NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on former congressman Anthony Weiner facing criminal charges related to sexting a girl (all times local): Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is crying in court as he apologizes to the 15-year-old girl with whom he exchanged sexually explicit texts. The judge accepted Weiner’s guilty plea Friday to a charge …
Disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner will plead guilty to sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl. According to the New York Post, Weiner surrendered to the FBI Friday morning and is expected to plead guilty to one count of of transferring obscene material to a minor. The guilty plea is a part of …
New details emerged in court this week regarding a child sex ring involving a doctor and two nurses
A boy in Santa Rosa de Calchines, Argentina, was playing with a gun when he accidentally shot and killed a little girl while streaming Facebook Live. The incident occurred on Tuesday. Sky News reports that the gun apparently belonged to his father. The boy found the gun inside his home and started pointing it at …
A 14-year-old Texas boy may have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after having sex with his 12-year-old girlfriend, the teen’s attorney alleged. Joseph Gutheinz, the child’s lawyer, told the Houston Chronicle that his client was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The girlfriend was …
An Ohio couple who allegedly overdosed on heroin while their 3-month-old was strapped in a car seat were saved after their son ran to a relative’s home and got help. WLWT reported that Chelsie Marshall and Lee Johnson allegedly overdosed Thursday morning in their Middletown home. Investigators said their 5-year-old son walked blocks without shoes to his stepgrandfather’s house and …
A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, returned a two-count indictment against former teacher Tad Cummins on Wednesday. Acting U.S. Attorney Jack Smith of the Middle District of Tennessee announced the indictment on Thursday. WKRN reports that Cummins, 50, was indicted on obstruction of justice and “transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging …
The parents were not in custody while on trial for child abuse
A teenage couple faces felony charges for failing to protect their 2-week-old daughter from rats in their Arkansas home. The infant suffered up to 100 rodent bites on her face, body and arms while the young parents slept near the crib, according to police. Erica Shryock, 19, and Charles Elliott, 18, both of Magnolia, Arkansas, …
The suspect is being tested for additional drugs
One of the country’s most famous missing person cases came to a sudden resolution earlier this year when the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced an arrest in the death of Tara Grinstead. Grinstead, a teacher and successful beauty pageant contestant, had been missing from her Ocilla, Georgia, home since October 2005. She was 30 when …
Chris Cornell, the lead singer for the band Soundgarden, died suddenly after a concert date in Detroit. According to TMZ, Cornell, who fronted Audioslave in later years, was found dead in the bathroom of his hotel room at the MGM Grand in Detroit, hour after performing a show at the Fox Theater. Tweets by chriscornell …
