By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — An explosion caused by an “improvised explosive device” ripped through an Indian restaurant in a mall in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said. Peel Region Sergeant Matt Bertram said two suspects with their faces covered to conceal their identity entered the Bombay Bhel …
A Florida mother is blaming the the Netflix show, “Thirteen Reasons Why,” for her daughter’s suicide attempt on Mother’s Day, after the girl’s friends allegedly made a “suicide pact” and pushed her kill herself. Okechobee News reports that the mom, identified as Katrina Sheffield, said she pieced together the information after reading messages sent between …
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge who engaged in sexual acts with a social worker in his courthouse chambers will be suspended indefinitely, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday, setting in motion the judge’s possible removal from the bench. The Supreme Judicial Court said Judge Thomas Estes’ “grave, willful and …
A trio of Florida motorists are facing criminal charges after police say their illegal street race resulted in the death of a woman and critical injuries to her 21-month-old daughter. According to the New York Post, Ohio native Jessica Reisinger was in Tampa on Friday when she was pushing her daughter across Bayshore Boulevard shortly …
A investigator says he helped find reported human remains on Thursday, likely 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, who has been missing since February 17. KWCH reports that Harvey County Sheriff Chad said he responded to a call regarding a “dead body” underneath a bridge off of SE 96th Street, in between S. Woodlawn and Hillside Streets in Harvey County on …
Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a woman on suspicion of sexual battery among other criminal counts after she allegedly assaulted a cable repairman dispatched to her home earlier this year. According to the Fayetteville Observer, 47-year-old Mildred Newsome was arrested last week and charged on Saturday with two counts of second-degree forced sex offense …
Investigators in Pennsylvania have requested that search warrants connection to the murder of a young teacher be sealed, indicating they are a working on leads they do not want to be made public. Authorities have not named any suspects in the murder of Rachel DelTondo, 33, who was gunned down in her mother’s driveway on …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press A school bus driver with a history of driver’s license suspensions caused a fatal crash on a New Jersey highway last week by crossing three lanes of traffic in an apparent attempt to make an illegal U-turn, according to a criminal complaint released Thursday. Authorities charged Hudy Muldrow Sr., 77, with …
A former star of ABC’s “The Bachelorette” recently alleged that a female masseuse had drugged and sexually assaulted her during production of the show in 2003. Meredith Phillips, who starred in the reality show’s second cycle, made the accusations during an appearance on the Reality Steve podcast. Phillips said she was staying in the mansion …
NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday to face charges involving at least one of the women who have accused him of sexual assault, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. It would be the first criminal case against Weinstein to come out of the barrage …
Court documents allege 22-year-old Dashawn Webster videotaped himself molesting a 2-year-old boy in 2016, and then posted photos from the scene online, The Virginian-Pilot reports. In a perplexing twist, authorities say the alleged pedophile, who babysat children at his home, watermarked the video and images with a screen name he used online, and included the …
