It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. A 2-year-old girl has died of what appears to be an aggressive infection from a tick bite. The family of Kenley Ratliff is awaiting autopsy results, which will determine whether the Indianapolis, Indiana, child succumbed to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which is often caused by tick bites. According to the Mayo Clinic, Rocky …
Two Branson, Missouri, teens were charged with animal abuse after they allegedly taped themselves torturing a kitten to death. The Branson Tri-Lakes News reported that Kyle Williams, 18, (pictured left) is accused of tying a rope around the cat’s neck and attaching it to a bumper. From there, Michael Hall, 18, (pictured right) reportedly drove the 2000 …
Amid Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial, celebrity attorney Gloria Allred was reportedly ejected from the courtroom after she couldn’t manage to silence her noisy cellphone. Montgomery County court officers showed Allred the door during Wednesday’s proceedings. The presiding Norristown, Pennsylvania, judge has a zero-tolerance policy involving the use of electronics in the courtroom, according to …
A Sebring, Florida, mother is possibly facing criminal charges after she allegedly put a snake in front of her 1-year-old child and allowed it to bite her. According to a charging affidavit obtained by WTSP, Chartelle Geanette St. Laurent, 34, claimed she wanted to expose her daughter to snakes because poisonous snakes have been on the property …
A company representing Danielle Bregoli is suing three three gaming companies for incorporating the teen’s voice and phrase into their mobile applications. The Bradenton Herald reports that Brejoli, her mother, Barbra Ann Brejoli, and their company, Dani B. Holdings LLC, filed a trademark lawsuit against Anonymous Games, Appnoxious, Squad Social, and their founders. The companies created apps called “Cash Me …
Two Germantown, Maryland, teens were reportedly shot to death a night before their high school graduation. Montgomery police announced that Shadi Adi Najjar, 17, and Artem S. Ziberov, 18, were killed in Monday night’s shooting. The pair were killed when 22 bullets were fired at the Honda they were sitting in, according to the Washington Post. …
The mother’s skull was exposed from severe blows to the head
Police announced that fishermen have found the body of Naomi Jones, a 12-year-old who disappeared from her Pensacola, Florida, home Wednesday afternoon. Authorities said the grisly discovery was made just after 4 p.m. on Monday. According to WLTV, Jones’s body was found in Eight Mile Creek, approximately four miles from where she was reported missing days earlier. …
A dozen girls watched the fight, some taking video — but no one helped
A Birmingham, Alabama, man is accused of fatally shooting his own dog and a sleeping dog in an adjacent apartment. Birmingham Police Sgt. Bryan Shelton told WIAT that on May 28, police responded to a call from neighbors who heard multiple gunshots coming from the apartment of 25-year-old Grant Randall Sides. Responding officers saw a trail of …
Two Trenton, Michigan, brothers are facing murder and abuse charges after their mother died of starvation in October. Grant Balogh, 33, and Gabriel Balogh, 31, were arrested Thursday and charged with felony murder, involuntary manslaughter, and second-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult following the death of their mother, Vicky Balogh, 57. Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office spokeswoman …
A Minnesota woman was fined last month after a state trooper discovered she was using a fake baby to drive in the car pool lane. Minnesota State Patrol spokesperson Lt. Tiffany Nielson said a trooper pulled the driver over on I-35 after not spotting the woman’s special transponder on board. It was then that the trooper noticed that the “baby” wasn’t a real baby but …
