A former pastor, daycare director, and veteran is facing multiple felony charges after investigators say he used his position to sexually exploit vulnerable women under the guise of spiritual healing. Gregory Wayne Jones, 57, recognized as “Person of the Year” at Mountain Home’s 24th Annual Black History Banquet in 2013, was arrested April 25 following …
A Milwaukee mother is facing felony charges after police discovered her 10-month-old daughter’s decomposing body in a cardboard box, surrounded by flies and maggots, inside her apartment. Shyanna Brothers, 28, is charged with moving or hiding the corpse of a child, a Class F felony that carries up to 12 and a half years in …
The arrest of a former elite gymnastics coach on federal child pornography charges is raising questions about how abuse is reported and handled in youth sports, nearly a decade after the Larry Nassar scandal shook U.S. gymnastics. Federal agents last week arrested Sean Michael Gardner, 38, after investigators said they uncovered hundreds of illicit images …
As social media buzzes with concern over reports of missing children across Virginia, a new trend has added to the unease: Videos of ice cream trucks allegedly operating well past midnight. One TikTok video posted by user @haleyybaylee showed an ice cream truck driving slowly down a dimly lit street at 1:23 a.m. The overlay …
Monday marked 20 years since Michael and Mary Short were shot and killed “execution style” in their Henry County, Virginia, home. The disappearance of their 9-year-old daughter, Jennifer, ignited AMBER alerts in Virginia and North Carolina. Her remains were found six weeks later scattered around a creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina. On August 15, …
A beloved mother was struck and killed by an impaired driver Saturday morning while walking near her home in Turner, Maine. ABC 8 reports that Tina Smith, 46, was walking on the dirt shoulder facing traffic when she was struck from behind. Neighbors immediately called 911. Turner Fire-Rescue and LifeFlight responded to the scene, but …
An active duty Marine has been charged with second degree murder for the brutal stabbing death of his pregnant ex-wife during an argument on a busy freeway in Hawaii last week. According to Honolulu PD, Bryant Tejada-Castillo, 29, a Marine in the 3rd Littoral Combat Team, stationed in Kanehoe, is accused of stabbing Dana Alotaibi, …
The legal chess match between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard continues with Depp’s legal dream team filing a counter-appeal on Friday, less than 24 hours after his ex-wife and “Aquaman” star filed her own appeal in Fairfax County, Virginia. “Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant John C. Depp, II, by counsel, hereby appeals to the Court of Appeals …
The woman at the center of the $400k GoFundMe scam organized as a fundraiser for the homeless vet who gave away his last $20 to a stranded motorist, was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison. Katelyn McLure, 32, was also sentenced to three years of supervised parole after her release and was ordered …
A West Virginia Circuit Court judge is under investigation by the state’s Judicial Investigation Division after allegedly pulling a .45 pistol from beneath his robe, waving it at attorneys, and leaving it on the bench for the remainder of the hearing in a New Martinsville courtroom earlier this year. While Circuit Judge David W. Hummel …
The legal team for Johnny Depp came out punching with a strongly worded motion Monday morning in Fairfax County, Virginia, in response to Amber Heard’s “frivolous” post-trial motion requesting a mistrial in the now infamous defamation lawsuit. The issue at hand is a summons being issued to a Fairfax County home where two people with …
Margaret Rudin, the 79-year-old dubbed “The Black Widow of Las Vegas,” plans to write a tell-all book about her 20- year prison stint for the 1994 murder of her real-estate mogul husband. In a 68-page decision, the judge tossed out Rudin’s murder conviction this past May, citing ineffective counsel at trial. For over 25 …
