Two Connecticut group home workers were arrested this week for allegedly choking and striking a disabled 19-year-old with a mop and broom. The victim’s mother reported the January 12 incident to the state Department of Developmental Services after noticing bruising on her daughter. Video footage from the Hamden group home showed Victoria Dancy, 50, and Melissa Smith, 41, …
Late last month, a police officer reportedly rescued a 3-year-old girl having a seizure on the morning of his wedding. On March 28, Indiana University officer John O’Rourke was in a Sanford, Florida, Donuts to Go getting breakfast when he noticed a crowd gathered around a little girl who was acting irregularly. Instructing a bystander to call …
A Texas man wearing armor and a cape was arrested after he ignored cops’ orders to drop his samurai sword. Officers arrived at a north Plano neighborhood Thursday morning after receiving reports of an armed man. According to The Dallas Morning News, the man, later identified as Charles Vincent Chiquillo, 25, was seen on a street corner swinging …
Owing thousands to an ex-wife and debtors didn’t stop Dean McDermott from supposedly splurging on a motorcyle—and cryotherapy. The Daily Mail reported that McDermott, 50, showed off his ride, valued at $15,000, on April 1. Shortly thereafter he was seen heading to a cosmetic dentist then into cryotherapy spa for a one-hour appointment. McDermott and wife Tori …
A Burtonsville, Maryland, man is accused of routinely befriending women so he could rape their young children. During one video, Kyle S. Thompson, 31, reportedly responded “Your mommy can’t save you,” as the toddler screamed “I want my mommy.” Police, who recovered 15 registered weapons from Thompson’s apartment, believed he bound and held his victims at gunpoint, …
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A man testified Wednesday that his adoptive father threatened to murder him if he didn’t accept his sexual advances. Taking in more than 140 boys in a 20-year span, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, 60, is accused of molesting eight kids he had in his care. According to the New York Daily News, the 29-year-old witness, who was about …
A convicted murderer reportedly admitted to saying “Where’s Jesus right now,” to a woman he raped and choked in a Christian bookstore. Two days after killing a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Australia, Sean Price, 33, continued his reign of terror in a Melbourne bookstore. According to the Herald Sun, Price asked the victim if they sold …
A woman who delivered a baby boy on the bathroom floor was convicted of manslaughter on Monday. On June 8, 2014, Jodie Renee Tarnawskyj, 38, went into labor in her Queensland, Australia, home and gave birth to a boy named Oliver. Believing Oliver was stillborn, Tarnawskyj testified that she cut his umbilical cord, wrapped him in …
Wisconsin coroners said an 8-week-old baby died from “homicidal abusive head trauma,” possibly at the hands of his father. De’Anthony Hodges, 31, of Beloit, allegedly carried out the unthinkable abuse on March 20. A doctor who suspected Amanii’s was shaken or slammed also compared his injuries to that sustained in a high-speed collision without a seatbelt, according to …
A Florida college student reportedly traveled to Indiana to “steal” a woman, impregnate her, and force her into marriage, police said. An Indiana State Police trooper supposedly caught Kung Bik Cem, 19, trying to rape the woman in broad daylight in the backseat of his car. According to the Daily Journal, the 19-year-old told the trooper that …
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
