A former police officer in Hawaii who admitted to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl recently learned he will not spend a day behind bars. In 2017, an Oahu grand jury indicted Teddy O. Van Lerberghe, 45, formerly with the Honolulu Police Department, on seven counts of sexual assault. According to the Star Advertiser, the assaults …
Authorities in Florida say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of giving her 15-month-old grandchild a fatal dose of a prescription narcotic. According to WOFL, 59-year-old Brett Taylor Aitken is accused of causing the young victim’s death, which alerted the attention of authorities late last year. Police reportedly responded to a residence in the …
The estranged husband of missing Connecticut woman, Jennifer Dulos, was arrested in connection with her disappearance. Police also arrested his girlfriend. Hartford Courant reports that New Canaan police charged Fotis Dubos, 51, and Michelle Troconis, 44, with “hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence.” Police arrested the couple at a hotel late Saturday night. They’re both …
An 82-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a couple 43 years ago, shocking friends and neighbors in the small community where the suspect lived, the Associated Press reports. In March, Ray Vannieuwenhoven was arrested and charged with the 1976 murders of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys, …
Authorities in Texas say a woman has been arrested for driving a school bus while intoxicated while children were on board. According to Fox News, 55-year-old Linda Sue Godejohn allegedly attracted the attention of witnesses as she drove in Spring on Thursday afternoon, weaving and striking a divider. One witness recalled that “it wasn’t just …
Authorities in California say three of four suspects in a foiled kidnapping attempt are behind bars and the victim is safe. According to the Farmington Daily Times, a man was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday by three men and a woman who brandished multiple weapons while forcing him into their car. The suspects went on to …
Authorities in Texas say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of burning her young stepdaughter in an incident earlier this month. According to the New York Post, 20-year-old Dalia Jimenez was arrested after police responded to a Grand Prairie residence on May 13 in response to the report of a burned child at the …
Authorities in Canada say a man has been charged with a range of new criminal offenses related to human trafficking months after he was arrested on suspicion of tattooing his nickname on a woman’s body. According to CTV News, 23-year-old Simon Ho-On was initially arrested in January after allegedly tattooing “Sosa” onto an unconscious woman’s …
Even as mourners gathered at the municipal building to pray on Saturday, new details started to emerge about the latest deadly mass shooting on U.S. soil. This time, police say 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock brought at least two firearms with him to the Virginia Beach, Virginia, building where he had been employed by the city for …
A man who made international headlines in the 1980s after he was convicted and then later acquitted of trying to murder his wealthy wife is dead. The New York Times reports that Claus von Bulow has died at the age of 92. Prosecutors twice charged von Bulow with attempted murder of his wife, Martha “Sunny” …
A Missouri woman is accused of sexually abusing a young boy and livestreaming the assault for her boyfriend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Authorities have charged 31-year-old Heather McDorman, who also allegedly tried to photograph young girls in public restrooms, with five counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempting to produce …
A community activist claimed the man behind bars in connection with the disappearance of 4-year-old Maleah Davis “snapped” before accidentally killing the child. Yet, the suspect’s lawyer says the story the activist is telling the public isn’t true. Quanell X said he managed to elicit a confession during a Friday morning jailhouse interview with 26-year-old …
