Suspected serial killer taunts victim’s mother in court; murder may have been hate crime
Violent Crime
The suspect went to the victim’s funeral
Drug Crime
March 6, 2017
Heartbreaking! 5-year-old calls 911 after parents overdose
A Sharon, Pennsylvania, couple were arrested after their 5-year-old reportedly told a 911 dispatcher he couldn’t wake up his parents and thought they were dead. Sarah Williams, 30, and Timothy Kolsky Jr., 30, are charged with child endangerment after they allegedly overdosed on heroin on Saturday. According to WKBN, the boy called Mercer County Dispatch …
Juveniles
March 5, 2017
Dad fractures infant son’s skull twice in three months: Police
The baby’s mother covered for him once before
Weird Crime
March 3, 2017
Vegan woman goes buk-buk-berserk, crashes car into chicken truck
The truck was on its way to a processing plant
Bad Doctors
March 2, 2017
Former nurse who had sex with drug rehab patients ordered to probation
An ex-nurse who admitted to having sex with two patients at an inpatient drug rehabilitation center will not spend a day in jail. Candace A. Seelbinder, 35, of Niagara Falls, New York, was sentenced to probation for 10 years on Tuesday. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Jessica Griffin, 39, a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance …
College Crimes
March 2, 2017
Assault by Peanut Butter: Central Michigan University student hazed with peanut butter, horrific peanut allergy triggered
School officials are investigating a hazing incident where a Central Michigan University (CMU) student with a peanut allergy had peanut butter smeared on his face. Andrew Seely, 19, reportedly just told his mother about the affair which occurred at Alpha Chi Rho fraternity in October. Seely was supposedly passed out when members put peanut butter …
Teacher Scandals
March 2, 2017
Child Porn Prof: Professor jailed for using Emory University Wi-Fi for child porn
A former Emory University professor who used the school’s Wi-Fi to download more than 8,000 images of child porn was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison on Wednesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Kevin M. Sullivan, 61, was also fined $15,000 and will be placed under seven years of supervised release after …
Police
March 2, 2017
Man escapes Dallas hospital, jacks police cruiser to lead high-speed chase
A man reportedly escaped custody at a Dallas, Texas, hospital early Thursday and managed to steal a police cruiser—leading cops on a half-hour chase. Luis Olivo Alarcon Jr., 25, was at the Parkland Memorial Hospital around midnight, set to be transported to jail following a possession of narcotics charge. After an officer got him out …
Violent Crime
March 1, 2017
Elderly woman found in pool of blood, bludgeoned with hammer, strangled
A 78-year-old Brooklyn woman found dead in a pool of blood Monday night was beaten in the head with a hammer before being strangled, officials said. Though authorities originally suspected that Edna Pierre-Jacques was beaten to death with a hammer since the broken weapon was recovered near her body, a Medical Examiner determined yesterday the …
Weird Crime
March 1, 2017
County commissioner blamed drunk driving arrest on ‘damn chicken nuggets’
A Greenville, Michigan, official reportedly claimed he was arrested for drunk driving because of chicken nuggets. Jeremy Miller was stopped early on December 18 after an officer with the Greenville Department of Public Safety clocked him going 58 mph in a 30 mph zone. He was taken into custody after failing an initial breathalyzer test, …
Sex Offenders
February 28, 2017
Texas pastor accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old, trying to run over girl’s mom
A man studying to become a pastor at a Waco, Texas, seminary is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Sunday night. Benjamin William Nelson, 27, was arrested Monday afternoon at his home after a woman allegedly found him in a car with his daughter at a Whitney shopping center near the family’s home. According to …
College Crimes
February 28, 2017
Vandalism, assault, rape: Is the Kansas Jayhawks’ coach rewarding bad behavior?
Despite the University of Kansas (KU) Jayhawks, the nation’s leading college basketball team, running into a slew of legal issues over the past few months, it’s unknown if—or when—coach Bill Self will punish wayward players. Sophomore McKenzie Calvert, a women’s basketball player, has seen her minutes per game halved. There has been no reason given …
