A Michigan man won a federal lawsuit against his parents, who threw out his sizable pornography and sex toy collection in 2018. David Werking, 42, is entitled to compensation following U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney’s approval of summary judgment in his favor. Werking said he estimates he lost $25,000 in items — which court documents …
A man who pretended to be an Illinois boy, Timmothy Pitzen, who’s been missing for years, will serve prison time for his scheme. Fox 19 reports that 24-year-old Brian Rini was sentenced during a federal court hearing this week to serve two years in prison for aggravated identity theft. He’s been in jail since 2019, …
A Colorado mother accused of fraudulently taking money from charities before killing her daughter pleaded not guilty during a virtual court appearance on Wednesday. CBS Denver reports that Kelly Turner, who’s facing charges of child abuse, murder, charitable fraud and theft, appeared on video before a Douglas County judge, while her lawyers pleaded not guilty …
On Wednesday, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals ruled that the lawsuit against five Cincinnati employees will move forward, in connection with Kyle Plush. Fox 19 reports that the parents of 16-year-old Plush can continue their wrongful death lawsuit against former City Manager Harry Black, 911 dispatchers Amber Smith and Stephanie Magee, and Cincinnati …
Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia man serving a life sentence for killing his toddler son, Cooper, started a new hearing Monday morning, where his lawyer are arguing for a new trial. The hearing is scheduled to last until at least Wednesday. “This is an opportunity for the lawyers to put up evidence,” Marietta criminal defense …
A woman who loved to watch dismemberment scenes in horror movies has been found not guilty of murder after she decapitated her mother and carved out her eyeballs, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Instead, 27-year-old Jessica Camilleri was convicted of manslaughter this week in connection with the July 2019 death of her mother, 57-year-old Rita Camilleri. In gruesome …
A southwest Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife earlier this year, the Roanoke Times reports. Gerard Patrick Tompkins, 58, shot Michelle Tompkins, 51, seven times on May 20 as she sat in the driver’s seat of her car, apparently attempting to flee her husband. Prosecutors …
Millionaire pharmaceutical executive and socialite Gigi Jordan will be going home after a federal judge tossed out her conviction for killing her son with a lethal medication dose. New York Post reports that Jordan has been sentenced to home confinement after US Magistrate Judge Sarah Cave granted her a $250,000 bond. Jordan was given a …
A 17-year-old central Florida boy pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling his mother in 2018, when he was 15, and calling friends to help him stage a robbery and dispose of her body, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Gregory Ramos then called police and reported that his home had been broken into and his mother was missing. …
Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia man serving a life sentence for killing his toddler son, Cooper, is scheduled for a new hearing, where his lawyer plans to argue for a new trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark in Cobb County scheduled several days to listen to Justin Ross Harris’ hearing, from December …
The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this week about whether a killer sentenced to death for the 2013 murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle should receive a new trial. According to a brief filed in the case, the attorney for convicted killer Donald Smith argued that his trial should not have been held …
