A New York man is facing various criminal charges for allegedly attempting to abduct a 7-year-old girl from her home Monday. Pete Haughton, 32, was accused of breaking into a Queens residence and dragging a girl out of her bunk bed. The child’s mother told WCBS that the suspect tapped her daughter’s belly and told …
A Wisconsin woman accused of fatally shooting her sexual abuser in 2018 was released from jail Monday, after two years behind bars. Multiple community groups raised $400,000 to pay Chrystul Kizer’s bond. Kizer was 17 when she killed Randall Volar III, 34, in what some have called a case of self-defense, according to the New …
An Illinois man recently admitted in court to sexually assaulting a child and giving them HIV. WIFR reported that Steven Grimes, 31, was arrested in May 2019, after a medical office contacted police about a sexual assault. An investigation revealed that Grimes had been sexually assaulting the victim since 2005 — when the child was …
Jeremy Christian fatally stabbed Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche after they stopped him from harassing two Black teens
A Kentucky officer was formally fired Tuesday for his role in the March 13 death of Breonna Taylor, an EMT who police allegedly shot eight times while executing a no-knock warrant at the wrong home. Louisville Metro police Interim Chief Robert Schroeder wrote in a letter that after Tuesday’s pre-termination hearing, he’s decided to fire …
A Pennsylvania woman allegedly admitted to being the getaway driver for her son who robbed a store at gunpoint. PennLive reported that Lori Ann McHenry, 52, confessed to driving her son, Steven James Martin, 28, to and from Sam’s Place Lottery & Tobacco on March 18. She allegedly also admitted to providing false information to investigators. …
Authorities in California are looking for a woman who they said intentionally coughed on a 1-year-old boy during an argument with the child’s mother. The San Jose Police Department said in a press release that the incident occurred Friday at a Yogurtland in San Jose. At the time of the alleged assault, the unidentified suspect …
Staff allegedly waited 12 minutes to call 911 after the teen lost consciousness
A girl in Illinois was reportedly killed Saturday when a stray bullet pierced through her home and struck her. The Chicago Sun-News reported that Amaria Jones, 13, was shot in the neck in her Chicago apartment. Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were also wounded in the attack. Jones died at a hospital about 30 …
A preliminary investigation suggests that human remains found in a submerged car Wednesday belong to an Indiana woman who vanished in November 2009. WTOL reported that Esther Westenbarger was last seen leaving Miller’s Bar in Kokomo and walking to her Cadillac parked at Hoosier Bar. The Howard County Sheriff’s Office said they believe Westenbarger was …
Texas officials announced Friday that they’ve declined to reverse the 2016 firing of an ex-police officer who allegedly gave a homeless man a feces sandwich. According to the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio officials said an independent arbitrator upheld Matthew Luckhurst’s second termination, citing his especially appalling conduct. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus had …
Half a dozen of the injured victims have life-threatening injuries
