Mourners honor slain Special Agent Laura Schwartzenberger
February 6, 2021
THREE’S COMPANY! Intruder interrupts Suzanne Somers’ home livestream
Shooting
February 6, 2021
YouTube prankster shot and killed by robbery ‘victim’
A YouTube prank went horribly wrong Friday night when one of the people being pranked shot and killed a prankster. Metro Nashville police said Timothy Wilks, 20, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park in the city’s Old Hickory neighborhood just before 9:30 p.m, The Tennessean reported. Witnesses …
Murder
February 6, 2021
Domestic dispute leaves 2 young boys dead, another critically wounded [Cops]
An Ohio man is in jail Saturday, charged with fatally shooting two of his girlfriend’s children and critically wounding a third, the Toledo Police Department said. Ahmir Phillips, 5, and Gabriel Phillips, 1, were pronounced dead at the hospital. Four-year-old Ashtan Phillips underwent surgery and was still in critical condition on Saturday, when police said …
Child Abuse
February 6, 2021
Children’s agency returns boy to mother, stepfather who starved him: Police
The couple has now been arrested, and the county has ordered an investigation.
Child Abuse
February 6, 2021
Mom’s phone call accidentally reveals boyfriend’s fatal beating of 3-year-old boy: Reports
A French couple was convicted this week, in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy who died in 2016 after enduring days of abuse. BBC News reports that Loïc Vantal, 28, delivered blows so brutal that his girlfriend’s son, Tony, that the child passed away from “deliberate violence leading to death.” According to an …
Child sex crimes
February 6, 2021
2 cheerleaders from Netflix series ‘Cheer’ arrested for sexual misconduct involving minors
Breakout star Jerry Harris was arrested last year on similar charges.
Murder
February 6, 2021
Daycare owner charged with MURDER after 4-month-old found dead
An Atlanta area home daycare operator has been charged with murder after a 4-month-old baby was found dead in her care earlier this week, 11Alive reports. Amanda Harris Hickey, 45, initially reported the incident herself on Wednesday, according to the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), saying the child had been sleeping in …
Jail
February 6, 2021
Inmates attack guard, set fires inside St. Louis jail
Jail officials used tear gas to bring inmates at the St Louis City Justice Center under control Saturday morning following an hours-long melee that included smashed windows, flaming debris, and clogged toilets, the St Louis Post Dispatch reports. Authorities said the disturbance began at about 2:30 a.m. when a guard and an inmate fought and …
Murder
February 6, 2021
‘Incredibly tragic’: Illinois father suspected of killing young daughter, self
An Illinois man allegedly murdered his young daughter and then killed himself in a horrific set of events this week, the Daily Herald reports. Authorities on Thursday afternoon discovered the bodies of 9-year-old Adrianna Anderson and her father, 36-year-old Christopher Anderson, inside the father’s Lake Villa, Illinois, home. Both died from what the Lake County coroner’s office described …
Juveniles
February 6, 2021
‘Joyful’ Alabama boy fatally shot while lying on the couch with his mother
A young Alabama boy was fatally shot this week while lying on the couch with his mother, prompting outrage in the community as a family grieves the senseless loss of a child, the Birmingham News reports. Shortly after 2-year-old Major Turner and his mother finished dinner on Thursday night, someone fired nearly a dozen bullets toward the family’s …
Kidnapping
February 5, 2021
Babysitter blocks mom on app, flees with 3-month-old boy
A 20-year-old babysitter is in jail Friday on charges of abducting a 3-month-old Virginia boy on her first day caring for him, WAVY reports. Little Jiraiya Cherry’s family found Tykirah Reid via an online babysitting group and invited her for a tryout on Thursday at their Newport News apartment. Reid was communicating with the baby’s …