Authorities in New Mexico have issued an AMBER Alert for a 5-year-old girl who reportedly vanished near her home on Sunday morning. The Albuquerque Journal reported that Renezmae Calzada vanished while playing in front of an Española home near McCurdy Road and Tesuque Lane at around 9:45 a.m. Rio Arriba Sheriff James Lujan said they …
A New York woman was reportedly mauled to death by one or two of her pet dogs on Saturday. According to the New York Post, Arlene Renna, 67, was discovered unconscious in her living room by her husband upon his return to their Pleasant Valley home. Renna was pronounced dead at the scene and state …
An Alabama school is reportedly trying a unique approach to combat covert vaping on campus: removing the doors on some of the bathroom stalls. The measure is being tested at Wilson High School in Lauderdale County after repeated instances of students, teachers, and staff smelling and seeing evidence of vaping on school grounds. Principal Gary …
‘It was one of the most evil things I’ve ever seen’
A Delaware day care worker was charged with first-degree murder a day after she allegedly suffocated a 4-month-old girl at the facility last week. Delaware State Police said in a statement Friday that Dejoynay Ferguson, 19, was found to have “intentionally restricted” the infant’s breathing until she became unresponsive. Crews who responded to the Little …
Authorities in Florida charged a mother with manslaughter months after her two sons reportedly scaled a locked apartment pool fence and drowned while she was sleeping. The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday that Wildline Joseph, 23, was arrested on aggravated manslaughter charges in connection with the May 22 deaths of Ja’kye Joseph, 6, and Branario …
Jury selection has begun in the high-profile murder trial for a former Texas police officer who fatally shot her upstairs neighbor in his own apartment last year. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that more than 500 prospective jurors were summoned to the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Friday—on the one-year anniversary of Amber …
Singer R. Kelly has been moved from solitary confinement to general population in an Illinois federal jail as he awaits trial for multiple crimes, including sex trafficking and sexual assault. Prosecutors, who announced Kelly’s move on Tuesday, denied the defense’s claims that the singer was in solitary confinement against his will—offering a recorded phone call …
A New Jersey court learned on Thursday that a mother accused of killing her 22-moth-old son last year had allegedly filmed herself mocking her injured son hours before he died. Judge Edward J. McBride Jr. ruled Thursday that Tynaizha Brown, 24, will remain jailed pending her trial for murder, aggravated assault, and endangering the welfare …
An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who’s in an adult jail for allegedly killing a 6-month-old boy last year was found unfit to stand trial on Wednesday—a decision which was influenced by a doctor’s finding that the preteen’s mental capacity has worsened in recent months. WQOW reported that Chippewa County Judge James Peterson ruled the girl incompetent, …
A longtime meteorologist for an Ohio news station was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having a massive collection of pictures depicting child pornography. WBNS reported that their meteorologist of 31 years, Mike Davis, has been charged with pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor. Law enforcement sources told the news station that their probe involves thousands …
A North Carolina woman has been criminally charged days after she allegedly left her 1-year-old foster child in a hot car at a shopping center, resulting in his death. Dawn Aberson-Vanden Broecke, 42, is facing involuntary manslaughter charges for the toddler’s August 29 death. Citing her arrest warrant, WBTV reported that Broecke works at an …
