Blue tears: Georgia deputy, just 27, killed en route to burglary call
Police
Crime at Work
March 18, 2020
Mom and daughter BUSTED selling body parts!
A mother and daughter who ran a Colorado funeral home were arrested on federal charges Tuesday for allegedly selling body parts — often without or against the families’ approval. Megan Hess, 43, and Shirley Koch, 66, owners of the since-closed …
Coronavirus
March 18, 2020
Rikers Island inmate, correction officer have coronavirus: Report
Rikers Island houses 7,000 inmates, and a union leader says that population has not been given proper protective measures
Podcast
March 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS CRIMES on Wednesday Crime Stories: From SUPERMARKET STABBINGS to POISONOUS CURES and DOOR-TO-DOOR VIRUS ‘TESTS’ [BEWARE!]
As cases of the coronavirus continue to spread, so does mayhem. From stabbings to scams and downright fake treatments, we’re seeing it all. Joining Nancy Grace today: Wendy Patrick: California prosecutor, author “Red Flags” James Shelnutt: 27 years Atlanta Metro …
Murder
March 18, 2020
Pictured: Victims of ‘bloody,’ brutal North Carolina murder-suicide that left three generations of family dead
Photos of the victims of murder-suicide in North Carolina on Sunday emerged after authorities released the name of the suspect who allegedly killed his family before shooting himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, seven people, all from the same family, were …
Sex Crimes
March 18, 2020
JUDGE BRINGS DOWN THE HAMMER on Texas child molester, porn collector
A Texas man learned that he will spend the remainder of his life in prison for a slew of sex-related crimes — including sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl. Billy Ryan Devenport, 36, was sentenced to life plus 370 years after …
Murder
March 18, 2020
Mom dies days after fatally stabbing toddler son with kitchen knife: Report
A Tennessee woman believed to have fatally stabbed her toddler son last Wednesday died Tuesday from injuries she sustained in the apparent murder-suicide. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Melani Sue Brown, 38, died after undergoing emergency surgery for self-inflicted …
Coronavirus
March 18, 2020
Cheating husband catches coronavirus on secret trip to Italy with mistress, now in a ‘blind panic’: Report
A married man in the UK has contracted coronavirus after he traveled to Italy with his mistress — and lied to his wife about where he was going. According to The Sun, the unidentified man in his 30s developed symptoms …
Assault
March 18, 2020
FLORIDA MAN thinks pregnant woman has coronavirus, viciously attacks & strangles her: Police
A pregnant Florida woman is recovering after a brutal attack by a man who thought she had coronavirus, police say. NBC 2 reports authorities arrested 24-year-old Joseph Newell for allegedly attacking the victim on Monday night at a Cape Coral …
National
March 18, 2020
‘COLD JUSTICE’: The body of missing mother Cynthia Smith found in cemetery. Could a serial killer be behind the murder?
In Saturday’s brand-new episode of “Cold Justice” airing on Oxygen at 6/5c, renowned former prosecutor Kelly Siegler and legendary former detective Johnny Bonds investigate the murder of a young mother who left her two boys with a babysitter one summer …
Missing
March 18, 2020
URGENT: Family desperate for answers as young mom remains missing over a month
Georgia authorities are searching for a woman who has been missing for over a month. Fox31 reports that 21-year-old Jessica Vanzant Dietzel disappeared on February 16 and hasn’t been seen since. According to the Albany Police Department (APD) and Lee …
Celebrity Justice
March 18, 2020
Lawyers walk out on ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow
‘Doomsday’ mom Lori Vallow maintains innocence in case of missing children; no explanation for why two lawyers quit defense team
Sex Crimes
March 17, 2020
Predator films herself sexually abusing little girl, then sends videos to her boyfriend
A Michigan woman learned on Monday that she will spend decades behind bars for filming herself sexually assault a 9-year-old girl and sharing the illicit footage on the Internet. Shannon Moore, 35, will serve 20 to 35 years in prison …
Missing
March 17, 2020
Missing cousins found dead on reservation months after they mysteriously vanished
Officials in South Dakota announced that two cousins who vanished last year were recently found dead on an Indian reservation. Robert Kills Enemy Jr., 23, and Vincent Little Dog, 25, were reportedly found north of Manderson. The Rapid City Journal …
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus stops execution of killer who slaughtered family with knife, bat
Texas appeals court stopped the execution of a man who slaughtered his pregnant wife, father-in-law, and young daughter. CBS 10 reports that 44-year-old John William Hummel was scheduled for execution on Wednesday. but with the outbreak of coronavirus, his death …
Child Abuse
March 17, 2020
‘Mom’ shatters 3-month-old’s eye socket for crying, admits she wanted to be with sex offender boyfriend in jail
An Oklahoma woman will spend the next 30 years in prison after she brutally abused her infant son. News12 reports that when Kelly Stowe took her 3-month-old to the hospital in October 2019, she claimed he couldn’t move his leg. …
Coronavirus
March 17, 2020
100 new coronavirus cases in Brooklyn; labs desperate for more testing equipment
A network of clinics in Brooklyn has seen 100 patients test positive for the coronavirus in recent days, and the number could go up, as results are pending for several hundred tests. A staff member who answered the phone at …
Coronavirus
March 17, 2020
Police: Please don’t call 911 if you run out of toilet paper
One Oregon police department has asked residents not to call 911 if or when they run out of toilet paper. Newport Police Department took to Facebook on Saturday to dissuade the public from seeking emergency services’ assistance when they run …
Murder
March 17, 2020
Mother’s boyfriend hurls baby by his legs into furniture, killing him. Pregnant ‘mom’ smokes weed before calling for help: Docs
A Michigan man is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his pregnant girlfriend’s 8-month-old son earlier this month. In a petition filed Wednesday in Kent County Circuit Court’s Family Division, a Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworker wrote that Jermaine Abron, …
Coronavirus
March 17, 2020
21-year-old soccer coach dies after contracting coronavirus: Report
A 21-year-old man in Spain died after becoming infected with the coronavirus. The soccer coach also had leukemia, which was not diagnosed until he sought treatment for COVID-19. Citing the Spanish newspaper Malaga Hoy, the New York Post reports that …
Murder
March 16, 2020
‘Blood everywhere’: 7 family members dead in suspected murder-suicide in North Carolina
“There’s a guy at my house shooting right now.” Those were the chilling words Chatham County, North Carolina, dispatchers heard late Sunday afternoon, from a voice that told them he was hiding in a closet and to “please get somebody …
Murder
March 16, 2020
Stranger shouting ‘it’s the end of world’ shoots, kills 11-year-old boy
A 44-year-old Idaho man has been charged with first degree murder in a bizarre incident Sunday night that left an 11-year-old boy dead, KTVB reported. The Boise County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Benjamin Michael Poirier and said he …
Missing
March 16, 2020
MISSING: Teen girl vanishes as parents meet with child services at high school, police say
Authorities in Ohio are asking for the public’s help in locating a teen girl who reportedly vanished from her high school on Thursday night. According to WEWS, Isabella Heinzerling, 16, fled Rhodes High School as she, her father, and stepmother …
Celebrity Justice
March 16, 2020
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein back in prison after brief hospital stay
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein returned to prison Monday after spending five days at Bellevue Hospital in New York when he experienced “chest pains” last week just hours after he was sentenced to 23 years in prison, according to the …
Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
Coronavirus hate crime: 13-year-old boy assaults, spits on Asian man — then tells him to ‘go back’ to his country [Cops]
A 13-year-old in New York was recently arrested for assaulting an Asian man in a possible hate crime related to the coronavirus pandemic. WABC reported that the incident occurred on Tuesday night in Harlem. Police said the teen kicked the …
Violent Crime
March 16, 2020
BREAKING: Human remains found in Long Island residential backyard
Police in Suffolk County discovered human remains in the yard of a Long Island home on Sunday night. Newsday reports that Suffolk County police responded to a 911 call regarding a home in Centereach on Sunday evening. Responding officers reportedly …
Mass shooting
March 16, 2020
School nurse charged with child rape rearrested for threatening to commit mass shooting: Docs
A former school nurse in Washington who’s already criminally charged with raping a student was recently rearrested for allegedly threatening to carry out a mass shooting after his release from custody. From the Federal Way Mirror, a King County Superior …
Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
Nearly 4,000 cruise ship passengers disembark freely despite on-board coronavirus infection; many head straight to Miami airport
It does not appear that any of the travelers were made aware of the passenger’s positive coronavirus test until after they returned home
Cold Cases
March 16, 2020
Cold case killer found? Possible suspect identified in horrific unsolved 1982 slaying of 3-year-old Rachael Runyan
The little girl’s body was found hog-tied and nude in a creek
Murder
March 16, 2020
Grandmother, parents indicted after malnourished 6-year-old boy, forced in closet for ‘stealing’ food, dies
The parents and grandmother of an Arizona boy who died earlier this month have been indicted on murder charges, AP reports. On Thursday, a grand jury indicted Elizabeth Archibeque, 26, Anthony Martinez, 23, and the boy’s grandmother, 50-year-old Ann Marie …
Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
Cop stands guard at home of coronavirus patient who refuses to self-isolate
UPDATE: 10:05 a.m. Monday According to multiple local reports, the governor has confirmed that a 66-year-old male died after contracting the coronovirus, marking the state’s first death from the outbreak. That patient was located in Bourbon County and reportedly had …
Politics and Crime
March 15, 2020
Andrew Gillum: Ex-Florida mayor says he’s going into rehab after he was found drunk in a Miami hotel room with overdosing male escort
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced on Sunday he was headed into rehab for alcoholism, two days after he was reportedly found drunk in a hotel room with a male escort who suffered an apparent drug overdose, the South Florida …
Coronavirus
March 15, 2020
Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker busted selling fake coronavirus treatments
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who spent five years in prison after being convicted on multiple counts of fraud, has run afoul of two state attorneys general, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), ABC reported. …
AMBER Alert
March 15, 2020
FOUND: AMBER ALERT cancelled after 3 children found safe [officials]
Update: 8:10 p.m. New Jersey officials cancelled an AMBER Alert Sunday evening after finding three children who were reportedly abducted earlier in the day, NBC Philadelphia reported. Although they did not say where the children were found, police said all …
Coronavirus
March 15, 2020
‘Suspicious person’ in hazmat suit attacks Vegas Walmart with unknown clear liquid spray
A man in a hazmat suit dashed into a Las Vegas Walmart shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, but he wasn’t there to stock up on supplies. Instead, he sprayed a clear liquid of unknown origin onto people, conveyor belts, …
Coronavirus
March 15, 2020
Coronavirus crimes mount: FAKE COVID-19 testing kits at Los Angeles airport
Customs agents at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a package that contained bottles falsely labeled as coronavirus test kits. ABC News reports that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents inspected a package that arrived to LAX from the UK and …
Kidnapping
March 14, 2020
Toddler boy abducted by noncustodial mom found; mom arrested: Cops
A two-year-old boy Colorado abducted by his noncustodial mother has been found safe and the mother arrested, the Loveland Police Department said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Alexandra Gralewski, 33, took Leo Liscum on Sunday while he was being babysat at …
Juveniles
March 14, 2020
Remains found in Florida are 9-year-old girl missing since 2016
Lee County, Florida, Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced Saturday that the remains of a 9-year-old girl who vanished nearly three years ago had been found, 140 miles away in Osceola County. The man investigators believed killed her, Jorge Guerrero-Torres, is already behind …
Murder
March 14, 2020
Former Georgia prison guard kills mom, step-dad, attacks maintenance man with baseball bat
A 25-year-old former Georgia corrections officer is behind bars this weekend after being charged with the murders of his mother and stepfather. Anthony Douglas Shoffner has been charged with two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of Rebecca Griffin, …
Politics and Crime
March 14, 2020
Andrew Gillum: Ex-Florida mayor found vomiting in hotel room with overdosing male escort & meth [Report]
Andrew Gillum — Tallahassee’s former mayor who barely lost a 2018 bid to be Florida’s governor — was reportedly found drunk in a hotel room with a male escort who suffered an apparent drug overdose. The reported incident involving Gillum, …
Murder
March 14, 2020
Missing mom’s body found in ravine, badly burned
Investigators in eastern Michigan are searching for information relating to the death of a mom of two whose badly burned body was found last week in a ravine. Alison Sargent, 25, was reported missing on March 5 by her fiance, …
Police
March 14, 2020
NYPD officer kills herself in subway station, 12th department suicide in just over a year
A New York police officer killed herself Friday, the second officer to die of suicide this year, silive.com reports. The woman, a 34-year-old NYPD transit cop, was found in a police locker room in the Columbus Circle subway station at …
Police
March 14, 2020
Kentucky sheriff asks people to stop committing crimes until coronavirus pandemic ends
“The Sheriff’s department is asking that all criminal activities stop until further notice.”
Murder
March 13, 2020
Daughter flies ‘into rage,’ kills mom and leaves her body in the garage
A Florida woman allegedly told sheriff’s deputies she went “into a rage” over something her mother said and attacked her, fighting for several minutes until the 81-year-old mother was dead. Deputies found Carmelina Kohler’s body late Monday covered with boxes …
Family Crime
March 13, 2020
Lori Vallow: Judge withdraws from case; defense attorney plans to do the same
The judge in cult mom Lori Vallow’s Idaho court case withdrew on Friday, at the request of her defense attorney Mark Means, and another of her lawyers said that he planned to withdraw from the case. Judge Farren Eddins approved …
Drug Crime
March 13, 2020
Mom found with 4 drugs in system after falling asleep on top of baby, killing them: Docs
A Louisiana woman is facing second-degree murder charges after she allegedly admitted to doing drugs before getting into bed with her three young children — one of which was found dead shortly thereafter. Citing the arrest warrant, Monroe News Star …
Trials
March 13, 2020
GUILTY: Hero cop murdered in stairwell by parolee
A jury in Chicago on Friday found a small-time drug dealer guilty of first-degree murder and armed violence for shooting a police commander to death in a downtown stairwell in 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Shomari Legghette, 44, was wearing …
Celebrity Justice
March 13, 2020
R. Kelly faces new charges for allegedly having sex with a minor & giving her herpes
Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly was hit with additional federal charges in New York on Friday for allegedly giving an underage girl and woman herpes and failing to disclose he had the disease. An indictment filed in the Eastern District …
Suicide
March 13, 2020
Whistleblower leaks footage showing unsafe prison conditions, then dies in apparent suicide: Reports
An Arizona corrections department employee who leaked video footage depicting unsafe prison conditions died on Sunday after apparently shooting herself in the head. A Goodyear Police Department spokesperson told ABC News that officers responding to a domestic disturbance found Gabriela …
Child Abuse
March 13, 2020
Baby Adrien: 6-month-old dies from brain hemorrhaging, spine fractures after teen father loses patience [Police]
A New Jersey man is behind bars after a 6-month-old baby died from injuries while in his care. Newark Advocate reports that Newark authorities confirmed Thursday morning that Adrien Decker passed away from spine damage, neck damage, rib fractures and …
