Police are investigating two recent shootings that reportedly occurred at the same California campground where a scientist was fatally shot last month while camping with his two young daughters. According to the Los Angeles Times, two shootings have occurred in the past week at Malibu Creek State Park, the site of at least seven shootings. One …
The father allegedly abused her for years, and may have fathered her child
A Texas mother with a history of mental illness was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the March 2016 smothering deaths of her 20-month-old and 5-year-old daughters. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Sofya Tsygankova, 34, suffered from depression in her native Russia after experiencing a breakup and failing to excel in a music competition. …
Prosecutors have officially charged reality television star Farrah Abraham with battery and resisting arrest following last month’s altercation at the Beverly Hills Hotel. According to TMZ, Abraham, 27, struck a security guard and argued with police during the June 13 incident. Now, she’s facing 18 months in jail if convicted of both misdemeanor charges. Reports indicated …
Surveillance cameras reportedly captured the tense moments when a California gas station clerk helped a woman escape from men who allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted her. Per KCRA, Savannah Pritchett was working at Triple R Gas and Mart in Waterford Wednesday afternoon when a distressed woman came in asking for help. The woman said she was kidnapped …
Police in New York are searching for a man who allegedly smacked his toddler on a subway train and pulled a knife on a bystander who tried to step in. According to the New York Daily News, the incident occurred June 24 on a Manhattan E train. Police released part of the recorded exchange Sunday, hoping …
Two Ohio brothers are being hailed as heroes for spotting a 3-year-old drowning in a pool and—without the help of adults—jumping into action to save her. WTOL reported that Peyton and Bryant Switzer, 6, were on a family trip in Orlando, Florida, when the incident occurred. The Sentinel-Tribune reported that the girl’s mother was getting other …
Four Michigan teens have accepted a plea deal that will allow them to avoid second-degree murder charges for allegedly throwing a six-pound rock off an overpass, killing a man driving below. Prosecutors will drop 10 of the 11 charges against Mark Sekelsky, 17, Mikadyn Payne, 16, Alexzander Miller, 16, and Trevor Gray, 15, and change …
Lawyers argued that text messages Carter, then 17, sent to boyfriend Conrad Roy III, 18, were ‘cherry-picked’ to show her in a bad light
A missing Alabama girl who was found dead last month was beheaded after witnessing her grandmother’s fatal stabbing, an investigator testified during a preliminary hearing this week. According to AL.com, Madison County investigator Stacy Rutherford said Israel Palomino, 34, and Yoni Aguilar, 26, murdered Oralia Mendoza, 49, and her granddaughter, Maria Lopez, days after doing a drug …
A 12-year-old Kentucky girl was arrested after allegedly trying to poison her 4-year-old stepbrother because she believed their mother loved him more. WSMV reported that the mother discovered Skype messages between her daughter and a man in Texas where she wrote that she wanted to “get rid of him,” referring to her stepbrother. A police …
A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a former pastor who allegedly attempted to rape a 12-year-old girl who police found together in a truck last month. According to WRCB, deputies were searching for a possibly stolen vehicle on Ross Creek Road when they found Grand County pastor William E. “Tim” Smith, Jr., 48, with the underage girl. …
