Lori Loughlin’s husband walks out prison early after college admissions scam arrest
Scams
Weird Crime
April 3, 2021
Stranger breaks into Virginia home, attacks resident with pitchfork
A Virginia woman was bound over to a grand jury this week after she broke into a man’s home and attacked him with a pitchfork. Madison Brooke Snyder, 31, has been charged with armed nighttime burglary, malicious wounding, and three counts of assault on a law enforcement officer, the Free Lance-Star reports. All of the …
Elderly Abuse
April 3, 2021
Elderly woman found dead wearing trash bag as a diaper; daughter charged
A Florida woman has been arrested for the 2018 death of her 85-year-old mother, who was found dead of “severe emaciation” and a bladder infection, wearing a trash bag as a diaper. Kim Zaheer, 64, was charged with manslaughter of an elderly disabled adult and is being held on a $500,000 bond, the Flagler County …
Murder
April 3, 2021
25-year-old NC man fatally stabs grandfather, kidnaps grandmother
Deputies in North Carolina are looking for a 25-year-old man they say stabbed his grandfather to death and then made off with his grandmother. Brian Cody King allegedly killed his grandfather in Asheboro and dropped his grandmother off about 30 miles away in Thomasville several hours later, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said. The grandmother …
Family Crime
April 3, 2021
2-year-old girl with horrific injuries on life support, not expected to survive; father and girlfriend face possible death penalty
The child’s injuries include a bowel that is completely detached, two compressed vertebrae in her neck, a broken rib and bruises on her head, face, back, arms and legs.
Court
April 2, 2021
Chauvin trial: Homicide unit chief says kneeling on a suspect’s neck is ‘deadly force’
The head of the Minneapolis Police Department’s homicide unit testified Friday that former cop Derek Chauvin used “totally unnecessary” force against George Floyd. Lt Richard Zimmerman was one of two officers to testify in Chauvin’s murder trial on Friday, the only witnesses in the half day session. “First of all,” Zimmerman said, “pulling him down …
Murder
April 2, 2021
Estranged wife charged with murder of husband originally reported as suicide
A Texas woman has been charged with killing her estranged husband more than a month ago. Leanne Mandeville, 57, was charged with murder in the death of 56-year-old Laithe Marra and is being held on $1 million bond, CBS4 reported. El Paso police said they initially responded to a report of a suicide at about …
Missing
April 2, 2021
MISSING: 16-year-old Pennsylvania girl hasn’t been seen since Thursday night
Pennsylvania police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since Thursday night. Helen Diehl has been missing since about 7:30 p.m. from South Whitehall Township, near Allentown in eastern Pennsylvania, police there said. She was wearing an orange beanie with Coca-Cola written on the side and a white Nickolodeon hoodie with images …
Kidnapping
April 2, 2021
Babysitter abducts baby boy, takes him from Virginia to New York [Cops]
Virginia police are looking for a 4-month-old baby they believe was abducted by his babysitter. Chesterfield Police said they were called on March 28 by Marcello A. Husband’s mother, who said Danielle R. Hicklin, 53, had taken the boy out of state and not returned, NBC12 reported. “The investigation indicates that Hicklin took Marcello to …
Robbery
April 2, 2021
SEE VIDEO: 82-year-old tackles armed carjacker. CAN YOU ID PERP?
Police in Georgia are looking for the suspect in last month’s armed carjacking attempt at a gas station. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta police released surveillance footage of the March 11 incident that unfolded at a Chevron on McDonough Boulevard. The 82-year-old victim reportedly said he was standing at the gas pumps when the …
April 2, 2021
8-year-old boy spotted scavenging for food in a dumpster weighed only 30 pounds, wore toddler-sized clothes
An Oklahoma couple has been arrested after child welfare agent discovered an 8-year-old boy severely malnourished and underdeveloped. As KOKO reports, a social worker was sent to the boy’s home in Edmond in February after the Oklahoma Department of Human Services received a report about a child seen eating food from a dumpster. A subsequent …
Crime Stories
April 2, 2021
Friday Crime Stories: Young college sophomore found purple, DEAD, after ‘HAZING’
Stone Foltz, a business major at Bowling Green, dies after consuming a handle of alcohol during a pledge party. Foltz was taking part in a fraternity ritual. The Foltz family’s attorney, Rex Elliott, says the 20-year-old was taken to a basement at an off-campus fraternity house, blindfolded, and told he couldn’t leave until he finished …