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 …
A Nevada father was arrested Saturday in connection with the disappearance of his 3-year-old daughter who was last seen in late August. North Las Vegas police arrested Ricky Beasley, 27, after receiving a tip that he and the missing girl’s mother, Lakeia Walker, 27, were at a casino. Police said Monday that Beasley was charged with first-degree kidnapping, …
A Louisiana mother accused in the burning death of her 6-month-old son will await her 2020 murder trial behind bars as her probation was revoked on Monday. Hanna Nicole Barker, 23, was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in connection with the July 18 death of her son, Levi Cole Ellerbe. The Alexandria Town Talk reported …
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that the names of 11 priests accused in the grand jury’s scathing report regarding rampant child sex abuse in the church will remain permanently redacted. As reported by the Philadelphia Enquirer, August’s grand jury report included testimony from more than 1,000 children who alleged abuse at the hands of 301 priests in …
A New Mexico court is deciding whether a man who was 15 when fatally shot his parents, brother, and two sisters will walk free nearly six years after the grisly quintuple slaying. Per the Albuquerque Journal, Children’s Court Judge John Romero is tasked with determining if convicted murderer Nehemiah Griego, now 21, is rehabilitated and can be reintroduced …
A recently-released independent autopsy suggests that police who responded to an Alabama mall on Thanksgiving Day shot a bystander from behind three times. Family attorney Benjamin Crump said Monday that the private report stated that Hoover police shot Emantic Bradford Jr., 21, in the head, neck, and back. A laceration located on Bradford’s right eyebrow possibly indicates he fell …
A Florida man is facing criminal charges for allegedly threatening to kill his college professor for scheduling an early morning final exam. Rafael Decomas, 20, a student at Florida Atlantic University, reportedly threatened his data structure professor through Twitter over the scheduled 7 a.m. exam. According to WPLG, authorities managed to trace the tweet back to …
A foster father in Missouri was arrested last week, months after he allegedly beat and shook a 3-month-old baby to the point that the infant was hospitalized for more than a week. John Grant, 34, was arrested Tuesday on felony child abuse charges stemming from injuries a baby in his care suffered sometime between January …
Amber Guyger, the Texas officer charged in the fatal shooting of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean, was reportedly released on bond shortly after her murder indictment on Friday. Newsweek reported that Guyger, 30, turned herself into the Mesquite jail and posted $200,000 bond. According to the Dallas Observer, District Attorney Faith Johnson confirmed that the $300,000 …
A sawed-off fingertip reportedly led authorities in Texas to arrest a man for producing child pornography — and his son for distributing it. Per the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Richard Lee Kruse, 63, and Charles Lee Kruse, 42, were federally indicted Thursday, weeks after authorities searched the son’s home and computer. The initial criminal investigation began in September …
Oklahoma authorities continue to search for a convicted murderer who reportedly posed as his cellmate and bailed out of prison on Friday. Oklahoma prison officials said county deputies and state troopers all over the state are working to apprehend a “violent individual,” Patrick Walker, 34. Citing officials, ABC News reported that Walker escaped the Payne …
