Authorities in Georgia have revealed that about 29 sex offenders in one county are unaccounted for as the year comes to a close. Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office told WXIA that they made the discovery while verifying the addresses of 535 offenders who live in the county. Police said the missing offenders either failed to check-in …
A Texas teen admitted to strangling his pregnant sister and staging her death to look like a suicide because she was an “embarrassment to their family,” law enforcement said on Monday. According to KDFI, Eduardo Arevalo, 19, told relatives that Viridiana Arevalo, 23, was suicidal and created a fake suicide before she was reported missing …
A Massachusetts woman was fatally mauled by her pit bull on Friday afternoon as she suffered from a seizure, according to reports. WCVB reported that Melissa Astacio, 44, was having a seizure inside her Somerset home when the family dog attacked her. The woman’s daughter reportedly called for help, and responding officers had to use …
A 911 dispatcher in Arkansas who berated a woman, as she drowned in August, was cleared of all wrongdoing in a recently-completed internal review. The Fort Smith Police Department and Fire Department’s investigation likely means former Fort Smith dispatcher Donna Reneau will not face charges. Debbie Stevens, 47, who was trapped as floodwaters surrounded her …
The mother of a 12-year old New Jersey boy who killed himself shortly after coming out as gay in 2017 has sued a school district, alleging that staff failed to stop homophobic bullying and harassment before he took his own life. Recently filed in state Superior Court, the lawsuit alleges that Woodruff School students made …
An ex-sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin was criminally charged on Tuesday for allegedly scouring through obituaries to identify homes that would be empty so she could burglarize them. Janelle Gericke, 29, who was fired from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in July, is accused of committing the break-ins between February 2018 and June 2019. The Milwaukee …
A woman has sued Mississippi officials, claiming jailers denied her incarcerated mother insulin before her death in September 2018. According to the Biloxi Sun Herald, Kayla Rush filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in connection with the September 10 death of her mother, Cindy Michelle, 38, who had Type 1 diabetes. Michelle was arrested on …
A Georgia mother was arrested at her 11-year-old son’s middle school on Monday after she allegedly threatened to shoot students who were bullying him. WSB-TV reported that Cirea Oliver, 29, was jailed on terroristic threat charges for a 40-minute Facebook Live video in which she blamed parents, teachers, and students for her son’s bullying. Oliver …
A Texas man is facing capital murder charges for allegedly fatally stabbing an elderly woman while performing cable work in her home last Thursday. Roy Holden Jr., 43, was arrested on Friday afternoon for killing Betty Thomas, 83, in her Las Colinas residence. Thomas’ son-in-law found her dead in her living room on Thursday evening …
New York prosecutors reportedly said on Wednesday that surveillance footage showing convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s first suicide attempt in July is missing. A lawyer representing ex-cop Nick Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein, 66, at the time of his initial suicide attempt, asked in court to have the footage preserved, according to the New …
A Canadian mother has been charged with assault after a video surfaced on Tuesday reportedly showing her slap, bite, and roughly handle her 14-month-old son while she played Fortnite. Calgary police announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday that they arrested a 31-year-old woman after receiving multiple reports about her abusing a child while live-streaming …
Two Illinois men convicted of gunning down the 9-year-old son of a rival gang member in 2015 were handed lengthy prison sentences on Wednesday. In a Cook County courtroom, gunman Dwright Boone-Doty, 25, and his accomplice, Corey Morgan, 31, were sentenced to 90 and 65 years, respectively, for the murder of Tyshawn Lee. The pair …
