Feds: 35 missing & endangered children saved, 5 still missing following month-long rescue operation
Missing
A fifth of the missing persons cases reportedly involved human trafficking
Murder
September 18, 2020
Mom who drowned son has schizophrenia, recently became obsessed with ‘some kind of witchcraft’: Report
A Florida woman who allegedly killed her 6-year-old son Wednesday reportedly has mental health issues that have affected her since she was a child. Elandia Green told WESH that she found her grandson, Avion Borner, lifeless in a bathtub at the Key Suites, an extended stay hotel where her daughter, Labreaunne Wilson, 26, had been …
Missing
September 18, 2020
Skelton Brothers: Dad accused of kidnapping sons who vanished in 2010 DENIED parole
The three boys remain missing nearly a decade later
Consumer
September 18, 2020
Scalding Starbucks tea spills on customer, causing ‘disfigurement’ to his genitals: Lawsuit
A California man filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, claiming he suffered serious burns in 2018 when hot tea from Starbucks spilled on him in a drive-thru. Tommy Piluyev, then 22, and his wife reportedly ordered two grande-sized Honey Citrus Mint Teas at a Starbucks in Roseville. The lawsuit claims that when a …
Murder
September 18, 2020
Arsonist randomly mentions pregnant wife’s 1985 suicide — leading cops to discover he killed her
The case of an Ohio man who randomly admitted to killing his pregnant wife decades after her presumed suicide will be featured on an upcoming episode of “Dateline NBC.” In a “Dateline NBC” episode airing Friday at 10 p.m. (EST), Stow police Lieutenant Ken Mifflin recalled the moment Scott Purk mentioned the 1985 death of …
Missing
September 17, 2020
MISSING: Woman has argument with boyfriend, vanishes after leaving friend a voicemail [Report]
Authorities in Louisiana are looking for a woman who reportedly has not been seen or heard from since last week. Citing New Orleans police, WVUE reported that Danielle Garrett, 27, left a voicemail for a friend on September 12. The friend reportedly tried to call Garrett back but the call was declined before it went …
Celebrity
September 17, 2020
‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris busted on federal child porn charges, accused of soliciting sex and harassing minors
“Cheer” star Jerry Harris was arrested Thursday in Illinois for allegedly soliciting pornographic videos and images of minors and soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy at cheerleading competitions. The Chicago Tribune reported that Harris, 21, is expected to appear before a federal judge in Chicago Thursday afternoon. In September 2018, Harris allegedly contacted the victim …
Murder
September 17, 2020
‘God forgive me,’ mom says after killing son & jumping into lake naked [Reports]
A Florida woman was arrested on murder charges Wednesday, shortly after her 6-year-old son was found dead in an extended-stay hotel room. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Avion Borner died after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in Labreaunne Wilson’s room at the Key Suites in Orlando. According to WKMG, there was water in …
Murder
September 17, 2020
Brothers arrested years after brutally murdering disabled mom & daughter in home: Police
On Tuesday, police arrested a second suspect in the 2013 slayings of a Michigan mother and her 11-year-old daughter. The Clinton Township Police Department said in a Facebook post that they and the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended Henry Johnson, 35, at his Detroit apartment. Johnson is facing homicide open murder charges for allegedly killing Tina …
Murder
September 16, 2020
GRAPHIC: Sex offender burned poker pro ALIVE, left charred body in park [Court]
Someone who found the body said it resembled a Halloween mannequin
Police
September 16, 2020
Deputy sheriff groomed & sexually exploited young girls he met on Minecraft
A former sheriff’s deputy from Texas was sentenced Tuesday to more than 18 years in prison for sexually exploiting young girls from Massachusetts after he met them online. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a statement that Pasquale Salas, then 20, met a 12-year-old girl through an online game in …
Missing
September 16, 2020
Felon arrested for stealing SUV at gunpoint from missing man who’s feared dead: Reports
A suspect was arrested Monday in Virginia for allegedly stealing an SUV from a North Carolina man who has been missing since Saturday. Justin Merritt, 34, was arrested in Danville and charged with robbery, larceny of a motor vehicle, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with a stolen 2011 Range …