A 24-year-old Ohio man was arrested in Canada after his parents were found dead in their home on Wednesday. Maxwell L. Anatra is already back in the United States, behind bars in Michigan while he awaits extradition back to Ohio, Crawford County Now reports. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio was called for a …
A Texas man tracked his girlfriend to a Dallas Walmart on Wednesday and shot her and a bystander before killing himself. WFAA reported that both victims were not critically hurt, but an off-duty officer found the shooter in his car, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The incident took place just before 3:30 p.m. when …
A Connecticut man was charged on Saturday with the death of his father, and it’s not the first time he’s been accused of violent crimes. Joshua Popielarczyk’s arrest warrant was sealed for two weeks, so details of the murder of 62-year-old David Popielarczyk are unavailable, CT Insider reported. Police did say the the elder man …
A search is underway in Tennessee for a pregnant woman who vanished on Sunday. On Tuesday, Tiffany Moore’s husband called Metro Nashville police to report her disappearance. The husband claimed his Uber account suggested Moore, 37, was dropped off at a Twin Oaks Drive apartment building — where he heard noises from inside, according to …
An Alabama elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 after a video went viral showing her allegedly beating a boy with a belt more than 20 times. Cottage Hill Christian Academy said the boy was Nicole Staples’ son and the incident took place at her …
Federal authorities stepped in on Wednesday and charged a man who set a woman on fire on a Chicago transit train with terrorism. The federal charge against 50-year-old Lawrence Reed carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, The Associated Press said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the 26-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after …
Investigators this week followed up on a lead in the four-year-old case of Summer Wells, the Tennessee girl who vanished from her Hawkins County home when she was 5 years old. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson told WJHL that its agents and detectives were at a rural location about 10 miles from the girl’s …
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A former South Carolina teacher who sent over 60 love letters to a student he stalked has pleaded guilty to harassment. FOX Carolina reports that 27-year-old Dylan Robert Dukes admitted in court Wednesday, he contacted the victim after she left Starr Elementary School in Anderson County. After realizing she would no longer attend the school, …
A Florida man is behind bars for murdering a woman who allegedly flew from the United Kingdom to be killed. Sonia Exelby was reportedly experiencing mental health issues when she met Dwain Hall, 53, on a fetish site where she sought someone to abuse her. Exelby flew from the United Kingdom to Florida a week …
Anna Kepner’s stepmother has reportedly admitted that her 16-year-old son is a suspect in connection with the Florida teen’s untimely death aboard a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month. According to Daily Mail, Thomas Hudson is seeking immediate custody of his 9-year-old daughter, who currently lives in Florida with her mother, Shauntel Hudson, and Anna’s …
The murder trial continues in Cobb County against Matthew Lanz, a Georgia man accused of killing a beloved firefighter and his wife. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lanz is accused of fatally shooting his neighbors, Justin and Amber Hicks, in 2021. He’s also facing a cruelty to children charge after fleeing the couple’s Acworth home, leaving …
