A Georgia solicitor who frequently tried drug-related cases is on administrative leave after she was arrested over the weekend for marijuana possession, officials said. According to WXIA, Deidre Merriman, solicitor for the City of Atlanta, was arrested in Dooly County on August 25. Police said a deputy pulled Merriman over after spotting her speeding on GA 401 …
An Ohio man who was already incarcerated for killing two women was sentenced to death Tuesday after admitting to strangling two teen girls and burning their bodies. Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Patrick T. Dinkelacker sided with the jury’s recommendation when he condemned Anthony Kirkland to death for the murders of Casonya Crawford, 14, in 2006 and Esme Kenney, …
Two North Carolina women are facing felony child abuse charges after a video surfaced on Snapchat allegedly showing them encouraging three young children to smoke marijuana. Police announced Tuesday that they’ve arrested Michaela Pearson, 21, and Candice Little, 18, in connection with Monday’s incident involving three children. Police said the children seen in the video are 18 months …
For the first time, Arizona police said foul play is likely involved in the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman who hasn’t been heard from in more than three weeks. On August 4, Kiera Bergman reportedly walked out of her Phoenix apartment, leaving behind her wallet, purse, and car. With limited leads, Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Vince Lewis, …
Alabama authorities made a second arrest in a deadly 2017 home invasion after obtaining DNA testing results from a mask left at the crime scene. AL.com reported that Jefferson County police arrested Jason Dale Boatwright, 40, on August 22 for the September 15, 2017, home invasion that left Stephen Douglas Crump, 38, dead. Police said Boatwright and Crump, …
A popular “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” player reportedly died Thursday in the wrong-way crash that also claimed the lives of a mother and her 12-year-old daughter. According to The Los Angeles Times, the fatal crash occurred northbound on Interstate 805 in San Diego County, California. A witness told police that a driver, later identified as Trevor Heitmann, …
A Texas security guard is out of a job after she reportedly recorded a police officer as he struggled to arrest a teen suspect possibly involved in an earlier shooting. According to KHOU, Houston Police Officer’s Union President Joe Gamaldi announced the unnamed security guard’s firing. calling her alleged actions “disgraceful.” “She was completely oblivious to everything that was going on …
A Mississippi man suspected in his wife’s slaying was recently charged with capital murder in Texas for allegedly fatally stabbing his girlfriend in April. According to KPLC, Darrell Burnside, 49, was arrested Wednesday in Louisana after investigators in Harris County filed murder charges in connection with the April 24 stabbing death of his girlfriend, Ashley George, …
A Philadelphia man who grabbed international headlines last year when he used his last $20 to help a stranded motorist said he’s homeless again—and the woman he helped, along with her boyfriend, and are possibly spending the $400,000 they raised on his behalf on their own indulgences. Kate McClure, 28, and boyfriend Mark D’Amico, 39, …
A former Texas high school teacher who had an illicit, sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student was sentenced Thursday to 120 days behind bars. According to The Dallas Morning News, ex-Plano Senior High School algebra teacher Alaina Ferguson, 25, pleaded guilty to improper relationship between a teacher and a student and indecency with a child by …
Police in North Carolina said they’ve arrested a man in connection with a series of six unsolved rapes committed more than a decade ago. According to a statement issued to ABC News, Darold Wayne Bowden, 43, is believed to have tortured and raped five women and one child between March 2006 and January 2008. The …
A New York man who was convicted of killing a suspected child rapist recently had his 2016 first-degree manslaughter conviction overturned and was granted a new trial. The Times Herald-Record reported that David Carlson was found guilty of the 2013 fatal shooting of Norris Acosta-Sanchez. Acosta-Sanchez, 35, (pictured right) was wanted in Rockland County on second-degree rape charges …
