Marine helps police capture man who offered him money to kill ex-girlfriend for dating a black man: Cops
Family Crime
‘She stated that the only thing Mr. Cote hates more than a black man was a white woman who is with a black man’
Child Abuse
October 25, 2017
Mom caught on camera beating up high school girl [Video]: Police
A Texas mom is behind bars after a cellphone camera caught her reportedly beating up a student who attends her daughter’s high school. Corpus Christi Caller Times reports that incident occurred on Oct. 18 at Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. The suspect, identified as 34-year-old Mary Alice Hernandez, allegedly attacked a high school girl …
Murder
October 25, 2017
Two dead in Louisiana campus shooting; shooter on the loose
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — A sheriff’s spokesman says a student and his friend were fatally shot at Grambling State University after an altercation that began in a dorm room, and the shooter fled the scene. Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Williams says detectives are at the scene of the double homicide, assisting campus police, after …
Family Crime
October 24, 2017
Argument over money leads son to rape 63-year-old mother and break her neck: Prosecutors
Prosecutors say it was an argument over money that led an Ohio man to assault his mother earlier this year in a brutal attack that included rape and an array of physical injuries. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the 46-year-old defendant’s trial began this week with opening statements delivered Tuesday in a Hamilton County court. Police …
Crime at Work
October 24, 2017
Convicted rapist worked as an armed guard at a rape counseling center: Police
A convicted rapist who police caught working as a security guard at a California rape counseling center was recently sentenced to five years behind bars on weapons charges. KFSN reported that Damon Rodgers served 13 years in prison for a series of rapes he committed in Madera County in the ’90s. Alarmingly, authorities discovered in late July …
Juveniles
October 24, 2017
Mom says group home SHAVED her daughter’s curly hair without her permission—then told her it ‘would grow back straight’
A Massachusetts mother claimed that employees of a children’s group home in Dracut shaved her 7-year-old child’s hair—then told the girl that her hair would grow back straight. Speaking with WBZ-TV, Denise Robinson said her daughter, Tru, had very long hair before a clinician at the Little Heroes Home took her to a salon where a …
Murder
October 24, 2017
Woman admits to slitting sister’s throat, cutting off her hand, while kids at home and family attends funeral: Cops
Police said a woman in England has admitted she murdered her sister, leaving behind a gruesome scene. Officers said she stabbed her sister to death at their family’s home and cut her hand off while her four children slept upstairs, the Daily Mail reports. Caseworker Sabah Khan, 27, allegedly slit the throat of her sister, …
Violent Crime
October 24, 2017
Teacher found dead with multiple stab wounds in back, husband blames intruder in frantic, angry 911 call
An Ohio man placed a frantic call to 911 on Friday evening, claiming someone, a possible intruder, broke into his home and stabbed his wife, a school teacher, numerous times, killing her. ABC5 reports that police responded to a call off of Blazing Drive in Strongsville at around 8 p.m. on Monday evening, where they …
Celebrity Justice
October 24, 2017
Psychic ‘targets’ Maddie McCann’s parents in cruel hoax, demands money for Maddie’s whereabouts: Report
A phony psychic allegedly tried to scam the parents of a little girl who has been missing for ten years. The Daily Mail reports that the parents of Madeleine McCann, who vanished while on a family vacation in Portugal in 2007, have accused Susan Kelly of defrauding them by claiming to know what happened to …
Sex Crimes
October 24, 2017
Former assistant breaks down in tears detailing horrific new claims of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault
“I would not have wanted anyone to do that to me, even if that person had been a romantic partner.”
Sex Crimes
October 24, 2017
Drunken man sexually assaults helpless woman while onlookers FILM it, refusing to help: Police
A man allegedly raped a woman near a busy Indian roadway—all while dozens of onlookers recorded the ordeal on cellphones instead of coming to the woman’s rescue. According to the Hindustan Times, Ganji Siva, 23, is accused of carrying out the violent attack in Visakhapatnam around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The victim, a 43-year-old woman, left her home two days …
Crime at Work
October 24, 2017
Caregiver allegedly tries to smother elderly dementia patient with a pillow, claims he was ‘just messing around’
An Oregon man training to become a certified nursing assistant is accused of trying to smother an elderly dementia patient with a pillow. KOIN reported that Henry Woolner, 21, worked at the Gracelen Terrace Long Term Care Facility in Portland. It was there where he abused a 67-year-old patient “who is not able to speak or articulate …