Tennessee couple tries to sell baby on Craigslist
Child Abuse
“Can you believe this? We bought a baby”
Kidnapping
March 28, 2017
Woman smuggles pregnancy surrogate from Mexico, then holds her captive and starves her: Report
A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to forced labor after admitting that she smuggled a woman into the U.S. from Mexico for the purposes of a surrogate pregnancy. She is accused of holding her captive as a forced laborer, starving her, and abusing her. According to the New York Post, Esthela Clark, 47, of Jacksonville, admitted …
Weird Crime
March 28, 2017
Taking the weapons out for a stroll: Woman caught pushing firearms in a baby stroller
A Chicago woman was arrested on Monday after police caught her allegedly pushing weapons in a baby stroller. The Chicago Tribune reports that police saw Yarisma Martinez, 18, in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood at around 2:15 a.m. This area is located on the near southwest side of the city. She aroused the suspicion …
Weird Crime
March 25, 2017
Police arrest sword-carrying man dressed as the ‘Joker’
It’s no “joke” to wear a mask in public in Virginia
Weird Crime
March 21, 2017
Fortune teller makes fortune ripping off her clients
A so-called psychic in Ohio could have predicted that her clients would leave her poorer. Gina B. Miller, 42, of Gina’s Psychic Studio in Mentor, pled guilty to aggravated theft in Lake County Common Pleas Court and will be sentenced in April. Police allege that she may have bilked a dozen people of $1.4 million …
Drug Crime
March 18, 2017
Underage spring breaker’s reckless driving arrest goes viral after police share photo of car
The student had 30 packs of beer on full display in his pickup truck — and that was just the beginning
Violent Crime
March 17, 2017
Shock sentence! Kidnapper–rapist gets slap on wrist?
Police initially accused his victims of lying
Weird Crime
March 16, 2017
Welcome Home: Jefferson County man returns from trip to find decomposing woman in his bedroom
The man told police he thought the woman was sleeping
Weird Crime
March 15, 2017
Lawsuit: Killer robot crushed mom of three’s skull
A defective robot is to blame for the July 2015 death of a Michigan woman whose skull was crushed by the machine, a lawsuit filed March 7 alleged. Wanda Holbrook, 57, worked as a technician at Ventra Ionia, a factory that welds and stamps bumpers and trailer hitches. MLive pointed out that the factory was …
Weird Crime
March 10, 2017
Police: Man stages girlfriends murder, texts ‘victim’s’ photos to friends and family
Police say an Ohio man and woman staged a murder scene so realistic that they fooled people into believing the woman was dead, and that the man killed her. They now face a misdemeanor charge each of inducing panic. The Sandusky Register reports that shortly after 9 p.m. on on Thursday night, police were dispatched to …
Juveniles
March 8, 2017
Mom lets 10-year-old son drive, broadcasts on Facebook Live: Report
But is there more to the story?
Weird Crime
March 8, 2017
Wisconsin men arrested in theft of 100,000 diapers
Investigators say they’re recommending felony theft charges against the two men, who have yet to be formally charged.
