A Portland, Maine, father who shook his 3-month-old so severely that he suffered hemorrhaging and more than two dozen broken bones was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. Eugene Martineau, 25, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the October 2015 death of his infant son, Leo Josephs. Josephs, who died from head trauma …
A convicted sex offender who impregnated a 12-year-old girl was sentenced to an additional 20 years behind bars on Friday. NJ.com reported that Jose Anthony Caracciolo, of New York City, was already serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison for taking the girl from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and raping her in July 2012. The …
A California judge sentenced a man who drugged and raped his 16-year-old sister to three years in jail —with all but 240 days suspended —because he believed the “stigma” of the conviction was sufficient punishment. The confessed assailant will also serve three years probation and pay a modest fine. Judge William H. Follett reportedly handed down the …
Newly released police interviews revealed that the mother of a 13-month old who starved to death claimed she didn’t know her daughter was the weight of a newborn when she died. The tapes, released by the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday, provided a glimpse into Kristen Meyer-Aleman and Alejandro Aleman’s mindsets months after the April …
Conrad Hilton was reportedly released from a Los Angeles jail on Thursday following his arrest for stealing a Bentley and violating a restraining order. Hilton, 23, was released from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility a week after a judge ordered him to post $90,000 bail. Hilton was placed in his father’s custody. Robert Shapiro, the hotel …
A man is facing charges after he did nothing to help a woman who drowned on Sunday. The Sun reported that Elaine O’Donovan, 41, died early Sunday while in the sea off the Canary Islands. The Irishwoman was reportedly vacationing with family at the time. Authorities believe the 41-year-old decided to take a swim after a night …
Cell phone video caught Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies forcibly removing a 76-year-old woman from a train station’s reserved seating area. KCBS reported that the woman’s friend recorded the ordeal, which transpired at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The friend, only identified as Tina, claimed the elder often sits in the reserved area with no issues. …
The ex-husband of a woman whose remains were discovered this week was indicted on on murder charges. Roaa Al-Dhannoon, 24, was reported missing last October. WKYC reported that the mother’s body was found in a buried container along Big Creek in Brooklyn, Ohio, on Monday. Fahad Mohammed Saeed, 26, her former husband, reportedly told authorities that he believed Al-Dhannoon …
A 28-year-old Florida man is accused of raping a 10-year-old girl three times in the past month. Authorities alleged that Oracio Sales-Perez threatened to blame the rapes on the victim if she told anyone, according to the Palm Beach Post. Police records revealed that a witness saw Sales-Perez bring the victim to his bedroom and close the door. The West …
A 14-year-old Texas boy may have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after having sex with his 12-year-old girlfriend, the teen’s attorney alleged. Joseph Gutheinz, the child’s lawyer, told the Houston Chronicle that his client was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The girlfriend was …
An Ohio couple who allegedly overdosed on heroin while their 3-month-old was strapped in a car seat were saved after their son ran to a relative’s home and got help. WLWT reported that Chelsie Marshall and Lee Johnson allegedly overdosed Thursday morning in their Middletown home. Investigators said their 5-year-old son walked blocks without shoes to his stepgrandfather’s house and …
The infant died after the day care owner slammed his head against a changing table
