An assessment of one Colorado hospital’s emergency room revealed that marijuana-related visits increased three-fold since the state permitted the recreational sale of cannabis in January 2014. Published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine revealed that, in 2012, the emergency department at the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett appeared in court Tuesday morning for an emergency hearing where prosecutors dropped all charged against him. The Chicago Tribune reports that Smollett, who has been accused of lying to police about a purported hate crime as part of an alleged hoax, learned in court Tuesday morning that prosecutors are dropping the …
Services providers, sometimes around 20 per day, have arrived to a Utah man’s home over the past seven months. Some wanted to tow his car, others came to trim his trees or offer illegal services, but he never asked for any of these services. Police say the man is a victim of extreme stalking. “Electricians, …
A Minnesota mother is speaking out after she says officials claimed the death of her son—who was reportedly found in an abandoned lot with multiple stab wounds to his chest three months after his disappearance—was a suicide. The Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported that Corhea Taylor learned of the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office’s determination regarding …
A Florida father accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter in 2015 by hurling her off a 430-foot bridge has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity as at the onset of his murder trial on Monday. The Tampa Bay Times reported that John Jonchuck stopped on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in St. Petersburg amid a …
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Divers in Indianapolis searched a lake on Monday, after authorities received tips in connection to missing baby, 8-month-old Amiah Robertson, who disappeared earlier this month. The Wayne Township Fire Department sent out divers to a lake on the city’s west side, off of the 7300 block of Mariner Way, according to WISHTV. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department …
At the sentencing hearing for Jacob Sullivan, the man who admitted to raping and murdering his girlfriend’s teen daughter, family members testified that the defendant is a “gentle giant” and said they couldn’t believe he did what he confessed to doing. The Morning Call reports that about a half-dozen family members, including Sullivan’s father, testified …
Police in Texas are investigating an apparent murder-suicide attempt after a mother and her dead child were found in a parked car on Saturday afternoon. In a press release issued Sunday, the Frisco Police Department said they responded to a welfare car on the 15200 block of Preachers Lane at 5:55 p.m. It was there …
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The father of a first-grade student who was shot and killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre has died of an apparent suicide. The Hartford Courant reports that Jeremy Richman was found dead Monday in his office at Edmond Town Hall. Police told the newspaper that the death appears to be a suicide, although the cause …
Two suspects have been arrested and charged in the fatal weekend shooting of a young Chicago police officer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Rivera, 23, was shot early Saturday morning Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Rivera was off-duty, having just finished his shift, and was sitting in his Honda with three other people, including another off-duty …
