On Tuesday, an Idaho judge rejected a plea deal for a woman accused of sexually assaulting two underage teen boys in 2016. District Judge Darren Simpson said the plea deal offered to Amanda Steele, 34, was insufficient because the amended …
A Wisconsin man charged earlier this month with sexual assault is apparently facing additional charges after he tried to have the victim and her mother killed, police say. Fox 11 reports that Laene Piontek appeared in court Tuesday on charges …
During a Monday press conference, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that police believe that three deaths of homeless people in the city are linked. The first killing shooting happened on June 1 close to an overpass by Baker-Highland Connector …
On Monday, a former attorney was found guilty in California of killing his ex-wife on a Meditteranean cruise 14 years earlier. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced that Lonnie Kocontes, 62, was convicted of murder with a special circumstance …
A body discovered in a car earlier this month has been identified as a Wyoming woman who was reported missing a day earlier. The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office said that on June 7, a friend of the family found Mary …
This small-town story would make a good movie plot. A local pharmacist cooks up a scheme involving drug sales, the dark web, and a firebomb plot in this town of just over 3,000 people. Hyrum Wilson, owner of Hyrum Family …
The man who was recently named the prime suspect in the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann in 2007 is now being investigated in connection to a murder a decade before the little girl disappeared while on a family vacation in …
A set of 2-year-old twins are injured but safe after a heroic officer jumped into the ocean and rescued them when their father plunged his car off of the Sunset Cliffs in San Diego on Saturday. CBS 8 reports that …
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters Tuesday that none of the children seen in the child pornography they recovered have been found.
A 51-year-old New Jersey woman is dead and police say her own 14-year-old daughter helped dispose of her body. Northjersey.com reports that the teen girl’s father reported her mother, Divna Rosasco, missing at little after midnight on Monday. After an …
Ohio police are investigating after two sisters died while on a hammock at their Cleveland Heights home. Fox 8 reports that the incident happened at a residence off of Berkshire Road at around 7:45 p.m. on Sunday. Cleveland Heights Police …
A Texas man was criminally charged Monday with allegedly sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl on multiple instances. According to WKRC, Bexar County police arrested Wilson Dyer, Jr., 64, in connection with a May 15 incident after the victim complained to …
A Florida woman is facing charges after a high school football player reported an alleged sexual encounter with her. Pensacola News Journal reports that 37-year-old Meghan Mary Rodriguez was arrested last week and charged with sexual assault. According to police, …
A childhood friend of Tylee Ryan, who was found dead with her younger brother in her stepfather’s back yard, claims that Tylee’s mother Lori Vallow talked about a group suicide, apparently believing that doomsday was just around the corner. As …
Updated: Tuesday, 3:04 p.m. ET The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have denied earlier reports claiming that German prosecutors sent them a letter saying they believed Madeleine was dead. As the New York Post reports, Kate and Gerry McCann posted …
Chad Daybell, the stepfather of two children who were found dead in his backyard in Idaho, has entered a plea of not guilty to two felony counts of concealment or destruction of evidence. East Idaho News reports that Daybell’s attorney …
A Minneapolis 911 dispatcher became concerned watching real-time footage of George Floyd’s arrest last month and called a supervisor to alert him to what she saw. Floyd, 46, died on May 25 after then-Officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the …
An Oklahoma dad who was facing murder charges when his children were found dead in his locked truck was released Monday on a personal recognizance bond after surveillance video showed the children climbing into the truck on their own and …
An Oklahoma girl was killed in a boating accident Saturday when she fell overboard and was fatally hit by a boat’s propeller. Citing the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), KSWO reported Kyndi Beth Harkins, 7, was one of nine people aboard …
A 22-year-old South Carolina woman has been charged with killing her father after he died 12 days after she allegedly stabbed him at their Lexington home. Deputies told WIS that Gerald Oswald died over the weekend. Geri Oswald was arrested …
The body of a Kansas woman who had been missing for weeks has been found in Wichita, police say. The Wichita Police Department announced Monday that a deceased body found on Saturday is confirmed as of 23-year-old Savannah Schneider. Officer …
Actress Salma Hayek is using her social media platform to spread awareness about missing Fort Hood soldier, Vanessa Guillen, who mysteriously disappeared over a month ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Guillen, 20 was reportedly last seen on April 22 at …
An Oregon man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing two girls — months after one of the victims revealed the abuse to a police officer who spoke at her school. In December 2018, the victim …
Video shows Dalia Dippolito telling an undercover cop she wants her husband dead, but screaming later when police tell her he had been killed. Still, two Florida juries have refused to convict Dippolito of hiring a hitman. Dippolito lawyer Brian …
Two Black men have reportedly been found hanging from trees in Southern California within the past two weeks, sparking questions about whether foul play is involved. The Victorville Daily Press reported that on May 31, Malcolm Harsch, 38, was found …
Police in New York City discovered a body on fire on the Hutchinson River Parkway early Monday morning. Citing sources within the fire department, News 12 The Bronx reports that firefighters responded to calls about flames on the side of …
The granddaughter of Joe Jackson and niece of late pop star Michael Jackson was involved in a disturbing incident that left her with stabbed numerous times, according to police. Although the incident happened on May 30, Yasmine Jackson, 25, recently …
A California man is behind bars after police say he held a teen girl against her will while raping and drugging her. Investigators are now looking for additional victims. ABC 7 reports that San Bernadino County authorities arrested 31-year-old Joshua …
Rayshard Brooks, the man shot and killed by Atlanta police after he fell asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru line, died of gunshot wounds to the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Sunday night. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported …
An Oklahoma dad has been charged with murder after he allegedly left his two children locked in his truck for several hours on Saturday as temperatures soared into the lower 90s. Dustin Lee Dennis, 31, told police he drove to …
South Carolina police are searching for a man they say shot and killed a security guard at a sports bar early Sunday morning after the guard told him to leave the premises. Police officers were called to the scene at …
Colorado police arrested a 65-year-old man Thursday after he confronted two roofing salesmen, wearing polo shirts with their company name, and held them on the ground at gunpoint because he thought they were antifa. The two men — a 20-year-old …
Demonstrators flooded south Atlanta Saturday night, protesting the deadly police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot, temporarily blocking a major interstate highway and setting the fast food restaurant ablaze, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The police officer …
Two Florida women are facing criminal charges after the death of a 6-month-old baby who was found inside a plastic container, WOFL-TV reports. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office this week arrested Tanya Galvin, 41, and Ricky Nicole Tubbs, 25, after deputies …
Black Lives Matter protests focused on Atlanta Saturday as Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields tendered her resignation as chief, less than 24 hours after an Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man after he appeared to fire a Taser …
The discovery of the bodies of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan proves “one hundred percent” that “cult mom” Lori Vallow’s fourth husband, Charles Vallow, was murdered, his first wife told British tabloid The Sun. Charles Vallow was shot and killed …
A Louisiana mother killed a neighbor, her four children — including a 5-month-old — and then herself Thursday night, days after she was seen walking around her apartment waving a recently purchased gun. Monroe Police said Brittany Tucker, 30, encountered …
UPDATE: 5:26 p.m. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation posted footage Saturday afternoon from a surveillance camera at the Wendy’s restaurant in south Atlanta where Atlanta Police shot and killed a man in the parking lot. In this video, the scuffle …
The Rexburg, Idaho, Police Department confirmed Saturday that remains found on Chad Daybell’s property earlier this week were those of Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, the missing children of Daybell’s wife, Lori Vallow. Investigators served a search warrant on …
A Michigan man who authorities allege murdered, mutilated and ate his date is facing new allegations that he kidnapped and assaulted another man, the Detroit Free Press reports. Mark Latunski, 50, who has been charged with murder in connection with …
Iowa police arrested a 19-year-old man Thursday after he admitted to “slamming” a 7-month-old child into a crib. According to the Des Moines Register, the child was admitted to Blank Children’s Hospital on Thursday with a leg and skull fracture. …
Police in Washington state are looking for a 43-year-old man they say helped his 12-year-old son assault another 12-year-old boy but ran away before police arrived. Martinez D. Mitchell’s son was arrested for investigation of first degree assault and booked …
Authorities in Kentucky are looking for two brothers who reportedly vanished on Thursday afternoon. Citing the Louisville Metro Police Department, WDRB reported Ja’Kai and Charles Bell, 12 and 10, were last seen walking on West Pages Lane toward Dixie Highway …
An Oklahoma woman was sentenced Thursday to nearly 18 years in prison for leaving her 5-year-old grandson to die in a hot car while she gambled at a casino. The U.S. Attorney Office for the Western District of Oklahoma announced …
A Washington woman is facing federal charges after she allegedly set fire to five police vehicles at a Seattle riot last month, during a mass gathering to protest the death of George Floyd. According to court documents from the Department …
California authorities said an investigation is underway after a young man’s body was found early Wednesday hanging from a tree near city hall. Lieutenant Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau told My News LA that …
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An Ohio woman who was arrested Tuesday after authorities found her 1-year-old son’s body is accused of injuring the toddler’s head and leaving him alone in her apartment weeks before he was discovered. According to WHIO, Wanisha Smith, 33, admitted …
A California couple is behind bars after they allegedly beat a 1-year-old so badly that he’s been declared clinically deceased. The Fresno Bee reports that the incident took place on June 5 at a Motel 6 in Visalia. Authorities responded …
A Texas man is believed to have fatally shot his two daughters Tuesday night before taking his own life. Mesquite police reportedly discovered the bodies of Raymond Haydel, 63, and his two daughters, Alexa and Natasha Haydel, 16 and 17, …
