Just nine days before a South Carolina woman crashed head on into another car, she was cited for another child restraint violation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 38-year-old Jennifer Lyn Knox was driving a BMW northbound along Walhalla Highway (State 183) in Seneca at around 10 p.m. Sunday night, when she tried to pass another vehicle. …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett allegedly solicited and paid for illegal drugs on several occasions in 2018, as shown in newly released court documents. As USA Today reports, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and Chicago Police Department released Smollett’s case file on Thursday in response to a judge’s order. A review of Smollett’s phone records reportedly …
Betty DeGeneres, mom of popular talk show host, Ellen DeGeneres, opened up this week, after Ellen claimed her mother didn’t believe she was being sexually abused. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ellen, while speaking on the Netflix show, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman,” said her stepfather fondled her breasts when she was …
Authorities searching the home of missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos found blood and additional evidence that have led them to believe foul play was involved in her disappearance. The case is now being treated as a homicide. The Hartford Courant reports that investigators found the evidence inside a New Canaan home where 50-year-old Jennifer Dulos …
Authorities in Georgia say a fellow officer was caught on surveillance camera inside a convenience store as he beat a homeless woman. According to the Associated Press, Phillip Larscheid, a 29-year-old DeKalb County police officer, was initially investigated and cleared of the June 2017 incident, which occurred as he attempted to arrest the victim, Katie …
A New Jersey judge imposed a sentence of 57 years behind bars for a man who gained widespread attention for his appearance in a viral video clip several years ago. Since then, 30-year-old Caleb “Kai” McGillvary has been accused of the 2013 attack that left at 73-year-old attorney dead. According to the Associated Press, McGillvary …
On Thursday, Illinois prosecutors charged R. Kelly with 11 additional sex assault charges stemming from a January 2010 incident that reportedly involved a victim referenced in one of the criminal cases filed against him in February. From the Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County prosecutors charged Kelly, 52, with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two …
Two men in Illinois are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a Chicago mother as she attempted to shield her young child from the gunfire. According to Fox News, 24-year-old Brittany Hill was killed on Tuesday. Police have since identified Michael Washington, 39, and Eric Adams, 23, as suspects in the …
A New York mother has been charged with murder five months after her 1-year-old son reportedly died after ingesting a potent combination of heroin and fentanyl which was intended for sale. Jailed since January on drug charges, Daira Santana-Gonzalez, 23, was criminally charged Friday for the December 28 death of Darwin Gonzalez-Santana. Citing the coroner’s …
A woman in Virginia Beach is in jail after she allegedly left two children on a hot beach while she got drunk at a Memorial Day weekend beach party. WAVY reports that Shelby Ross Oliver is facing multiple charges after she was arrested on Sunday at a “Floatopia” event on the beach. After police responded …
Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating after a woman’s body was reportedly found stuffed in a garbage bin Wednesday morning. While Philadelphia police haven’t publicly released the name of the decedent, relatives who spoke with KYW identified the woman as Kioma Diehl, 36. The body, which was reportedly discovered by a Republic Trash Services employee, was …
A baby boy is dead and police say it happened after the infant choked on a pine cone at a home daycare in North Carolina on Wednesday. ABC 30 reports that the incident happened at A Hug A Day Daycare a little before 11 a.m. The daycare is managed out of a home in the …
