LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors in Southern California declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves because the statute of limitations has expired, according to documents. The unidentified woman, who worked in the television industry, went to Los Angeles police in February to report three alleged incidents, two in 1988 and …
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State University fraternity member who plied a pledge with vodka the night he was fatally injured in a series of falls avoided jail time Tuesday when a judge sentenced him to three months of house arrest. Ryan Burke, the first frat brother sentenced in the case, apologized to the …
The young wife of a soldier deployed to Afghanistan was found dead in her home in a Georgia military base earlier this month, and authorities are offering a reward for information about the apparent homicide. The Associated Press reports that Abree Boykin, 24, was found dead in her home at Fort Stewart military base, outside …
Police in Ohio are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old Coshocton teen who was reported missing Saturday evening. Per the Coshocton Tribune, Samuel J. Walters was last seen at a pond near County Road 495, just off U.S. 36. The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office said a fisherman at the location that night could …
Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby has asked the Supreme Court to deny a review of a defamation case filed by actress Kathrine McKee, who accused the comedian of rape. McKee first came forward with her story in December 2014, telling the New York Daily News that Cosby raped her in a Michigan, Detroit, hotel room in …
A man in Astoria, Queens, is believed to have killed his six-year-old son, the boy’s mother, and his current wife before killing himself in what police believe was a murder-suicide. The New York Post reports that James Shields is believed to be the gunman behind a fatal shooting in the popular Astoria neighborhood on Monday …
A 3-year-old Iowa girl vacationing in Mexico reportedly died this month after being ejected from a carnival ride and falling 30 feet to her death. Jenessy “Sophia” Villalpando fell from a fair ride in Penjamo on July 23. According to the Des Moines Register, Villalpando was on summer vacation with her mother, grandfather, and great-grandmother and was …
Police say a Pennsylvania doctor, arrested in January for molesting a 12-year-old girl in his office, now stands accused of sexually abusing more than 25 other children, infants and toddlers, dating back to the 1980s. Dr. Johnnie Wilson “Jack” Barto, 70, used his role at a pediatric practice in Johnstown to “feed his own sick …
Police departments around the country are daring one another to participate in a social media phenomenon called the #LipSyncChallenge. The Norfolk Sherrif’s Office in Virginia is one of the many police departments to join in. Their nearly 5-minute video begins with Flo Rida’s “My House” then goes to a courtroom dance off that includes a …
Authorities in Alabama say three people brutally murdered in cold blood earlier this month, including a young boy, were killed by a homeless burglar convict who was released from prison only months ago. Seven-year-old Colton Ryan Lee was visiting his great-grandmother, Marie Kitchens Martin, 74, when a suspect broke into the home on Mulberry Street …
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A 911 call made by missing but presumed-dead mother of four, Bethamy Gamboa, was released on Monday, shortly after police announced that her former boyfriend reportedly confessed to killing her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lamont Johnson, 41, currently behind bars on second-degree murder and child abuse charges, allegedly confessed to Virginia Beach authorities that he killed his …
