Sisters talk about years of child sexual abuse at the hands of now convicted pedophile
Child Abuse
Luis Olivo was finally arrested for child molestation last year, but released when a bail reform group paid his bail — and he did it again!
Celebrity
October 10, 2020
R. Kelly: Judge OKs anonymous jury in singer’s federal trial in New York
On Thursday, a federal judge agreed to keep a jury anonymous if R. Kelly stands trial for federal charges in New York. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly also agreed with prosecutors’ request to keep the jury partially sequestered. Donnelly’s ruling was mentioned in a docket entry regarding Kelly’s case, but …
Murder
October 7, 2020
Parolee kills dad and sister, crashes car and slits his own throat: Report
A Long Island man crashed his car during a police chase on Tuesday and slit his own throat before officers got to his car — and then the story got really weird. Officers headed to the home Bill Farnum shared with his father and sister to inform them of his apparent suicide, only to find …
Celebrity Justice
October 2, 2020
California prosecutors add 6 more rape charges against Harvey Weinstein
The disgraced movie mogul faces an extradition hearing in New York on December 11.
Heroes
September 27, 2020
SEE IT: Hero dad shields kids when gunfire erupts at car dealership
A Bronx dad went to an Eastchester car dealership Monday night, looking to buy his wife a car for her upcoming birthday. Instead, Anthony Jefferson found himself on the floor, shielding his three children as gunshots rang out, shattering glass and striking him in the thigh. Jefferson was sitting on a sofa in a waiting …
Missing
September 25, 2020
MISSING: Pregnant 19-year-old mother vanishes, last seen at Dunkin’ with husband
The search for a missing 19-year-old mother in central New York took investigators on Friday to a site about 10 miles from where she was last seen, but they’re only saying they’re “following up on any lead we can.” Elizabeth Garrow was last seen at a Dunkin’ in Canastota just before noon on Wednesday. She …
Assault
August 12, 2020
Bronx teen stabbed, set on fire after verbal altercation
An 18-year-old Bronx man is in critical condition Wednesday night after he was stabbed and set on fire during a verbal dispute with another man. Police told WABC the incident took place in the Highbridge area just after 3 p.m. on the fifth floor of a building on Woodycrest Avenue. The suspect and the victim …
Court
August 12, 2020
Judge involved in several high-profile exonerations retires at age 54 following Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
Unsolved
July 15, 2020
DEVELOPING: Body found wrapped in plastic on roof of McDonald’s, police say
Police in New York are investigating after a body was reportedly found on the roof of a McDonald’s early Wednesday. WPIX reported that the grisly discovery was made at 6 a.m. at a McDonald’s located in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. Officers responding to reports on an unconscious man on the roof discovered a …
Murder
July 1, 2020
Mom greeted by cops after Florida vacation, arrested for 2002 unsolved murder of toddler son: Police
A New York woman was arrested Tuesday for the 2002 murder of her 16-month-old son. On August 29, 2002, the Yates County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about Kelly Anderson, then 24, finding her son, Ethan Eslick, deceased at their Dundee home. Police said in a statement that Anderson’s live-in boyfriend, Ronald McGuire Sr., …
Kidnapping
June 25, 2020
VIDEO: Suspect violently tosses 7-year-old girl down flight of stairs during attempted kidnapping [Reports]
A New York man is facing various criminal charges for allegedly attempting to abduct a 7-year-old girl from her home Monday. Pete Haughton, 32, was accused of breaking into a Queens residence and dragging a girl out of her bunk bed. The child’s mother told WCBS that the suspect tapped her daughter’s belly and told …
Juveniles
June 21, 2020
Lawn mower runs over unattended 5-year-old child, ending in gruesome death: Report
A young child is dead in western New York after an incident involving a lawn mower, WKBW-TV reports. Around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 5-year-old child was riding a lawn mower without adult supervision. The child was thrown from the mower and subsequently run over by it. The mower fatally injured the child, who was pronounced …
