A 12-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert over the weekend was found dead in an icy pond. Virginia Beach Police said Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo was in eight feet of water with ice 3 inches thick, WIFR reported. They did not say how they think the boy ended up in the …
An Ohio couple were arrested earlier this month for the death of their toddler daughter at a US Air Force base in Florida two years ago. Kodi Glenn Simon and Kateri Ann Simon, both 30, were arrested near Cleveland last week and charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 2-year-old Maeve …
Police in Maryland have charged a woman with strangling her 11-year-old daughter with a plastic drain cleaner. Baltimore County Police said officers were called to the home after Kenyona Dillon, 34, went to a neighbors and said that her daughter was dead in the basement. Police arrived and found the girl, identified as London Olsen, …
A man wanted for killing an 18-year-old North Carolina Waffle House employee last fall has been captured in Virginia. The Laurinburg Police Department did not provide details of the capture but said Florwer Carlin Lizano, Jr, was located in Portsmouth, Virginia, and taken into custody. Scotland County Crimestoppers said that a tip forwarded to Crimestoppers …
Connecticut police are looking for a driver who shot a 12-year-old boy multiple times after a snowball hit a car Wednesday evening. The boy was hit multiple times but his wounds were desribed as non-life-threatening, WVIT reported. Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert told NBC News the driver “looped the block” to chase the boy and …
An Indiana man has been charged with attempted murder and feticide after her shot his estranged wife in the back, ending her pregnancy. Jeremy McBride, 36, reportedly told police he’d bought a gun a few days earlier and intended to kill Kayla Netherland, her baby, and himself, WXIN reported. McBride and Netherland were estranged, police …
A Wisconsin man who shot and killed his stepson earlier this week told police he was trying to “look cool” by displaying his firearms but did not in fact know much about guns. Steven Merkel, 52, is charged with reckless homicide in the shooting death of 8-year-old Michael Meagher early Monday morning, as CrimeOnline previously …
A Florida substitute teacher has been arrested after 16-year-old girl reported him for sending her sexually charged messages and requesting nude pictures. Chase Crabb, 23, allegedly sent the messages, which included pictures of his crotch and attempts to convince the girl, a student at Haines City High School, to have sex with him, between December …
Colorado authorities arrested a Pueblo man this week on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, sexual assault on a child, and animal cruelty. The charges are “in connection with the sexual assault of at least three children and several dogs,” the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Phoenix Moncivaiz-Likes, 20, was arrested …
Police in southern California are looking for a man with distinctive facial tattoos they say he attacked a 79-year-old man with a baseball bat. Fontana police say Ronalee Barrett Stanberry, 37, attacked the man, unprovoked, as he was opening up his Allstate insurance business for the day on January 10. The man was hospitalized and …
A 39-year-old Missouri man has been arrested and charged with raping a 5-year-old girl. Chase Reed is in the Newton County jail awaiting arraignement on charges of statutory sodomy and statutory rape, KSNF reported. Court records say the child was interviewed at the Children’s Center and told investigators Reed touched her “bad spots” and hurt …
A Kentucky man wanted for shooting a Wendy’s employee because his fries weren’t hot enough turned himself in last week to face two counts of assault. Monjah D. James-Wooten was wanted for the January 6 incident, in which the Wendy’s employee fired back, the Louisiville Metro Police Department said. James Wooten surrendered on January 17 …
