A Polk County, Florida, inmate awaiting trial for allegedly killing his aunt and stabbing his father 23 times was found hanging from a sheet in an apparent suicide, as reported by Orlando Sentinel. WFTS reports that Pedro Vega Jr., 46, was found dead in his isolation cell during a Sunday night inmate check. A detention deputy found Vega …
Police say the victim’s skull was visible after the vicious attack
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Colorado’s sex offender registration violated the rights of three sex offenders—possibly resulting in sweeping implications as to how the public gets the list. The Denver Post reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch determined that the Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act violates the cruel and unusual clause of …
A Davenport, Iowa, woman who left her newborn baby in a hospital trash can last year was sentenced to probation on Friday. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Judge Marsha Bergan suspended a prison sentence and handed five years’ probation to Ashley Hautzenrader, 24. Hautzenrader gave birth to a baby boy in a University of Iowa Hospital …
Two Connecticut men are accused of stealing various items—including the top of a wedding cake—during an August 27 home invasion. The Hartford Courant reports that Zachary Jurewicz, 24, and Eric Rawson, 26, allegedly stole several items, including a bat they used to destroy property at the Tolland residence. Police said a man and his juvenile daughter were home at …
Police have arrested an accused sex offender wanted on multiple counts of solicitation of a minor at an Ohio fair. Investigators say Brandon Walsh, 30, faces charges in South Carolina for creating fake Facebook profiles to solicit girls, ranging in age from 13 to 16. Police say that if the girls would refuse to send more …
This is the 36th child to die while in a hot car this summer
The little boy was murdered because he wet the bed, prosecutors say
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s parents saw the baby girl on Wednesday that likely belonged to their slain daughter. Speaking with Valley News Live, Norberta Greywind said they met Haisley Jo despite awaiting DNA tests to confirm she’s her granddaughter. “She is beautiful,” Greywind said, noting that Haisley Jo looks just like her late daughter. LaFontaine-Greywind’s boyfriend, Ashton Matheny, was also …
An Oregon appeals court ordered Wednesday that a couple’s loud dogs must undergo “debarking,” a controversial medical procedure that entails cutting a canine’s vocal cords, according to The Washington Post. The Oregonian reports that Debra and Dale Krein sued neighbors Karen Szewc and John Updegraff in 2012 after being fed up with the noises made by their many Tibetan …
A Hobart, Indiana, man with a lengthy history of sexually abusing animals has reportedly asked a federal court for chemical castration as a condition of his release, according to the Chicago Tribune. The unorthodox request came from Michael Bessigano, 46, who has been jailed since January for consciously receiving “obscene matters from an interactive computer service.” …
“I don’t know what was in his heart, but I know what came out of his mouth,” said the department chief
