The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning against the use of teething jewelry after an 18-month-old boy reportedly died while using the item. The FDA made the announcement after the beads from the jewelry strangled the toddler while he napped. The federal agency also cited an incident with a 7-month-old who reportedly choked …
A retired Idaho priest who admitted to possessing and distributing child porn was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole. The Idaho Statesman reported that the Reverend W. Thomas Faucher, 73, received the de facto life sentence following a rambling 17-minute statement where he attempted to explain how he became entangled …
A California man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison. The Los Angeles Times reported that Gualberto Torres-Vargas, 40, pleaded guilty to continuous sexual abuse, sodomy by force of a child under 14 years old, performing a lewd act on a child under 14, and forcible …
A West Virginia high school assistant principal was recently suspended for four days after allegedly harassing a transgender student in a bathroom last month. Michael Critchfield, 15, told the Huffington Post that he was planning to leave for a band trip on November 27 when he went to the boy’s bathroom. It was there where …
A 4-year-old Texas boy remains hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his head after his stepfather reportedly shot him and fatally shot his mother and grandmother before turning the gun on himself. KWTX reported that Shelly Splittgerber, 36, was granted a temporary protection order Wednesday against her estranged husband, Matthew Splittgerber, 37, citing stalking and harassment. In …
A Texas teen is facing intoxication manslaughter charges after allegedly drunkenly crossing three lanes Sunday night and striking a vehicle head-on, killing a young mother. The Houston Chronicle reported that Taylor Phillips, 23, was killed; while her 1-year-old son and her 48-year-old mother suffered minor injuries. Phillips was pronounced dead at the scene. Erick Hernandez, the …
An ex-Pennsylvania college student, accused earlier this year of leaving racist graffiti for his black roommate in their dorm room, was arrested for allegedly poisoning him with a toxic metal. Yukai Yang, 22, a chemistry major at Lehigh University, turned himself in Thursday and was charged with attempted murder. Authorities believe Yang slipped thallium—an odorless, colorless, …
Authorities in Peru have reportedly expanded their search for a legally blind Michigan woman who was last heard from last week while staying at a hostel in Cusco. According to the Detroit Free Press, Carla Valpeoz, 35, missed her returning flight home and hasn’t had her phone on for days. The social worker known for her …
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has reportedly shut down one of two day cares accused of failing to report the abuse of a 4-year-old girl who was reportedly beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend in March. According to WEWS, a recently-reached agreement means Get Ready Set Grow Preschool will close their …
A military couple was arrested at a Georgia naval base Sunday after the man reportedly showed police footage of his wife dousing their then-7-month-old son with water and choking him with a scarf. Jonathan Xavier Harrell, 24, and Latoya Denise Harrell, 23, were charged with first-degree cruelty to children after police responded to their home …
Relatives confirmed the death of Georgia man with autism who went overboard this week, revealing that he possibly leapt off the ship as he mistakenly believed he was going swimming. The cruise line also confirmed Luke Renner’s death in a statement issued to WKRG. In it, they claimed Renner was discovered missing on the Carnival …
A man who reportedly fell down a flight of stairs at a New York City bar during SantaCon was recently told by the judge that the coma he found himself in was his own fault. Per the New York Post, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe dismissed a personal injury suit brought forth by Christopher Visone, …
