George Zimmerman has filed a $100 million lawsuit in Florida against Trayvon Martin’s family, their attorneys, prosecutors, and a book publishing company, alleging they’re responsible for years worth of defamation and harassment. Zimmerman, 36, filed the civil suit on Wednesday in Polk County. Larry Klayman, a prominent conservative activist and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor, …
Police in Kentucky arrested a woman on Tuesday for allegedly selling her newborn baby for $2,000. Bowling Green police said in a statement posted to Facebook that Parker Bennett Curry Elementary School officials contacted them after receiving information about a woman selling her child. Officers eventually spoke with Maria Domingo-Perez, 31, who allegedly gave them …
A Florida teacher is accused of having sex with her son’s 15-year-old friend for more than a year. Arrested on Monday, Susan Weddle, 40, has resigned from her position as a learning resource specialist position at the J.E. Hall Center. Last month, a high school guidance counselor contacted the Department of Children and Families after …
An Alaska man was accused of fatally shooting his younger sister on Thanksgiving as her 1-year-old son sat in her lap. The Anchorage Daily News reported that Moses Crowe, 27, shot his sister, Amanda Owen, 23, in the head after getting into an argument with her about unfriending or blocking him on Facebook. Crowe’s grandmother …
Zymere Perkins’ mother reportedly left to get food after the brutal beating, leaving her son dead for hours before getting help
Authorities in South Dakota are still actively investigating the unsolved disappearance of a 9-year-old girl from a residential children’s home. Serenity Dennard is believed to have run away from the Black Hills Children’s Home on February 3. Early on, police classified their search as a recovery mission due to the freezing temperatures at the time …
An Indiana man was fatally shot on Friday night as he attempted to stop a gunman during his bachelor party, according to reports. Christopher Smith, 41, was one of two people shot at Jake’s Pub in Indianapolis shortly before 10 p.m. Smith was to be married in two weeks, and his fiancée’s sister told WXIN …
Prosecutors said they are seeking the death penalty against the man who they alleged abducted and murdered Alabama teen Aniah Blanchard. Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes announced on Monday that they will be upgrading first degree-kidnapping suspect Ibraheem Yazeed’s charges to capital murder. Hughes revealed that the 19-year-old had been fatally shot, but declined …
Authorities in Arizona continue to search for a 6-year-old girl who remains unaccounted for since she, her brother, and cousin were swept away by flooded creek waters on Friday. Her brother and cousin have since been found dead. The Arizona Republic reported that Sunday’s search of the Roosevelt Lake area produced Willa Rawlings’ shoe. The …
A body that was found in Indiana in mid-September has been identified as a teen girl who was reported missing in Illinois, authorities announced on Sunday. According to the Times of Northwest Indiana, the Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff’s Office said Takaylah Tribitt, 14, was the girl utility workers found dead on September 16 in an …
An Ohio man was sentenced to prison late last month for multiple sex crimes that involved adult women and underage girls — including two 3-year-olds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of Ohio announced on Monday that Matthew Jones, 44, will spend more than 22 years in prison after pleading guilty last December …
Authorities in Texas are investigating a home invasion on Sunday night which reportedly involved a homeowner and his disabled wife. According to KTRK, three men jumped the backyard fence of a Dickinson home and gained entry through an unlocked back door. Dickinson police detective Guadalupe Vasquez said the trio tied up the male homeowner, pistol-whipped …
