A 9-year-old South Dakota girl who has been missing from a Rapid City children’s home since Sunday morning reportedly ran away from staff before possibly vanishing into some nearby woods. Children’s Home Society executive director Bill Colson said two staff members were watching Serenity Dennard and three other children as they played in the gym …
An Oregon man is facing nearly 100 sex crime charges for allegedly repeatedly raping an infant girl over the span of four months. Corvallis police arrested Edd Lahar, 30, Thursday, a day after reportedly receiving a tip alleging the suspect had sexually-explicit images of an infant on his cellphone. Investigators who executed a search warrant at …
Authorities in California are applauding a young woman who surrendered her newborn twins to a fire station late last month under the state’s Safe Surrender law. San Bernardino County Fire wrote on Facebook that the newborns were “cared for, cleaned up, and fed” when their mother brought them to the Hesperia fire station at 8:30 p.m on …
Five children who died in a car crash in Maryland Saturday morning weren’t wearing seatbelts at the time of the deadly collision, authorities said. Authorities have identified the slain children as Paris Dixon, 5, and London Dixon, 8, of Bowie, Maryland (pictured); and Rickelle Ricks, 6; Zion Beard, 14; and Damari Herald, 15, of Washington, D.C. …
An Indiana superintendent has resigned days after she was arrested for allegedly getting a high school student medical treatment using her son’s health insurance. According to WTHR, Casey Smitherman’s resignation was announced during Friday’s Elwood school board meeting. The assistant superintendent will take on Smitherman’s role in the interim. In a statement to the Indianapolis …
Police in South Dakota are asking for the public’s help in locating a 9-year-old girl who was reportedly last seen leaving a Rapid City children’s home Sunday morning. The Rapid City Journal reports that Serenity Dennard, 9, has been missing from the Children’s Home Society on South Rockerville Road since 11:30 a.m. Sunday. According to …
An American anarchist who claimed he fled the States in 2016 following drug charges was recently shot dead at his home in Acapulco, Mexico, according to reports. On a YouTube channel called Press for Truth, John Galton, 43, and his girlfriend, Lily, reportedly recalled how they left the country as they were facing 25 years for …
A mother has reportedly sued a Pennsylvania amusement park, alleging that her teen daughter was injured during a Halloween-themed event when a costumed employee caused her to fall by frightening her. According to The Allentown Morning Call, Shannon Sacco and her 15-year-old daughter are seeking $150,000 from Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom and its Ohio-based parent company, …
A New Jersey man is facing fraud charges after surveillance cameras reportedly showed him intentionally throwing ice on the floor of his former workplace and fake a fall that he later filed an insurance claim for. As part of a statewide crackdown on insurance fraud, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office released footage they allege shows a fake …
“We have no reason to think that he’s not being genuine,” Chicago police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson said of Smollett Friday
Police were reportedly called to a “possible suicide”—but a weapon wasn’t found near the slain 20-year-old
A 14-year-old boy in Australia allegedly impregnated his younger step-sister—a startling discovery that came to light after the 12-year-old unexpectantly gave birth earlier this month. According to news.com.au, the boy was living with his stepsister when he allegedly impregnated her at age 11. The girl was reportedly unaware she was pregnant when went into labor …
