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. …
At least 19 students in Colorado were injured Thursday afternoon when a flatbed driver reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel and collided with a school bus. According to The Denver Post, state troopers said William Carroll, 36, was cited for careless driving causing injuries in connection with the crash near the intersection of County Roads …
A Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly fleeing the scene after a boulder fell from the dump truck he was driving, killing two women in a car nearby. According to the Pioneer Press, Joseph Paul Czeck, 33, was driving the commercial truck south Monday afternoon when a boulder he was hauling—three feet wide and 800 pounds—broke …
An Ohio woman who solicited a hitman to kill her stepdaughters’ mother spend five years behind bars for the failed murder-for-hire plot. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tara Arbogast, formerly known as Tara Lambert, ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Arbogast, 35, was caught on camera in July 2015 offering a hitman a $125 downpayment …
An Arkansas teen is facing capital murder charges after last month’s smothering death of his infant daughter—who he reportedly tried to shock with an extension cord after she lost consciousness. Police were reportedly called to a Van Buren home on June 12 following reports of an unresponsive baby. The 2-month-old at the home was transported to …
The 12 Thai schoolboys rescued from a cave this week were reportedly given a “small sedative” before they embarked on a rescue mission that continues to grab international headlines. Australian newspaper Adelaide Now reported that Dr. Richard Harris entered the cave to assess the boys’ condition before administering the sedative. Moreover, Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha confirmed …
Police in California are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who reportedly donned clown makeup and robbed a woman on July 4, outside of a Pasadena check cashing business. Surveillance footage made public by the Pasadena Police Department shows a woman exiting a building and walking into a parking lot with her purse on her …
A mother found dead Wednesday in a trash compactor at her luxury Manhattan apartment building apparently appeared drunk before she made the 27-story descent. On Tuesday afternoon, surveillance cameras at the Zeckendorf Towers caught Lara Prychodko, 48, stumbling out of an elevator stopped on the 27th floor. Thirty minutes later, Prychodko is believed to have slid down a …
