A Texas man behind bars for allegedly molesting more than a dozen children was beaten to death last Wednesday. Star Telegram reports Don Simpson, 76, was beaten to death inside the Tarrant County Jail, allegedly at the hands of 42-year-old David Faustino Flores. Flores was behind bars on charges of injuring an elderly person when the …
Authorities in Texas say a man made a fatal mistake in deciding to break into a home last week. According to WTOL, the El Paso Police Department dispatched officers to the scene of an attempted residential burglary on Monday evening. “Crimes Against Persons detectives are continuing the investigation of a house break-in that cost a …
Authorities in Georgia say a man set up a fake online fundraiser he claimed would benefit relatives of a local teen who died on while playing football earlier this year. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 17-year-old Pike County High School football player Dylan Thomas collapsed on the field in September and died a short …
Authorities in Illinois say an 80-year-old man is dead and his 50-year-old son is in custody accused of killing him. According to the Chicago Post-Tribune, Michael Yakubec was at St. Mary Medical Center in Chicago in a waiting room after John Yakubec was admitted with serious injuries. Michael Yakubec reportedly faced questions at that time …
Authorities in Georgia say an elderly Clayton County man was reported missing just hours before his dismembered body was found in the yard of a neighbor. According to Inside Edition, 25-year-old Christian Ponce-Martinez was arrested on suspicion of murder after police made the discovery last week. The victim’s wife, Lula, reported him missing on Thursday, …
An Ohio woman who is refusing to pay for $1,600 worth of Girl Scout cookies has now been charged with theft, WCPO-TV reports. Authorities in North College Hill, Ohio, say 31-year-old Noel Hines accepted 400 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in March for her daughter’s troop to sell. But the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio …
A man in Ireland was acquitted of raping a teenage girl after his defense attorney told jurors they should consider what kind of underwear she was wearing, The Irish Examiner reports. The defendant, a 27-year-old man, was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in Cork, Ireland. In closing arguments, defense lawyer Elizabeth O’Connell said the …
The reward fund for information that leads to the whereabouts of a missing teen girl has reached $20,000 after the state of North Carolina added $5,000 to the FBI’s reward of $15,000. ABC reports that North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the additional money on Friday during a press conference, as authorities continue to search for …
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — An autopsy determined that the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said Saturday. Ian David Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine machine-gunner, fatally shot 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks and a …
Authorities in Florida say a school bus driver was arrested recently on suspicion of multiple sex crimes against a juvenile student. According to WFTS, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office launched a probe late last month into claims a 16-year-old girl first shared with a relative. The alleged victim and her family knew the suspect, 61-year-old …
A female gang member who was 17 when she participated in the filmed torture and slaying of a 15-year-old Maryland girl learned her fate in court this week. WRC reported that Venus Romero Iraheta, now 18, was sentenced Friday to 40 years in prison for the January 2017 murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas. Iraheta previously confessed …
A Target customer in Florida said she noticed someone invading her space as she shopped earlier this month, prompting her to allegedly catch a voyeur in his perverted act. According to the Naples News, police say the victim was at a Super Target location in the Naples area on November 6 when she became suspicious …
