Month: November 2018

Inmate who beat accused serial child predator to death says he received orders from deceased mother and God to ‘go ahead’ with it: Report

 Inmate who beat accused serial child predator to death says he received orders from deceased mother and God to ‘go ahead’ with it: Report
Violent Crime

An inmate accused of killing an alleged child molester in a Texas jail reportedly told authorities that his deceased mother and God gave him the “go ahead.” The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 42-year-old David Faustino Flores is accused of beating 76-year-old Clinton Don Simpson to death inside a cell at the Tarrant County jail on November …

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will fight possible US charges and extradition, lawyer says
Technology and Crime
November 16, 2018

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will fight possible US charges and extradition, lawyer says

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said Friday, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S. special counsel’s Russia-Trump investigation. Assange, who has taken cover …

Mom makes sexual breastfeeding videos with tot son, allegedly sells them to as many as 50 men
Sex Crimes
November 16, 2018

Mom makes sexual breastfeeding videos with tot son, allegedly sells them to as many as 50 men

A Florida mother found guilty of producing sexually-explicit videos involving her 18-month-old son was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Leigh Felten, 34, will spend 10 years behind bars for one count of lewd and lascivious exhibition. Felten was arrested in 2015 in connection with a series of videos where she’s seen inappropriately touching a child while …

Man walks into police station, says he needs to be jailed for downloading child porn: Cops
Police
November 16, 2018

Man walks into police station, says he needs to be jailed for downloading child porn: Cops

Authorities in Florida say a suspect surrendered without having been under investigation during an unusual exchange at a Pensacola police station earlier this month. According to the New York Post, 24-year-old Cory Hinsch told officers that he had visited the “dark web” and downloaded child pornography files to his cellphone. Police say he voluntarily gave …

‘It’s a joke’: Outrage after man who admitted to raping dying teen gets less than 3 years behind bars
Sex Crimes
November 16, 2018

‘It’s a joke’: Outrage after man who admitted to raping dying teen gets less than 3 years behind bars

A Washington man who confessed to raping an 18-year-old woman as she suffered a deadly drug overdose was sentenced to less than three years in prison on Thursday. Per The Everett Daily Herald, Brian Varela, 20, will spend 34 months behind bars in connection with February’s death of Alyssa Noceda. Noceda overdosed after snorting crushed pills Varela, then 19, …

Mass killer confesses to 90 murders and investigators already corroborate 30 killings
Serial Killers
November 16, 2018

Mass killer confesses to 90 murders and investigators already corroborate 30 killings

By DAVID WARREN, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide spanning nearly four decades, and investigators already have corroborated about a third of those, a Texas prosecutor said Thursday. Ector County District Attorney Bobby …

VIDEO: Driver allegedly opens fire on officer during traffic stop, tells police he ‘wanted to die’
Police
November 16, 2018

VIDEO: Driver allegedly opens fire on officer during traffic stop, tells police he ‘wanted to die’

A police’s dash cam caught the tense moments when an Arkansas man appeared to open fire on him during a traffic stop Sunday. Luis Cobos-Cenobio, 29 is accused of shooting at multiple Washington County officers after Corporal Brett Thompson attempted to pull him over on South Barrington Road in Tontitown. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, police said Cobos-Cenobio …

Friday Crime Stories: Will mystery note left at murder scene crack case of murdered UNC Chapel Hill co-ed Faith Hedgepeth?
Podcast
November 16, 2018

Friday Crime Stories: Will mystery note left at murder scene crack case of murdered UNC Chapel Hill co-ed Faith Hedgepeth?

Six years after college student Faith Hedgepeth’s naked body was found beaten to death in her University of North Carolina apartment, no one has been charged. Nancy Grace examines the cold case with a panel including New York psychiatrist Dr. Judith Fiona Joseph, South Carolina medical examiner Dr. Michelle Dupre — author of Homicide Investigation …

SEE IT: Police cruiser runs over murder suspect amid shootout on interstate
Police
November 16, 2018

SEE IT: Police cruiser runs over murder suspect amid shootout on interstate

On Wednesday, Michigan officials released two dash cam videos showing a police cruiser running over an armed murder suspect as he fled on foot on the interstate. According to The Grand Rapids Press, police said Adam Nolin, 33, shot and killed his girlfriend, Tia Randall, 27, at their Kent County home on September 27 then lead them …