A Tennessee man allegedly convinced a teen to carve letters into her skin as part of a disturbing effort to groom and sexually exploit her, WKMG-TV reports. Wesley Hurd, 29, faces a raft of charges in connection with the allegations, which involve a 14-year-old Florida girl. Authorities say Hurd met the victim online and used …
A Florida man who allegedly had a beef with his nephew is accused of pouring eye drop solution onto his meatball sandwich, WFLA-TV reports. Now that uncle has been charged with felony poisoning. On Wednesday, police arrested 45-year-old James Paul Leach of Pinellas Park in connection with the allegations. Investigators described in court records how Leach …
Authorities on Friday revealed that ketamine played a role in the death of Matthew Perry, prompting renewed attention to his use of the anesthetic drug. The beloved “Friends” star was found dead Oct. 28 in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home. He was 54 years old. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Los Angeles …
Lawyers for YouTuber Ruby Franke say the Utah mom facing criminal allegations of child abuse was taken advantage of by her business partner and now wants to make amends, Fox 13 reports. On Friday, a law firm representing Franke issued a statement announcing that she is expected to enter a plea deal next week to …
A Florida woman has been arrested after she allegedly lied about her children’s Christmas gifts being stolen, NBC2 reports. Authorities in Lee County say 39-year-old Shana Hudson called police in November and claimed that her home in Lehigh Acres, near Fort Myers, had been burglarized. Hudson allegedly told investigators that among the items stolen were …
Authorities on Sunday said they’ve caught the man suspected of murdering Texas high school cheerleader Lizbeth Medina, KTRK-TV reports. Rafael Govea Romero was arrested Saturday in Schulenburg, Texas, just one day after police released images of a “person of interest” and vehicle that investigators believed were linked to the killing. Schulenburg is about 75 miles …
A Mississippi teacher facing sex crimes charges for having an inappropriate relationship with a student allegedly planned to marry the teen, the Biloxi Sun-Herald reports. James Donald Hawkins II, 38, is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old high schooler multiple times this spring, including in her car in a Walmart parking lot and at …
A New Jersey man who went on a racially charged tirade and terrorized his neighborhood must serve time in prison, WPVI-TV reports. On Friday, 47-year-old Edward Cagney Mathews was sentenced to eight years behind bars after pleading guilty to charges of bias intimidation and a drug offense. Mathews, who is white, sparked outrage in July 2021 …
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a pregnant woman whose health is at risk from undergoing an emergency abortion, even after her doctors determined the unborn baby has no chance to live, CBS News reports. In their ruling, justices on the state’s highest court paused a lower judge’s decision that would have permitted the …
The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who sexually extorted a California teen before killing her mother and grandparents and then setting their home on fire should never have been hired, according to a new lawsuit filed by the teen’s family, ABC7 reports. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in California, alleges that the Washington County Sheriff’s …
One man died and four others were injured Friday in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate shooting targeting homeless people in Las Vegas, Fox 5 reports. The victims were shot around 5:30 p.m. in the northeastern part of the city near a freeway overpass. A man in his 50s whose identity was not …
Loved ones of a missing Southern California teenager are asking for the public’s help to bring her back home, KTLA-TV reports. Zoey Josephine Mirene Lopez, 16, was last seen on July 22 leaving her residence in La Puente, east of Los Angeles. The teen’s mother, Adella Lopez, told the television station that the day Zoey …
