Year: 2018

Las Vegas Shooting: New report says gunman Stephen Paddock showed ‘diminished mental capacity;’ authorities never found missing hard drive

 Las Vegas Shooting: New report says gunman Stephen Paddock showed ‘diminished mental capacity;’ authorities never found missing hard drive
Murder

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Chief Joseph Lombardo announced in a press conference on Friday that police have completed their criminal investigation into the deadly Las Vegas shooting on October 1, which killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. Lombardo highlighted the conclusions in the report; noting that while the criminal investigation had been completed, the …

Friday Crime Stories: Serial killer hunts for victims on Tinder dating app
Podcast
August 3, 2018

Friday Crime Stories: Serial killer hunts for victims on Tinder dating app

Women say Danueal Drayton with a smooth talker and good with words, but he apparently also heard voices inside his head that told him to strangle his dates. Drayton is suspected of murdering as many as seven women, including a Queens, New York, nurse he met on the Tinder dating app and another woman he …

Police chief dies after overdosing on heroin & LSD he stole from his own department: Report
Police
August 3, 2018

Police chief dies after overdosing on heroin & LSD he stole from his own department: Report

Ohio officials believe a police chief who fatally overdosed on drugs stole the narcotics from his own department’s evidence room, authorities announced Wednesday. Kirkersville Police Chief, 35-year-old James Hughes Jr., was found dead in his bathroom May 25, with packages of fentanyl, heroin and LSD strewn about the living room of his home—drugs that Reynoldsburg …

Shock sex abuse allegations at immigrant youth facilities: HIV-positive care worker allegedly sexually abused 8 boys; another accused of molesting 14-year-old girl
Juveniles
August 3, 2018

Shock sex abuse allegations at immigrant youth facilities: HIV-positive care worker allegedly sexually abused 8 boys; another accused of molesting 14-year-old girl

By ASTRID GALVAN, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities allege that a former youth care worker at a Phoenix-area facility for immigrant youths sexually abused eight teenage boys, one of several cases brought to light in recent weeks as thousands of immigrant children remain detained around the country. Court documents show Levian Pacheco faces several …

Babysitters subject kids to torture, sleep and food deprivation over six-day period: Cops
Child Abuse
August 2, 2018

Babysitters subject kids to torture, sleep and food deprivation over six-day period: Cops

Authorities in Pennsylvania say a pair of babysitters are responsible for abusing a 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl during a six-day period last month. According to Fox News, authorities arrested 22-year-old Jakayo Scott Frye and 22-year-old Shyann Marie Hills, both of Towanda, on suspicion of several criminal counts including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, unlawful restraint, …

4-year-old girl found dead in river, cops think her mom threw her in the water
Child Abuse
August 2, 2018

4-year-old girl found dead in river, cops think her mom threw her in the water

Authorities in Florida confirmed a young girl has died after someone threw her into a body of water in the Tampa area this week. According to Spectrum Bay News 9, authorities were notified of an emergency at the Hillsborough River along Columbus Drive on Thursday afternoon. Tampa police and and a trained diving team arrived …

SEE IT: Little girl flees mom’s minivan moments before carjacker takes off
Burglary
August 2, 2018

SEE IT: Little girl flees mom’s minivan moments before carjacker takes off

Surveillance cameras caught the tense moments when a 7-year-old Michigan girl fled her mother’s minivan as a carjacker stole it and took off. The mother was reportedly inside a Valero gas station in Detroit Tuesday afternoon when the theft occurred. Iad Muhammed told WBBH that he was working inside the store when he saw the …

YouTube dad gives kids laxative-laced ice cream in ‘prank’ video: Report
Child Abuse
August 2, 2018

YouTube dad gives kids laxative-laced ice cream in ‘prank’ video: Report

UPDATE: A YouTube spokesperson issued the following statement to CrimeOnline: “Content that endangers minors is unacceptable to us and we have strict policies prohibiting child endangerment and harmful and dangerous content. We remove content that violates our policies as soon as we’re made aware of it.”   ORIGINAL Story: YouTube has reportedly temporarily suspended the …

SEE IT: Caretaker arrested after children found with open sores, lice infestations, in feces-strewn home tells police ‘This is so stupid’
Family Crime
August 2, 2018

SEE IT: Caretaker arrested after children found with open sores, lice infestations, in feces-strewn home tells police ‘This is so stupid’

Florida police arrested a woman Tuesday after they say six children in her care were found to be living in deplorable conditions, covered with open sores and infested with lice. A concerned citizen of the Porter Shores neighborhood, located in Ocala, called authorities after reportedly seeing two young children roaming the streets, disheveled and only …

Man shoots 2 honor roll students dead on eve of their graduation
Murder
August 2, 2018

Man shoots 2 honor roll students dead on eve of their graduation

A man who shot two Maryland teens to death last year as they sat in their car learned his fate this week in court. WJLA reported that Jose Canales-Yanez, 26, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the June 5, 2017, slayings of Shadi Najjar, 17, and Artem Ziberov, 18 (pictured …