Shelby County General Sessions Judge Louis Montesi set September 19 as the next report date in the case of Cleotha Henderson, AKA Abston, for the abduction and murder of Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher. Henderson appeared in Montesi’s court Thursday morning for the third time in three days. At issue Thursday were two matters presented Wednesday …
Attorneys for missing Harmony Montgomery’s father are pushing to know what kind of deals prosecutors made with witnesses scheduled to testify on his weapons and theft charges. Adam Montgomery’s lawyers filed a motion at the Manchester court in New Hampshire this week, and according to the Union Leader, they’re casting “doubt on the stolen firearms …
An Iowa girl will be sentenced on Wednesday for killing her alleged rapist when she was 15. Pieper Lewis, 17, said in a plea agreement that she stabbed Zachary Brooks, 30 times in June 2020 after he raped her multiple times in the weeks leading up to the slaying. The teen claimed she did not …
The man charged with the abduction and murder of Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher appeared again in court on Wednesday and was ordered held without bond. Abston, called Henderson by the court because that is his “true valid name,” appeared Tuesday on kidnapping and tampering with evidence charges, as CrimeOnline reported. He was ordered back to …
The suspect in the abduction and murder of Memphis mom and teacher Eliza Fletcher made his first court appearance Tuesday morning and was ordered back to court on Wednesday. Cleotha Abston, 38, was arraigned on the initial charges filed against him — extremely aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence along with three misdemeanors. He was …
A former Idaho state legislator was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of a then-19-year-old legislative intern, even as he insisted he was innocent. But prosecutors noted during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing that at least three other women reported that Aaron von Ehlinger’s made them feel “uncomfortable,” including one woman who said he …
The death of Pennsylvania teacher Ellen Greenberg is being looked into by another county after Philadelphia officials ruled her death a suicide, despite her having 20 stab wounds that experts say could not have been done alone. According to Fox News Digital, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that they are now handling Ellen’s …
The family of a marine killed in Afghanistan last year has filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, alleging that he exposed them to hatred and criticism on social media, after he accused one of the family members of being an insurrectionist. According to the New York Post, Marine Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum’s family filed …
One of two suspects in a shocking triple murder on a Georgia golf course in 2021 will appear in court on Wednesday, when the district attorney expects to confirm his intent to seek the death penalty. Pinetree Country Club golf pro Gene Siller was found dead on that golf course’s 10th hole on July 3, …
Anna Sorokin, who posed as a German heiress to scam New York banks and hotels for more than $200,000, filed court papers on Friday asking to have her ex-lawyer found in contempt of court as she fights deportation. Sorokin, 31, has accused attorney Audrey Thomas of failing to surrender documents relevant to her ongoing deportation …
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded a girl $26 million in connection with a 2016 sexual assault case at a Pasadena school. According to OC Register, the incident happened at the Focus Point Academy after a teacher’s aide for the school’s special education program left the 11-year-old unsupervised. Three male students dragged the …
A Florida man was sentenced to multiple life sentences last week for abusing and torturing his 11-year-old stepson. The boy was rescued by an Orlando restaurant manager who noticed something wrong when Timothy Lee Wilson, 36, didn’t let the boy order food, and she saw bruises on the child’s face, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Flavaine …
