Prosecutors and school officials are investigating after staff at a private school in California reportedly restrained a 13-year-old boy with autism who ultimately stopped breathing and died. A source told The Sacramento Bee that Guiding Hands School is being investigated for a ‘prone restraint’ staff used on the unidentified teen for about an hour. The newspaper …
An Alabama court heard testimony about a barefoot 5-year-old boy who was wandering outside when he alerted a woman to his murdered parents inside their mobile home. According to court testimony, the child asked the woman if he could go home with her, saying, “Mommy and daddy are asleep. They’re covered in blood.” AL.com reported …
A Washington man with a lengthy criminal record reportedly reached out to police on Facebook, repeatedly promising to turn himself in after they featured him on their ‘Wanted Wednesday.’ The ordeal started on November 28, when the Richland Police Department asked Facebook users to contact them if they know the whereabouts of Anthony Akers, 38. …
An American Catholic priest was recently charged in U.S. federal court for allegedly sexually abusing numerous young boys in the Philippines, where he’s lived since the 1960s. According to CNN, authorities said Reverend Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks, 77, originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, was arrested in the Philippine city of Naval after several boys came forward …
A high school teacher in California is facing criminal charges after a video surfaced Wednesday which reportedly shows her forcibly cutting a student’s hair while singing the national anthem. Margaret Gieszinger, 52, was jailed on suspicion of felony child endangerment in connection with an incident that reportedly unfolded at University Preparatory High School in Visalia. A …
Actress Heather Locklear has reportedly admitted herself into an inpatient treatment facility, where she’ll stay for 90 days following her two-week stint under a psychiatric hold. According to Radar Online, Locklear, 57, entered rehab after an alcohol-fueled meltdown led to her hospitalization last month. “She’s now in rehab,” a source told the tabloid. “Everyone hopes she …
A U.S. Border Patrol agent who reportedly confessed to killing four sex workers in Texas was indicted on capital murder charges Wednesday. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said Juan David Ortiz, 35, killed the four women in September because he “wanted to clean up the streets” as he felt not enough was being done to curb prostitution …
Two Tennessee parents are asking for the public’s help in locating their 16-year-old daughter, who was reportedly last seen walking her dogs outside her Bartlett home on November 25. Shemickco Frazier told WHBQ that her daughter, Johniah Frazier, 16, doesn’t have a history of running away. WATN reported that Johniah took her three dogs to …
An Ohio woman was arrested Sunday for allegedly throwing hot grease on someone during an argument. Per WXIX, Charlene Thompson, 61, is facing a felonious assault charge for dumping scalding grease on the female victim, leaving severe burns to her back and arm. Officers who responded to the Mt. Airy residence reportedly noticed the victim’s injuries. Thompson had …
Officials in Colorado announced Monday that no criminal charges will be filed against an officer who reportedly shot and killed a 73-year-old man who fatally shot a home intruder as he attacked his young grandson. Per KUSA, the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office determined that Aurora police officer Drew Limbaugh’s fatal shooting of Richard “Gary” Black Jr. …
A Maine woman who said her struggles with gender identity pushed her to stab her two parents to death when she was 17 was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison. According to her attorney, Andrea Balcer, now 20, was transitioning from male to female when she killed Alice and Antonio Balcer, both 47, on …
A man who was born in Philadelphia is suing a Florida sheriff’s office, accusing them of nearly deporting him to Jamaica following a probation violation. According to a federal lawsuit, Paul Sean Brown, 50, turned himself into the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in April after testing positive to marijuana. What followed was a series of complaints officers …
