Online predator trades sickening sexual pics with 13-year-old boy, pays $20K for hitman to kill the victim: Feds
Technology and Crime
The suspect reportedly paid $20,000 for the hit on a website that ended up being a scam
Manslaughter
August 13, 2020
Parents possibly left toddler in hot car for 16 HOURS before finding him dead, cops say
An Alabama couple who’s facing manslaughter charges for last week’s death of their 3-year-old son may have left him in a hot car for 16 hours before finding him. Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver told WHNT that Bentley Fowler was possibly in the vehicle from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 4 p.m. the following day. Oliver …
Animal Crimes
August 13, 2020
Owners charged with homicide after 4 dogs maul neighbor to death: Officials
The U.S. Marshals Service said they arrested three people Tuesday, months after their four dogs reportedly fatally mauled a woman in Tennessee. The agency said in a statement that Kimberly Jordan, 40, Phyllis Jones, 61, and Dedricz Perry, 22, were charged with reckless homicide in connection with Doris Arrington’s mauling death. Authorities said four “unsecured …
Vandalism
August 13, 2020
Chicago looters trash Ronald McDonald house for ill-children-families, sick kids cower inside: Report
A Ronald McDonald House in Illinois was placed on lockdown early Monday as looters vandalized the building, according to reports. Thirty families, including sick children, were reportedly sleeping at the Chicago facility — located near Lurie Children’s Hospital — when windows and a front door were smashed and vandalized. WBBM reported that residents were placed …
Celebrity
August 13, 2020
R. Kelly associates arrested, accused of threatening & bribing alleged victims: Feds
Prosecutors said one of the singer’s acquaintances lit a car on fire to intimidate an accuser
Heroes
August 12, 2020
Woman killed in storm ‘bear-hugged’ great-grandson, was found clutching him after winds subsided: Reports
An Indiana woman who was killed in a powerful storm Monday reportedly shielded her 4-year-old great-grandson from debris as winds tore her mobile home apart. WPTA reported that Isabel Atencio, 73, suffered fatal blunt force injuries when a storm hit her mobile home in Fort Wayne. Atencio was said to have bear-hugged her great-grandson and …
Court
August 12, 2020
Judge involved in several high-profile exonerations retires at age 54 following Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Officials announced Monday that a prominent New York judge is retiring because she has an advanced form of Alzheimer’s disease. Kings County Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson, 54, agreed to formally retire on October 31. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a press release that they were investigating Simpson due to claims she …
Murder
August 12, 2020
Suspect fatally shoots both mothers of his children in same home weeks apart; one victim was pregnant: Police
A Pennsylvania man reportedly killed both mothers of his children — one of whom was pregnant — in two separate shootings last month. Davone Anderson, 25, allegedly fatally shot Sydney Parmelee, 23, and Kaylee Lyons, 23, at Lyons’ home in Carlisle. Investigators reportedly believe Anderson killed Parmelee on July 5 because he thought she was …
Murder
August 12, 2020
Motel meeting with sex offender ends with poker pro tied up, tortured & ‘lit on fire until she died’: Docs
A professional poker player whose charred body was found in a Michigan park last month was bound and sexually assaulted before she was burned alive, according to authorities. Cell phone records suggest Susie Zhao, 33, met Jeffery Morris, 60, at the Sherwood Motel in Waterford Township on July 12. Morris — a convicted sex offender …
Court
August 11, 2020
Elijah McClain: Federal lawsuit filed in death of man placed in chokehold & injected with ketamine during arrest
The family of Elijah McClain filed a civil lawsuit against the officers and paramedics involved in his August 2019 death. The federal lawsuit claims McClain’s constitutional rights were violated when Aurora police put him in a chokehold before paramedics injected him with 500mg of ketamine. It also stated that law enforcement subjected McClain to the …
Sex Crimes
August 11, 2020
Two suspects busted while planning to meet children for sex: Police
This weekend, police in West Virginia reportedly arrested two men involved in child trafficking and solicitation. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office said a multi-agency investigation into child trafficking and soliciting minors resulted in Mark Armstead and Jonathan Vazquez-Gonzales’ arrests. Armstead, 59, was allegedly caught meeting a 13-year-old boy for sex. Vazquez-Gonzales’ was taken into custody …
Murder
August 11, 2020
Dad fatally shoots terminally-ill daughter, himself as mom cooks breakfast: Reports
The slain 11-year-old reportedly had cancer and was scheduled to have her leg amputated later this month