A West Virginia high school assistant principal was recently suspended for four days after allegedly harassing a transgender student in a bathroom last month. Michael Critchfield, 15, told the Huffington Post that he was planning to leave for a band trip on November 27 when he went to the boy’s bathroom. It was there where …
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Nearly two decades after Pennsylvania state regulators let him off the hook, a former pediatrician admitted in court Thursday that he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two family members and admitted to sexually assaulting more than two dozen …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a 22-year-old is facing criminal charges related to the attempted poisoning of his college roommate following earlier accusations that he was behind racist graffiti left on walls at Lehigh University. According to the Morning Call, suspect Yukai Yang is identified as a former chemistry major at the school who targeted his …
A 4-year-old Texas boy remains hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his head after his stepfather reportedly shot him and fatally shot his mother and grandmother before turning the gun on himself. KWTX reported that Shelly Splittgerber, 36, was granted a temporary protection order Wednesday against her estranged husband, Matthew Splittgerber, 37, citing stalking and harassment. In …
Authorities in Arizona say a state lawmaker threatened a Department of Public Safety trooper upon being pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the Arizona Republic, Arizona Rep. David Cook registered a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit. Authorities allege he also failed to follow instructions during a field …
A Texas teen is facing intoxication manslaughter charges after allegedly drunkenly crossing three lanes Sunday night and striking a vehicle head-on, killing a young mother. The Houston Chronicle reported that Taylor Phillips, 23, was killed; while her 1-year-old son and her 48-year-old mother suffered minor injuries. Phillips was pronounced dead at the scene. Erick Hernandez, the …
The night before authorities arrested Patrick Frazee and charged him with the murder of his fiancé Kelsey Berreth, investigators were seen taking items out of Berreth’s apartment in the second search of her home this week. Berreth, 29, went missing on November 22, reportedly after meeting with Frazee to hand off the couple’s 1-year-old daughter. Though …
An ex-Pennsylvania college student, accused earlier this year of leaving racist graffiti for his black roommate in their dorm room, was arrested for allegedly poisoning him with a toxic metal. Yukai Yang, 22, a chemistry major at Lehigh University, turned himself in Thursday and was charged with attempted murder. Authorities believe Yang slipped thallium—an odorless, colorless, …
A 13-month-old Oregon baby found alone in Central Oregon woods had numerous injuries and meth in his system, prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The Bulletin reports that prosecutors provided never-before-heard details about the incident at a Wednesday hearing at the Deschutes County Circuit Court in Bend, Oregon. According to testimony, authorities found the little boy, Bradley Michael Thomas, …
PLUS: Little boy locked under stairs & starved
A Louisiana police officer, who was the recipient of a prestigious award earlier this year, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly having sex with an animal on multiple occasions and filming the crimes. According to WGNO, a probe was opened by state police in August regarding 38-year-old Terry Yetman, a Bossier City police officer. The investigation, …
A California woman is on life support after enduring a brutal mauling by three canines described as “pit bulls or pit bull mixes” last Saturday, according to reports. Police said Angela Johnson was viciously mauled by the animals, who were not her own, as she hung laundry outside of her Anza home on Mitchell Road …
