A Texas mother was drunk when she was ousted from her child’s high school play, assaulted an officer, and flooded a jail cell by setting off the sprinkler system, police said. The Houston Chronicle reported that Christy Ann Churchwell, 35, was at Friendswood Junior High School Thursday night at around 8 p.m. to watch her child’s performance …
Three New Jersey teens who disappeared last week were reportedly found safe over the weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomfield police announced Saturday that Ulises Yance, 16, Alex Lopez, 15, and Alexa Arenas, 16, were found safe but declined to provide additional details at this point in time. Alexa’s father, Carlos Arenas, told NJ.com that the teens had taken …
An Oklahoma father is accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old daughter’s two dogs as punishment for not doing the dishes or having the house cleaned. According to The Oklahoman, Jeffrey Don Edwards, 35, was arrested Wednesday following an altercation with his daughter for not doing her chores. The teen reportedly told investigators that Edwards was angry …
More than 30 years after a Texas college student was shot, stabbed, run over, and mutilated, law enforcement is still working to find her killer. KTRK reported that a worker was unloading items behind a sporting goods store on April 8, 1988, when he discovered the bloodied body of Jacqueline Michelle Graham, 19. Authorities said the worker first …
A convicted sex offender was reportedly allowed to work at a community center for high-risk children as he faced criminal charges for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. David Walker, 64, was found guilty in 1981 of abusing two boys—ages nine and 11. He was then charged in 2015 with violating another child and was ordered …
Florida prosecutors charged four men under the state’s hate-crime enhancement law for allegedly attacking a gay couple during Miami Beach’s pride parade. From the Miami Herald, Juan Carlos Lopez, 21, Luis M. Alonso Piovet, 20, Adonis Diaz, 21, and Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa, 21, face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of assaulting Rene Chalarca and …
A California mother and her boyfriend are facing first-degree murder charges after the woman’s 2-year-old son was found dead in a remote area late last month. Bakersfield.com reported that Ayled Chavez, 19, originally told police that she was walking on Union Avenue with Ramon Angel Reyes-Chavez in her arms when a Hispanic man jumped out of a …
More than a year after her disappearance, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that their search for a missing mother had turned into a murder investigation. Police said Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska was reported missing by her husband, Allen Gould, on April 10, 2017. WCAU reported that the Poland native was the mother to a 3-year-old son and a successful …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they’re not filing criminal charges in the case of a 1-year-old boy who was reportedly seriously injured at an Indiana daycare late last month. A spokesperson for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to WCPO that no charges will be filed for an incident involving Jesse Harris IV, who reportedly returned home from Kiddie Garden …
An Ohio father is accused of hogtying his 13-year-old daughter with zip ties and dragging her across a parking lot—all to stop her from running away. John L. Hofacker was arrested Friday afternoon after his teen daughter was reportedly spotted outside New London Lanes bowling alley screaming for help. According to WJW, responding officers approached the …
A North Carolina police officer was reportedly caught on tape slamming a man into a window at a Waffle House before putting him in a chokehold. WTVD reported that Warsaw police are investigating after a video captured an officer in an altercation with Anthony Wall, 22. Wall had just taken his 16-year-old sister to prom …
