Year: 2018

Man allegedly buries ex-girlfriend’s dog alive because it didn’t get along with his cat: ‘He was crying, wheezing, and covered in dirt’

 Man allegedly buries ex-girlfriend’s dog alive because it didn’t get along with his cat: ‘He was crying, wheezing, and covered in dirt’
Animal Crimes

A Massachusetts man is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly burying his girlfriend’s 17-year-old dog—who was later euthanized following the traumatic ordeal. WHDH reported that Kaylee Belanger called police Sunday afternoon after she found the Shih Tzu buried under a rock and dirt behind Richard Piquard’s Whitinsville home. Northbridge Police Chief Walter Warchol told the station that Piquard initially …

Paddling as punishment? Georgia school district revives controversial disciplinary measure
Family Crime
September 11, 2018

Paddling as punishment? Georgia school district revives controversial disciplinary measure

A Georgia school is garnering national headlines after reportedly deciding to use paddling as a form of punishment for students. The Georgia School of Innovation and the Classics (GSIC), in Hephzibah, sent consent forms to parents, allowing them to either opt-in or out of having their children paddled when the school deems the disciplinary “tool” …

Missing family of four found SAFE after mysteriously vanishing: Police
September 11, 2018

Missing family of four found SAFE after mysteriously vanishing: Police

A Connecticut family who sold their home and disappeared over the summer, prompting worried family members to file a missing persons report, has been found safe, police confirm. People reports that the family, Andres Bravo, 43, Jennifer Cubillos, and their children, 14-year-old Christopher Bravo and 11-year-old Samantha Bravo, have been safely located after disappearing from their Naugatuck, …

SEE IT: Unknown assailant reportedly batters, chokes mother in front of teen son
Violent Crime
September 10, 2018

SEE IT: Unknown assailant reportedly batters, chokes mother in front of teen son

Surveillance cameras appear to have caught the tense moments when an unknown man battered and choked a British mother-of-three in front of her teen son. Per the Daily Mail, a CCTV camera recently installed outside Gemma Mansfield’s Leicestershire home captured the seemingly random attack. The footage appears to show a man punching Mansfield several times and …

Joleen Cummings: Kimberly Kessler charged with murdering co-worker despite refusal to disclose victim’s location; chilling surveillance footage released
Murder
September 10, 2018

Joleen Cummings: Kimberly Kessler charged with murdering co-worker despite refusal to disclose victim’s location; chilling surveillance footage released

Accused killer Kimberly Kessler was charged with murder on Thursday for the May disappearance of Florida hairstylist, Joleen Cummings. Authorities charged her after “overwhelming evidence” surfaced, including surveillance footage, and although the victim’s body hasn’t been recovered, a Florida-based lawyer said prosecutors do not necessarily need a body to win the case. News4Jax reports that …

WARNING: Mom reportedly finds glass shards in daughter’s store-bought burrito
Consumer
September 10, 2018

WARNING: Mom reportedly finds glass shards in daughter’s store-bought burrito

A California mother is warning others after reportedly finding glass in a beef and bean burrito that her daughter ate. Tracey Brintle told KNSD that she purchased Tina’s Beef and Bean Burrito from a 99ȼ Only Stores in Santee two weeks earlier. She said she gave the burrito to her daughter, Kayla, and heard a crunching …