A former Georgia prosecutor is facing five years in prison for allegedly obstructing police in arresting the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Ex-Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson, 49, was arrested in early September and charged with violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer. While Johnson …
Last Monday, Washington investigators said they found no evidence that a man who was reportedly murdered by his girlfriend’s father last year was involved in sex trafficking. Spokane police detective Randy Lesser alleged in court documents that John Eisenman, 60, said he was likely high on methamphetamine when he fatally beat and stabbed Andrew Sorensen, …
Idaho State Police have issued an AMBER Alert on Monday for a 15-year-old girl who may be in Washington with an armed and dangerous sex offender. According to the alert, Lillian Dixon is with Jonathan Bowles, 36, with whom she formed a relationship. Bowles convinced Dixon to go with him and “to go along with …
The Justice Department has reportedly closed an investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, finding that it could not prove Till’s accuser lied to federal investigators about the teen’s 1955 slaying in Mississippi. A federal investigation was opened into the 14-year-old’s slaying in July 2018, a year after Professor Timothy Tyson released “The Blood of …
Court proceedings continued on Monday with an accuser testifying about how Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her at age 17 — and how the British socialite asked her to get other girls to perform oral sex on Jeffrey Epstein. According to the New York Post, the 44-year-old woman, who only went by “Kate” due to privacy concerns, …
On Monday, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett took the stand in his own defense against allegations that he staged a hate crime attack against himself in Illinois in January 2019. According to The Chicago Tribune, defense attorneys started by questioning Smollett, 39, about his upbringing and family. Smollett was charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly staging …
A New Hampshire college student was found dead on Sunday, a day after he reportedly attended a fraternity party and vanished following an altercation. A New England Search and Rescue K-9 team discovered Vincenzo Lirosi’s body in a marshy area off Coe Drive in Durham. Lirosi, 22, a University of New Hampshire student, lived in …
A New York court will see an alleged photo of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage goddaughters on his lap as he apparently pulls down her underwear and bites her buttocks. According to the Daily Mail, the prosecution said Epstein kept the damning picture on his desk. Judge Alison Nathan, who is presiding over Ghislaine Maxwell’s …
The family of a Texas toddler who was allegedly beaten by her father on Sunday — resulting in her death days later — has accused Child Protective Services of not intervening despite receiving several reports about ongoing abuse at the home. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Billy Joiner Jr., beat Elena Joiner, 3, causing …
A suspect was arrested in New York on Thursday, minutes after he allegedly fatally stabbed a college student, knifed a tourist, and threatened a third person with a knife. Davide Giri, 30, a doctoral student at Columbia University, died in the vicinity of 123rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, which is near the college’s upper Manhattan …
On Thursday, a Michigan prosecutor formally charged the mother and father of a 15-year-old high schooler accused of fatally shooting four students on Tuesday. Ethan Crumbley, 15, has been charged as an adult for the shooting at Oxford High School. On Thursday, Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said his parents, Jennifer and James Crumbley, are …
A Florida man is reportedly on suicide watch after being jailed for Wednesday’s murders of his wife and their two adult children. William Broyles, 57, is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Candace Broyles, 57, and their son and daughter, Aaron Broyles, 28, and Cara Broyles, 27, at their Callahan home. After reporting the shooting to …
