a murder charge after delivering a stillborn baby could be released if a judge agrees with her defense team. The Los Angeles Times reports that Chelsea Becker, 26, was arrested in 2019 for the death of her son, Zachariah Joseph Campos. According to the Hanford Police Department, Becker was using meth …
After his defense rested without calling a single witness, Donthe Lucas was found guilty by a Colorado jury in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in February 2013, the Denver Channel reports. Kelsie Schelling, then 21, vanished on February 4, 2013, after meeting up with Lucas, the likely father of her unborn child, at a …
Juror selection was delayed until Tuesday after questions were raised on Monday regarding third-degree charges against the former Minnesota police officer accused of killing George Floyd. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sent jurors home after Derek Chauvin’s attorney, Eric Nelson, said he plans to ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeals’ …
For two years, medical evidence in connection with a California toddler’s death has been kept under wraps. Last week, those disturbing details were made public during a preliminary hearing at the Tuolumne Superior Court. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Nicole Sparks, 23, the mother of 2-year-old Koltyn Sparks-Blackwood, turned herself in to the Waterford authorities in January, …
The Minnesota Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that the trial judge should not have refused to reinstate third-degree murder charges against the ex-officer accused of killing George Floyd. The appellate court’s decision means the matter will be reintroduced to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who will reconsider whether Chauvin will face third-degree murder charges. …
A Colorado judge ordered on Friday morning that Letecia Stauch, who’s currently charged with murdering her stepson, will have access to thousands of pages of discovery after witness information is redacted. Stauch, who remains behind bars at the El Paso County jail in Colorado, announced last month that she planned to represent herself during her …
A Florida man who cut off his wife’s secret boyfriend’s penis with a pair of scissors was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday, to be followed by 10 years probation, ClickOrlando.com reports. Alex Bonilla, 51, pleaded no contest last month to kidnapping to inflict bodily harm, burglary while armed, aggravated battery with a …
Almost two years after an Ohio man was convicted of murdering a 6-year-old boy, the child’s mother has been sentenced. Tiera Mounts, 30, pleaded no contest while appearing at the Guernsey County Common Pleas Court to four counts of endangering children, according to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. Mounts’ former boyfriend, Marvin Benson, was sentenced …
A Texas woman filed a $1 billion class-action lawsuit on Monday, alleging an electric company billed her $9,300 during last week’s winter storm that left millions without power or water. Chambers County resident Lisa Khoury has accused electric retailer Griddy of price gouging. Her lawyers told KXAS that they want officials to intervene, as state …
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that a prominent district attorney in Paulding County will be suspended from his duties while an investigation into allegations against him continues. Paulding County District Attorney, Dick Donovan, 75, is facing charges of bribery, violation of oath by a public officer, and false swearing. The charges happened after a …
