A New York couple is headed to court after a woman claims racism was at the root of her termination after one day of employment two years ago. According to the New York Post, Giselle Maurice accepted an offer to care for the two children of banker Joel Plasco and his wife Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman. Upon …
The attorney representing the family of a Texas man fatally shot in his own apartment by his downstairs neighbor, a Dallas officer, announced they’ll be suing the city and the officer that killed him. According to The Dallas Morning News, attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean, the parents of Botham Jean, 26, will …
The Tennessee man who confessed to fatally shooting a woman in 1994 during a botched robbery attempt learned his fate in court this week. According to WREG, Phanhsay Phanivong, then 16, shot Angela Perkins, 23, to death in East Memphis as she drove home from work. The case remained cold until 2014 when an inmate serving …
The New Jersey man accused of spending away homeless man Johnny Bobbitt’s $400,000 GoFundMe donation was reportedly arrested Monday night for an unpaid traffic ticket. WCAU reported that Mark D’Amico, 39, was taken into custody in Burlington County in connection with an October 2017 traffic stop during which he was found to driving with a …
A Texas woman, jailed in Nevada last year for unpaid traffic tickets, died days later in her jail cell after reportedly being denied medical care while detoxing. State investigators released a 300-page report regarding the July 23, 2017, death of Kelly Coltrain, 27. Authorities found Coltrain unresponsive in her cell after her medical issues were ignored by …
A Philadelphia man who grabbed international headlines last year when he used his last $20 to help a stranded motorist said he’s homeless again—and the woman he helped, along with her boyfriend, and are possibly spending the $400,000 they raised on his behalf on their own indulgences. Kate McClure, 28, and boyfriend Mark D’Amico, 39, …
A New York man who was convicted of killing a suspected child rapist recently had his 2016 first-degree manslaughter conviction overturned and was granted a new trial. The Times Herald-Record reported that David Carlson was found guilty of the 2013 fatal shooting of Norris Acosta-Sanchez. Acosta-Sanchez, 35, (pictured right) was wanted in Rockland County on second-degree rape charges …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts is expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday afternoon. FOX reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, is scheduled to appear Wednesday at the at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Montezuma at 1 p.m. …
A surrogate mother in California who became pregnant with twins and learned that one of the babies was her biological son is suing, alleging that the surrogacy agency wanted her to pay them to get her son back. According to the Daily Mail, Omega Family Global matched Jessica Allen, 31, with a childless Chinese couple (called the Lius …
Defense attorneys are arguing that charges should be dropped against the suspected killers because police allegedly knew of the accusations years ago
A California woman who was drunk when she struck and killed an elderly homeless man and continued to drive with his body in the passenger seat learned her fate this week. KGTV reported that Esteysi “Stacy” Sanchez, 31, cried uncontrollably Wednesday before she was sentenced to 15 years to life for the April 2016 death …
Authorities in Tennessee say the man who was nearly naked when he executed a mass shooting at a Nashville-area Waffle House might not stand trial due to mental incompetence. According to the New York Post, officials announced the results of their evaluation of suspect Travis Reinking, who is accused of opening fire on customers and …
