DEVELOPING: FBI searching multiple properties connected to Crystal Rogers’ ex-boyfriend [Reports]
Family Crime
Over 150 federal officers deployed to Bardstown, KY, searching at least three properties and conducting 50 interviews
Missing
August 5, 2020
MISSING: Police searching for teen girl who vanished from home with backpack, bike
Police in Tennessee have asked for the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl who reportedly vanished from her home Monday. The Knoxville Police Department said in a Facebook post Tuesday that Patiecents Ray Harrell left her Glenoaks Drive home sometime between 10 p.m. Monday and 9:30 a.m. the following day. She reportedly left with …
Murder
August 5, 2020
Pro poker player murdered after meeting with man at Michigan hotel: Police
The suspect is a convicted sex offender
Sex Crimes
August 5, 2020
‘American Ninja Warrior’ champion arrested on federal child sex charges
An “American Ninja Warrior” contestant was arrested on federal charges Tuesday for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an underage girl. Andrew Drechsel, 31, was charged with manufacturing child pornography, enticement of a minor to travel for illicit sexual conduct, travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, and use …
Missing
August 5, 2020
BREAKING: Nonverbal autistic girl found dead near flooded creek following frantic search [Police]
The child reportedly vanished as Tropical Storm Isaias slammed the area with heavy rain and wind
Missing
August 4, 2020
URGENT: Nonverbal autistic girl vanishes amid Tropical Storm Isaias, police say
Authorities in Pennsylvania have asked for the public’s help in locating a 5-year-old girl who reportedly vanished Tuesday. The Towamencin Township Police Department said in a Facebook post that Eliza Talal was last seen around noon on Spring Valley Road in Lansdale. Police said they believe Talal is as “special risk” for injury as she’s …
Assault
August 4, 2020
Cops arrest Florida woman who intentionally coughed in cancer patient’s face at Pier 1: Reports
A Florida woman was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges Saturday for allegedly coughing in a cancer patient’s face weeks earlier. On June 23, Heather Sprague reportedly filmed an encounter with Debra Hunter, 52, inside a Pier 1 Imports in Jacksonville. Sprague reportedly spotted Hunter verbally abusing store staff over an item she wanted to return …
Murder
August 4, 2020
Mother confesses to 1988 murder of newborn son born alive, tossed along creek in a paper bag: Police
A California woman was arrested late last month for the murder of her newborn son, who was reportedly found dead on a creek embankment in 1988. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Lesa Lopez, 52, identified herself as the baby’s mother and implicated herself in the unsolved slaying. Lopez, who was …
Missing
August 4, 2020
Mom mysteriously vanishes after leaving for pandemic road trip. Her damaged car is found abandoned on highway: Reports
Authorities are still looking for a California woman who reportedly hasn’t been seen or heard from since embarking on a road trip in mid-June. Erika Lloyd, 37, of Walnut Creek, reportedly left on June 14. Lloyd was to take a seven-hour drive to Joshua Tree National Park, but she hasn’t contacted her family since June …
Murder
August 3, 2020
Reward offered in murder of pregnant entrepreneur whose home was struck by gunfire
Police in Maryland are still investigating the death of a pregnant woman who was reportedly shot Friday inside her home. Howard County police said in a statement that they responded to a residence in the 6600 block of Dovecote Drive amid reports of gunfire. Officers reportedly discovered that multiple bullets had been fired into the …
Sex Crimes
August 3, 2020
‘He just hurts me all the time’: Babysitter sexually abuses 4-year-old girl as her mom works [Docs]
A Florida man was arrested Sunday, months after he allegedly sexually abused a 4-year-old girl he was responsible for babysitting. Braxton Upshaw, 19, reportedly babysat a woman’s two children two to four times a week from August 2019 until the alleged incident, which Leon County police said occurred in October. The mother claimed Upshaw watched …
Robbery
August 3, 2020
Cops tell citizens to ‘be prepared’ to turn over phones, money amid a spike in robberies, carjackings
Late last month, police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, told residents to “be prepared” to relinquish your valuables to criminals as the city deals with an uptick in carjackings and robberies. According to WCCO, the Minneapolis Police Department reported a 46 percent increase in carjackings and a 36 percent jump in robberies compared to last year. Crime …