An Illinois judge who issued a default judgment against R. Kelly in a sex abuse lawsuit has withdrawn her ruling, allowing him another chance to challenge the suit in court. On Wednesday, Cook County Judge Moira Johnson reinstated the civil lawsuit against Kelly, 52, after his new lawyers, Raed Shalabi and Zaid Abdallah, claimed the …
A Maryland man was charged last week for the 1985 murder of his wife, who was stabbed to death in what authorities long believed was a home burglary gone wrong. From the Baltimore Sun, Karen Norton, 23, had come home from work at JCPenney at 6:45 p.m. on December 17, 1985, when she was fatally …
A New Jersey woman was criminally charged Tuesday, days after she allegedly drowned a 10-week-old golden retriever puppy by placing it in a cage and dumping it into a pond. Tonya Fea, 47, is facing two counts of animal cruelty for the death of a female golden retriever puppy who was found dead in Greenwood …
Update, May 9: An Etsy spokesperson provided CrimeOnline with the following statement regarding a lawsuit filed by a California mother for the strangulation death of her toddler son: “Deacon’s death was a great tragedy and our hearts are with his mother and family. While we understand the desire to take action, Etsy is a platform …
A Tennessee man was arrested this week after his wife reportedly discovered a video showing him raping her 5-year-old son, who is his stepson. According to WSMV, the boy’s mother called police on Sunday, claiming she found footage from March 22 which appeared to depict her husband, John Calvillo, 20, committing sex acts on her …
A Kentucky father is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally punching his 1-month-old son in the head after losing a video game Friday night. Anthony and De’Anthony Trice were reportedly alone together when Anthony was losing a video game he was playing. In his anger, he allegedly threw a controller and struck the infant in …
An Arizona father was who was arrested late last month for abusing his son was investigated last fall after a 1-year-old foster child inexplicably died while in his care, according to reports. The Arizona Republic reported that Colin Steffee, 27, was arrested on April 24 after his son emailed El Mirage Police Chief Paul Marzocca …
A Georgia man who admitted to sexually abusing a North Carolina girl and holding her captive for more than a year was reportedly spotted near a high school days after he was spared from prison. Per the Daily Mail, Michael Wysolovski, 33, lives with his mother at her Atlanta suburb home—located 330 yards from a …
Nearly four years after being found dead in a Texas jail cell, footage of the police confrontation which preceded Sandra Bland’s arrest has been released to the public for the first time. According to The New York Times, Bland, 28, recorded part of her encounter with then-trooper Brian Encinia, where he’s seen threatening Bland and …
A Canadian man facing child pornography charges for allegedly buying a child-sized sex doll claimed he bought it to replace his infant son who died in 1986. Per the Canadian Press, a court heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of Kenneth Harrisson, 54. Harrison was charged in 2013 after he reportedly ordered “Carol” from …
‘His last words were water—he asked for water.’
An internal investigation is underway after an incarcerated woman with a mental illness reportedly gave birth in a jail cell despite asking staffers for help. According to the Miami Herald, Tammy Jackson, 34, had her daughter at North Broward Bureau jail on the morning of April 10. She reportedly told jail staff that she was …
