Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves
Sex Crimes
November 13, 2020
More than 100 alleged child pervs busted in raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Thursday that they assisted in arrests of 113 suspected child predators during a five-day operation that spanned the U.S. and South America. The agency said in a statement that the arrests were made as part of Operation Protected Childhood (OSP), which also involved authorities …
Murder
November 13, 2020
Update: Baby girl beaten, squeezed until her bones ‘popped and crushed’ by grandfather’s live-in girlfriend
A woman accused of fatally beating a Texas baby in December 2018 has been convicted of capital murder and sent to prison for life without the possibility of parole. NBC KXAN reports that Shayla Boniello, 30, pleaded guilty to murder, the Milam County District Attorney said on Thursday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Boniello admitted …
Murder
November 13, 2020
Update: Perp snatches teen girl from boyfriend’s car, assaults & murders her, busted over 40 years later
A Texas man arrested in September for the 1974 death of a teen girl has been indicted on a capital murder charge. NBC 5 reports that 77-year-old Glen Samuel McCurley was indicted this week in connection with the death of Carla Jan Walker, a 17-year-old Western Hills High School junior who was kidnapped and murdered …
November 13, 2020
CAPTURED: Suspect who fatally shot police officer after pulling up to squad car in hotel parking lot is in police custody
Update: 10: 45 a.m. ET The suspect in the fatal shooting of an on-duty officer has been captured after an overnight manhunt. Helena-West Helena Police Chief James Patrick Smith tol WREG that Latarius Howard was captured in Mississippi, apparently having crossed state lines after fleeing the scene of the fatal shooting in an Arkansas motel …
Child Abuse
November 12, 2020
Infant girl who tested positive for heroin has died: Cops
A baby girl who tested positive for heroin and had injection marks on her head and extremities has died, San Angelo, Texas, police said Thursday. Two-month-old Brixlee Marie Lee died at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth on Tuesday, police said. Police said they responded to a call about an unresponsive infant early Saturday …
Court
November 12, 2020
Prosecutors read racist messages sent by man who shot Ahmaud Arbery
Travis and Gregory McMichael, the father and son accused of killing Arbery in February, are seeking bond while they await trial. The bond hearing will continue Friday.
Murder
November 12, 2020
Boyfriend charged with murder after calling 911 in September to say he’d found his girlfriend shot dead
A 32-year-old South Carolina man who called 911 in September to say he’d found his 16-year-old girlfriend dead was charged this week with killing her, the Island Packet reports. Cypress Noonan was found fatally shot in a room at the Forest Motel in Ridgeland on September 6 after Brian Jemal Redding called in tears to …
Adult abuse
November 12, 2020
Mother left 46-year-old son on floor to die after he fell from wheelchair
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with allowing her adult, at-risk son to die on their bathroom floor after he fell out of his wheelchair and broke several bones, the Journal Times reports. Cheryl Christensen, 60, reportedly dragged her 46-year-old son to the bathroom and left him there for days after the fall. She told …
Police
November 12, 2020
Lawyer sues ex-cop involved in Breonna Taylor shooting for 2018 sexual assault
The lone Kentucky police officer charged in connection with the raid that killed Breonna Taylor was sued Tuesday for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 2018. Louisville attorney Margo Borders wrote in the lawsuit that then-officer Brett Hankison left her “physically injured and mentally battered” after “willfully, intentionally, painfully and violently” sexually assaulting her …
Court
November 12, 2020
Rape victim tells court that male Jehovah’s Witness church leaders made her listen to her own recorded rape for at least four hours
The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments this week in connection with a Salt Lake City girl who said she was raped and forced to listen to the recording of the incident. Deseret News reports that a woman now in her 20s asserted that the male leaders of a Jehovah’s Witnesses forced her to listen to …
November 12, 2020
Cops stop teen boys dragging suitcase; find child’s dead body inside
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested in Mexico City this week after police apprehended them while they were carrying a suitcase through the Guerrero neighborhood — and discovered the body of a younger boy in the luggage. Citing Mexican news sources, the Daily News reports that police stopped the two teen boys who were dragging a …