A days long search for a missing North Carolina woman ended Thursday night when the Wilmington Police Department said she had been found safe, the Port City Daily reported. Kristin Glass, 43, was last heard from on Tuesday before heading to Topsail Beach that morning, and was last seen on security footage at a bank …
An 18-year-old south Georgia man has been charged in the brutal stabbing death of 9-year-old Alazia “Ally” Johnson earlier this week in Tifton. Semaj Antonio Moss was arrested Saturday in Lowndes County, about 50 miles south of Tifton, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced late Saturday. Moss has been charged with malice, murder, felony murder, …
A young child is dead after he shot himself accidentally with a handgun at his home in Oregon, KATU-TV reports. James Kenneth Lindquester, 3, is believed to have found the gun in an end-table drawer in a bedroom at his house in Aloha, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. He shot himself in his head around …
On Thursday, a federal judge agreed to keep a jury anonymous if R. Kelly stands trial for federal charges in New York. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly also agreed with prosecutors’ request to keep the jury partially sequestered. Donnelly’s ruling was mentioned in a docket entry regarding Kelly’s case, but …
An Alabama woman who shot and killed a man after she said he raped and physically assaulted her, has pleaded guilty to murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brittany Smith was indicted in March 2018 for the murder of Joshua “Todd” Smith. Months earlier, in January 2018, Brittany shot and killed Smith at her home in …
Prosecutors in the case of a Missouri man charged with killing his wife and abusing their daughter are seeking to call 40 witnesses with the case finally goes to trial, the Columbia Missourian reported Friday. Earlier this week, Columbia police resumed their search for the body of Mengqi Ji Elledge, 28, who was last seen …
Brittany Smith, 19, pleaded guilty to child neglect after she put her 8 month old baby in a freezer and closed the lid, WBIR reports. She was sentenced to two years probation; the baby survived.
A Pennsylvania man has been jailed on an attempted murder charge after his wife stumbled over a trip wire apparently intended to send her tumbling down the basement stairs to her death, KDKA reports. Laura Dankesreiter, 59, caught her balance and didn’t fall in the morning of October 3 while on her way to the …
Florida authorities found a body inside a submerged vehicle on Saturday, who they believe is missing mother, Tracey Rieker. Tracey Rieker left her wallet and cellphone at home last Wednesday, but her husband’s vehicle, a green Nissan Xterra with Florida tag PO8116, was gone. Husband Christian Rieker said he woke up at 6 a.m. and …
The Indiana State Police is investigating a domestic disturbance that ended with a child stabbed and a police officer shot in the leg. The Pharos-Tribune reports that the incident happened at around 7 a.m. on Friday, at a residence at 294 East Maple Street Wabash. When officers arrived, a man who lives in the home, …
Twin brothers in Alabama who are both teachers are accused of sex crimes with students, the Gadsden Times reports. Police on Thursday arrested 28-year-old Donavan Wayne Dalton of Rainsville, Alabama, who was charged with having sexual contact with a student younger than 19. Authorities on Thursday were notified of alleged inappropriate activity between an adult male and a …
