A Florida judge has reportedly resigned after denying breathing treatments to an incarcerated disabled woman who died three days later. WPLG reported that, during an April 14 hearing, Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich is taped berating Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, as she explains where her daughter lives and her need for breathing treatments. Her family told the news …
A Missouri mother helplessly witnessed the residential fire that claimed the lives of her four sons early Thursday morning. According to the Kansas City Star, Tina Brazil returned to the home in Otto with her boyfriend to find firefighters there attempting to battle the blaze. Her sons, Levi, Max, Cason and Tyler — ages 4 …
A woman who pleaded guilty to her role in the beating of a mentally disabled teen last year learned her fate in court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Tanishia Covington and three other suspects initially pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and attacking a bipolar man in an ordeal that played out live in a …
A transient California man is behind bars after he reportedly stabbed a man in the neck inside a California restaurant on Wednesday. A day later, the victim died. CBS reports that the incident happened at the Aloha Steakhouse off of California St. in Ventura. According to responding Ventura officers, 35-year-old Anthony Mele was dining inside the restaurant …
A New York woman is citing an unusually high number of suicides by jumping from the George Washington Bridge in a suit seeking a total of $40 million in damages. Calling the historic structure a “suicide magnet,” Marybeth Donaldson’s lawsuit indicates that her husband was one of several people to die after leaping from the …
The police officers who responded to a 911 call about a teenager trapped in his car never got out of their squad cars to search for him. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ohio high school student Kyle Plush called 911 on April 10 after a freak accident trapped him in the back of a Honda Odyssey …
A Louisiana teen was shot and a live grenade thrown into his home this week by a suspect or suspects Baton Rouge police are anxious to identify and capture. According to Fox News, the incident occurred early Friday morning. As of initial reports, it was unclear whether police believe the same person was responsible for …
Authorities in Wisconsin say a woman accompanying a suspect wanted for parole violation secured her own criminal charges when she “viciously attacked” two officers attempting to arrest the man. According to Fox News, 21-year-old Jacob R. Hellenbrand and 21-year-old Olivia J. Boomsma were outside of a convenience store in Portage when police approached them. Portage …
A teacher’s aide at a Pennsylvania middle school was arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old boy with special needs. Per WPVI, Erin Horan, an aide at Indian Valley Middle School, is accused of attacking Tony Walston on April 12 after he walked outside the school and sat on some steps. Investigators said the aide followed Walston and …
A New Orleans woman who neglected her grandmother to the point that she died from a bedsore-related illness will be heading to prison. The Advocate reported that Lauren Looney, 21, will spend five years in prison for the September 2014 death of her grandmother, Bessie Looney, 82. Lauren Looney was 17 when Bessie Looney’s emaciated …
A New Jersey state trooper is accused of pulling over two women and threatening to arrest them if they didn’t give him their number. In a statement issued to The Press of Atlantic City, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that Eric Richardson, 32, is facing various charges, including official misconduct, criminal coercion, and tampering with …
On April 20, 1999, two Colorado teens walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, where they fatally shot 13 people and injured over 20 others before turning the guns on themselves, ending their own lives. The tragic annihilation is considered one the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. At around 11:19 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Dylan Klebold, …
