ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — After nearly a dozen years without an execution, Arkansas is racing to put eight men to death next month over a 10-day period — an unprecedented timetable the state says is necessary because one of the three ingredients in the lethal injection will soon expire. If …
A fraternity has been permanently expelled from the University of Connecticut after a female student was run over and killed by a campus fire department vehicle following an alcohol-fueled fraternity party, reports The Hartford-Courant. Jeffny Pally, 19, was leaning against a loading door when a campus fire vehicle responding to a call pulled out, running …
Osceola County, Florida, detectives are searching for a man who tried to grab a little girl at a local Walmart on Sunday. CBS 47 reports that the incident occurred at the Walmart in Poinciana, at 904 Cypress Parkway. The suspect, described as a bald, Hispanic male in his 50s or 60s, spotted the 10-year-old girl in the …
A Texas teacher is facing charges for having an inappropriate relationship with one of her students, but she doesn’t seem to bothered by it, at least going by her smiling mugshot. The Sacramento Bee reports that anatomy teacher, Sarah Madden Fowlkes, is accused of “having an improper relationship” with a student at Lockhart High School in Lockhart, a …
Tot mom claims she is not trying to profit from her daughter Caylee’s death, while teasing a possible reality show
A McDonald’s worker deserves a break today after an angry customer crawled through the drive-thru window to attack him. In an undated video captured on the store’s CCTV camera and posted on LiveLeak, a man is seen leaning into the drive-thru windows at a McDonald’s, appearing to be upset about something, as he making obscene …
A sheriff’s spokesperson would not confirm if foul play is suspected
An alarming number of kidnappings, rapes and murders have been linked to messaging applications that can easily be downloaded onto smartphones for free by pre-teens and teens. Police are warning about one especially popular mobile chat app called Kik, which the creator claims is used by 40% of US teens. Chats on Kik pose a …
A Sanford, Florida, mother is facing charges for allegedly starving her 3-week-old twin son to death. Michelle Spinicchia, 26, was arrested Sunday and charged with child neglect in connection with the August 10 death of Benjamin Mitchell, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The 26-year-old gave birth to premature twin boys—each weighing four pounds—on July 11, …
She threatens to beat her children to death
Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest
Poison control centers across the U.S. are receiving at least one call every 45 minutes from frantic parents and others who call in after a child got access to opiods. According to a study published in the AAP News & Journals Gateway, poison control centers received 188,000 calls across the nation from January 2000 through December …
