The California man accused of torturing his 13 children is facing additional charges related to the purported homeschooling he and his wife provided to the kids. The Press-Enterprise reports that prosecutors on Friday filed eight counts of perjury against David Turpin in connection to documents he filed with the state to register the school. Authorities …
Authorities in Ohio are recognizing a helpful volunteer who stepped in to help take down a suspect during a foot pursuit last month. According to Fox News, Columbus police officers were chasing an 18-year-old who was attempting to flee on foot near an area library. A bystander identified by police only as Bill reportedly saw …
A South Carolina mother is demanding answers after a teacher allegedly told her 8-year-old daughter to “commit suicide” after she complained of an earache. In a Facebook post, Shandi Wallace claimed a male teacher at Montessori School of Columbia had made the offensive comment after her daughter informed him that her ear was hurting and it …
Authorities in Utah released video surveillance footage of a man’s brazen — and painful — effort to escape custody at a courthouse this week. According to Fox News, Christopher Clay Rudd appeared in court Monday in response to claims that he did not complete drug treatment classes he had previously been ordered to attend. Court …
A dashboard camera appears to capture the moments when a man randomly stops a school bus on a busy Massachusetts turnpike and jumps on the hood. Kevin Crowe, 42, told news station WBZ that he hopped atop the bus Tuesday night because he thought it was “suspicious” that a school bus would have tinted side …
More than four decades after the victim’s death, a man convicted in 2002 of killing Martha Moxley is getting a new trial. According to the New York Post Michael Skakel, a member of the dynastic Kennedy family, received a favorable ruling in a close vote by the Connecticut Supreme Court this week. By a margin …
A North Dakota mother believed to have killed her three children and herself had reportedly set up a GoFundMe a week before carrying out the grisly murder-suicide. Mother Astra Volk, 35, and her children, Arianna Talmage, 6, Aidan Talmage, 10, and Tyler Talmage, 14, were found dead Thursday in their Grand Forks home. Police found …
Nancy Grace talks about how animals help humans — sometimes even saving lives. Her special guest include Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the famous Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and host of Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild and Wild Countdown, reporter and animal lover Jane Velez-Mitchell, creator of the animal rights website JaneUnchained.com, and two mom’s …
A British mother who donned clown makeup before repeatedly stabbing her boyfriend during sex was recently sentenced to jail for the near-fatal attack. According to the BBC, Zoe Adams used a 10-inch blade to stab Kieran Bewick five times on July 29. Adams stabbed Bewick in the chest, arm, and inner thigh after convincing him to …
An officer with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot in the face early Friday morning while working undercover on a joint illegal gun investigation with the Chicago Police Department. According to the Chicago Tribune, the unnamed agent—aged late 20s—was injured around 3:15 a.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood …
Reports indicate an Iowa man arrested in connection of a violent burglary that left a woman dead on Sunday had just been released by a judge pending charges related to an earlier crime. According to the Des Moines Register, 38-year-old Timothy Evans had been released on his own recognizance on Friday after having been jailed …
A Texas mother allegedly set her home on fire with her 2-month-old daughter inside because she was angry with the child’s father. According to the San Antonio Express-News, Israel Reyes, 18, got into an argument with her boyfriend Tuesday. The boyfriend reportedly left the home at around 1 p.m. to get formula and returned an hour later …
