By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man who killed eight people at a hair salon in 2011 was sentenced to life without parole Friday in a courtroom packed with sobbing victims’ relatives, who shared vivid memories of their loved ones and wished the shooter a painful end in prison. Scott …
A coroner has confirmed that the human remains found in Pekin, Illinois, this summer belong to missing Robert Bee, Jr. Tazwell County Coroner told James Baldi confirmed to local news station CentralIllinoisProud.com that DNA testing at the Illinois State Police Crime Lab positively identified Bee, 13, who went missing in November after running away from truancy …
A Michigan woman who allegedly raped a man at knifepoint earlier this year will likely not spend a day behind bars. MLive reports that Lestina Marie Smith, 18, pleaded no contest on September 13 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct—the …
The recent college graduate suspected of quadruple homicide reportedly admitted to beating his family to death with a baseball bat. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Orion Krause, a jazz musician and recent graduate of the prestigious Oberlin College, was arrested earlier this month in Groton, Massachusetts, after he appeared naked at the door of a home …
Pennsylvania police have arrested a New Castle man after accusing him of forcing an 8-year-old girl to get behind the wheel because he was too intoxicated to drive himself. WPXI reports that Kevin Michael Cook, 24, allegedly instructed the young child to start driving to East Palestine, Ohio. The girl reportedly told officers they that left from her …
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Two cousins are behind bars after a pizza delivery man in Wisconsin got fatally shot, according to police. FOX6 reports that Mekael Kennedy, 17, from Hartford, and D’Andre Kennedy, 25, of Milwaukee, reportedly called in and ordered a pizza from Buddy’s Pizza and Steak on Sept. 11. Clarence Taper, 60, described as a “father, grandfather and dedicated …
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The late comedian Jerry Lewis excluded five of his six adult children from his will. Page Six reports that Lewis, who died in August at age 91 from heart disease, explicitly stated in his will that his five living children from his first marriage not inherit anything from his estate: Scott Anthony Lewis, Gary Lewis, …
A 60-year-old man was convicted on Thursday by a Los Angeles County jury, almost 40 years after he raped, murdered, and kidnapped a young mother. KTLA reports that the jury found Neal Antoine Matthews guilty of first-degree murder and guilty of “murder during a rape, robbery, and kidnapping” The victim, Leslie Long, 20 at the time, …
A former girl’s soccer coach who confessed to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in his own bedroom will not spend a day behind bars. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Rebecca L. Noonan, 33, admitted to having sex with the underage teen in his bedroom while his mother wasn’t home. The 33-year-old was sentenced this week to supervised probation for …
A Waxahachie, Texas, man who sexually abused five children at his wife’s day care was sentenced to prison on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Dennis Ray Avery, 58, victimized the five children—all younger than 6—at his wife’s home-based day care over a two-year period. After pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a …
