Year: 2022

Jail Breaks
August 13, 2022

Convicted Rapist Escapes Arkansas Prison With Help of Mother, Sister

An inmate serving a life sentence for rape escaped an Arkansas prison on Friday, apparently with the help of his mother and sister. According to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Samuel Hartman fled a work detail in a field near the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys. He and an unnamed accomplice reportedly fired on …

Murder
August 13, 2022

Arizona Man Lures Man Out of His House Then Runs Him Over, Stomps His Head

Police in Arizona have arrested a man they say ran over another man — twice — and then got out and stomped his head, killing him. A witness fired a shot into the ground to get John Lagana’s attention and “put an end to Lagana’s actions,” the Mesa Police Department said. Witnesses told police that …

Child Abuse
August 13, 2022

Toddler With ‘Hundreds of Small Scars’ Dies After Caregivers Throw Her Against a Wall

A Florida couple has been charged with murder, child abuse, and child neglect after a 3-year-old girl in their care was brought to the hospital this week “pulseless.” Doctors revived Brandy Crews on Tuesday but she had no brain activity and died on Friday, WTVT reported. Hospital personnel found multiple burns, cuts, and fractures along …

Celebrity
August 13, 2022

SCATHING FBI REPORT: MOVIE STAR ALEC BALDWIN DID PULL THE TRIGGER!

An FBI forensic report has concluded that the gun used in the fatal shooting on the “Rust” movie set last year could not have been fired without pulling the trigger. Actor Alec Baldwin fired the shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during rehearsals for the Western, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Baldwin believed the gun he …

Assault
August 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie’s Alleged Attacker Pleads Not Guilty

The man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie appeared in court Saturday and was charged with attempted murder and assault. An attorney for Hadi Matar, 24, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, the Associated Press reported. Matar was ordered held in the Chautauqua County Jail without bail, Reuters said. Chautauqua County District Attorney …

Michael Chick
Stalking
August 13, 2022

Bus Driver Accused of Stalking 8-Year-Old Boy, Walking around Child’s Home at Night

A school bus driver is accused of stalking an 8-year-old boy and his family, at times requesting inappropriate photos, walking around the child’s home at night and tracking the boy’s parents with GPS devices, WMTW-TV reports.The driver, 39-year-old Michael Chick of Eliot, Maine, is now charged with interstate stalking, a federal crime.Authorities allege that Chick gave the boy …

Kassandra Rae Sweeney and her two sons
Murder
August 13, 2022

Beloved New Hampshire Mom and Her 2 Young Boys Shot Dead by Juvenile: Police

Loved ones will gather Saturday to say goodbye to a New Hampshire mother and her two young sons who were allegedly killed at the hands of a juvenile, WMUR-TV reports. The case has shaken the community of Northfield, New Hampshire, where 25-year-old Kassandra Sweeney and her two boys, 4-year-old Benjamin Sweeney and 1-year-old Mason Sweeney, …

Assault
August 12, 2022

Update: Salman Rushdie Is on a Ventilator, Will Likely Lose an Eye

Author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after a stabbing attack Friday morning in western New York and may lose an eye. “The news is not good,” Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said in an update on his condition to the New York Times. “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were …