A Memphis, Tennessee, defense attorney drew fire for telling a jury during a Thursday rape trial that women are good at lying because they’re the weaker sex. “People can be very good at lying,” Steve Farese said during closing arguments, according to USA Today. “Women can be especially good at it because they’re the weaker sex and …
A former Kentucky district judge who currently sits on the Campbell County Board of Education was indicted on human trafficking charges on Friday. Tim Nolan, 70, is also charged with first- and third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, according to court documents and a state Attorney General statement obtained by Cincinnati.com. Campbell County Police issued a …
A Scranton, Pennsylvania, man is facing several charges for allegedly selling heroin to an informant while holding his infant daughter. Authorities confiscated hundreds of bags of heroin from Eric M. Ward, 33, and Katherine Huanira, 27, on Thursday, according to The Scranton Times-Tribune. The investigation was carried out by the state police vice unit, borough police, and Lackawanna …
The president of a California school board was arrested on suspicion of trafficking in child pornography, authorities announced Thursday. Buena Park School District Board president Dennis Brian Chambers, 50, was supposedly found with thousands of illicit photos and videos of children on an electronic storage device after police traced an IP address back to his home, the …
A Tennessee county sheriff has admitted to using his position to have sex with jail inmates on several occasions since July. Fentress County Sheriff Charles Cravens, 47, pleaded guilty to three counts of honest services fraud and one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Cravens confessed to having unprotected sex with female …
A San Antonio, Texas, woman is accused of trying to run a man over and pepper spray his family after the driver honked at her. MySA reported that April Michelle Flores, 33, was at an intersection when the light turned green and the driver behind her honked. The man alleged Flores smashed into his car as …
Arlington, Texas, police have arrested a man in connection with last week’s murder of a woman whose body was discovered by her 8-year-old son. Detectives arrested Keith Haynes, 27, on a capital murder charge on Wednesday for fatally shooting Kenishia Walker, 25. According to KXAS, police said the pair dated on and off since high school. Haynes was …
A 13-year-old girl is facing charges after she allegedly made her 11-year-old boyfriend believe she killed herself—resulting in the boy hanging himself. CNN reported that Tyson Benz’ mother, Katrina Goss, claimed the girl pretended to be other people online to perpetuate the sick joke. Goss said she found her 11-year-old son hanging by his neck in …
A Blytheville, Arkansas, woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities allegedly found her children living in a home inundated with maggots. KAIT reported that neighbors called police Tuesday morning after they heard children screaming from inside the residence. The children not only refused to open the door for officers but cursed at them, according to …
Two men—one who is an undocumented immigrant—allegedly kidnapped an autistic woman and sexually abused her for several days. KYTV reported that the 22-year-old victim left her Greene County, Missouri, residence early on April 15 and family members discovered her not far away outside a mobile home on April 17. Leaving an unintelligible note behind, the woman …
A 9-foot alligator made its way to a second-story porch early and refused to leave early Easter Sunday. The Post and Courier reported that Susie Polston of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, took a nap and was awakened by a racket on her porch. She was shocked to discover the large lizard, who climbed a 15-foot …
A New Haven, Connecticut, teacher charged with sexual assault was reportedly caught with a 15-year-old student in a school dressing room. An arrest affidavit obtained by the WFSB claimed that Wilbur Cross High School drama teacher Jennifer Frechette, 44, was caught in the act on January 5. Two school security guards allegedly told police that they heard noises behind a clothing …
