A Florida court this week found the wife of a prominent doctor responsible for his murder a decade ago and ordered her to pay his children $200 million. Rebecca Schwartz, 64, was never charged with kidney specialist Dr. Steven Schwartz’s murder after he was found dead with two gunshot wounds in his Tarpon Springs mansion …
A Tennessee man is behind bars after he allegedly caught a teenager in bed with his wife and stabbed him to death. The investigation apparently began earlier this month when Sequatchie County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Sequatchie-Erlanger Hospital, where a woman was being treated for multiple stab wounds, according to The Sequatchie Post. The …
A janitor accused of sticking his herpes- and hepatitis-infected penis into water bottles at a medical office where he worked pleaded guilty this week to a single count of aggravated assault with deadly weapon and was sentenced to six years in prison. Lucio Catarino Diaz will be eligible for parole after three years, prosecutors said, …
An arrest warrant was filed last month for an Alabama state trooper on child pornography charges, but he wasn’t arrested for four weeks, giving him time to tender his resignation before he was taken into custody. The arrest warrant was issued for Chad Claybrook, 46, on February 12, WBRC reports. He was arrested on March …
The California prosecutor who said this month that he would not seek resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez has said he would reconsider if they admit to plotting to kill their parents in 1989. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he will rescind ex-prosecutor George Gascón’s request for a resentencing hearing in the …
The Minnesota state senator arrested for soliciting prostitution from a police detective posing as a 17-year-old girl resigned his seat Thursday morning, less than an hour before the legislative body was set to take a vote on expelling him. Justin Eichorn, a 40-year-old married father of four who had served as a Republican senator since …
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The inmate who allegedly attacked convicted killer Scott Peterson at a California prison last week said the altercation stemmed from a misunderstanding. Prisoner Charles Miles, 39, told the San Francisco Chronicle that Peterson was playing pickleball when he mistakingly believed Peterson was approaching him with a weapon. Peterson was holding a pickleball paddle and was …
A Georgia man and woman are behind bars following the death of a 4-year-old Vidalia girl. On Monday, Seth Hunter Brown, 26, and Taylor Marie Hughes, 29, both of Lyons, appeared separately before a judge in connection with the death of Taylor’s 4-year-old daughter, Reese Hughes. Officials identified Brown as Taylor’s boyfriend, according to Channel 2 …
On Tuesday, police arrested a Florida woman for killing her dog at an airport last year. Unidentified sources told WFTV that Alison Lawrence, 57, drowned her dog in a bathroom at Orlando International Airport and threw it in the trash. She allegedly killed her small dog after it could not board a December 16 flight …
A stranger allegedly followed a grandmother in Georgia to her home and choked her to death, crushing her neck with his knees and full body weight while she lay on the ground, according to police and family members. Hector David Sagastume Rivas, 21, faces charges for the murder of 52-year-old Camillia Williams, which police say …
The Cranston Police Department in Rhode Island is asking the ohjc to be on the lookout for a missing autistic woman who is nonverbal. Described as 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 100 pounds, the unnamed woman was last seen in blue jeans, a tan sweater, and carrying a tan purse, according to police. …
