The attorney representing the family of a Texas man fatally shot in his own apartment by his downstairs neighbor, a Dallas officer, announced they’ll be suing the city and the officer that killed him. According to The Dallas Morning News, attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean, the parents of Botham Jean, 26, will …
On Thursday, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and address multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. One of his three accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, will also testify. The psychology professor has alleged that Kavanaugh groped her and attempted to remove her clothes when they were in high school …
A Florida deputy reportedly shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself at their Land O’ Lakes home early Monday. “Kirk has lost his mind Kristin,” Samantha Keithley, 33, text a friend late Sunday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “He’s literally losing it. He’s been harassing me for the last 6 hours …
A 5-month-old Alabama boy reportedly drowned in a bathtub Saturday as his father played video games in another room and forgot about him. Jefferson County police announced that Cordarius Cotton, 23, was charged with reckless manslaughter for leaving his son, Dezmend Cotton, alone in a tub for more than an hour. Medics who arrived at the …
Authorities have dropped criminal charges against a North Carolina woman who reportedly took in 27 dogs and cats for their owners during Hurricane Florence. Tammie Hedges, the owner of animal rescue center Crazy’s Claws N Paws, was charged with 12 counts of practicing medicine without a veterinary license for allegedly administering antibiotics and ointments to the …
O.J. Simpson said that recently-jailed comedian Bill Cosby will need to be placed in protective custody because convicted sex offenders don’t fare well in prison. Simpson, 71, told TMZ that the “nature of the crime” Cosby committed—sex assault—would make him a target for violence. Cosby, 81, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison …
An Alabama mother, her husband, and her mother are facing criminal charges after police allegedly found her 13-year-old son chained, stripped naked, and living in a dog crate. Per AL.com, the Autauga County Sheriff’s Office got involved Thursday after an anonymous caller claimed a child living in a Prattville home was being chained and abused. …
A Michigan man is dead after allegedly fatally shooting his mother-in-law, her boyfriend, and their dog before kidnapping his wife and two young children. Police said Bruce Huntley, 33, killed Lisa Bradley, 58, and her longtime boyfriend, James Cole, 54, Saturday after his wife and two children, ages 2 and 4, sought refuge at their home following …
An Arizona mother is facing felony child abuse charges for allegedly leaving her 4-year-old daughter home alone all night while she partied. AZ Central reported that the child knocked on a neighbor’s door at around 6:30 a.m. Sunday and said her mother, Alexandra Rose Ciliento, 29, wasn’t home. The neighbor reportedly told police that they waited …
A South Carolina teacher who was arrested last year for her alleged sexual relationship with a teen student reportedly docked the victim’s grade if he refused sex. The Post and Courier reported that the student and his parent filed a lawsuit Thursday in Charleston County circuit court, accusing the Charleston County School District of negligence …
The 2016 shooting that left eight family members dead on their Ohio farm was likely carried out by professional killers, a mass killings expert said last week. Dr. Jennifer Murray, an associate professor at Indiana State University, told WLWT that the April 2016 slayings had “aspects of a professional hit” and didn’t appear to be carried …
A 15-year-old Alabama girl was charged with two counts of capital murder for allegedly stabbing her mother and older sister to death last week. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reports that deputies found the bodies of Rosa Aminta Maldonado, 44, and her daughter, Rosa Lee Maldonado, 19, (pictured left and right) in their Lester home at 1 …
