A reported drug-addicted Missouri mother was charged Wednesday for allegedly stealing her terminally ill daughter’s pain medications police say. After responding to a report of a drug offense, authorities arrested Carol Ballweg, 46, of Troy, on four counts of stealing a controlled substance and two counts of abuse of a vulnerable person, the Troy …
An Arizona man is accused of pretending to have Down syndrome and hiring caregivers to change his diapers and bathe him over the summer, police say. Paul Anthony Menchaca, 30, was arrested September 6 at his parent’s Gilbert home, where he also resided, ABC15 reports. He was reportedly working for a local school district when …
Virginia police confirmed on Thursday that a missing 3-month-old baby was likely dead. The announcement came after a Wednesday night arrest of a man charged with illegally disposing of a body. “The investigative focus has now shifted to the realistic possibility that circumstances related to Arieanna Day indicate that she is most likely deceased,” Roanoke …
Prosecutors in the Chris Watts murder case have requested DNA and fingerprints from the triple homicide suspect, in what appears to be an effort to determine his involvement in the alleged strangulation of his wife and daughters. Watts is charged with nine felony counts, including three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his …
Georgia police are searching for a man accused of attempted robbery at a Villa Ricca Waffle House restaurant on Thursday, who dropped a BB gun and managed to escape after a customer shot him. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the incident occurred at the Highway 61 Waffle House a little after midnight, when a would-be robber entered …
In an extended preview clip of Oxygen’s upcoming series “Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers,” residents of the tiny Mississippi town where 19-year-old Jessica Chambers was burned alive talk about their shock and grief at the horrific crime that claimed the life of a former cheerleader whose “smile would light up a room.” Four …
Australian officials are recalling fresh produce they suspect might have been contaminated by a disgruntled employee of a Woolworths supermarket. According to the New York Post, the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association first announced the potential safety risk involving sewing needles stuck into the berries sold under two brands. The warning came after a 21-year-old reportedly …
‘There were noise complaints that very day about upstairs activity in Botham’s apartment.’
The mother of an Indiana teen accused of murdering his half-sister and stepbrother last year has attempted to explain his alleged violence as the result of child abuse. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the boy was arrested last month on suspicion of fatally suffocating 23-month-old Desiree McCartney and 11-month-old Nathaniel Ritz on two separate occasions before …
Authorities in Texas say a former high school teacher carried out a sexual relationship with an underage student, including one episode in a classroom on campus. According to KTRK, 28-year-old Kirstin Pike was a teacher and coach at Dickinson High School in September 2016 when she allegedly engaged in illegal conduct with the 15-year-old boy. …
By RACHEL D’ORO, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A search that includes 17 FBI agents has yielded no sign of a 10-year-old girl who went missing in a remote, largely Inupiat Eskimo town north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska’s western coast, prompting authorities to investigate whether foul play was involved. Ashley Johnson-Barr was last …
A Dallas police officer accused of shooting and killing her black neighbor reportedly explained her actions by claiming the apartment door was open before she shot at him. A recently-revealed video, according to a neighbor, contradicts the statement since the metal fire doors at the apartment complex automatically shut if no one or nothing holds …
