An Oregon woman was arrested this week after her 8-year-old child called 911 from the back seat of her car saying her mother was driving recklessly and looking for “water to drive into.” Springfield Police officers took Camie Sorensen, 43, into custody on Monday, charging her with reckless driving, eluding, and reckless endangering. The 911 …
A Florida woman was charged this week with murder in the death of her boyfriend’s 9-year-old daughter earlier this summer. Tyshael Martin, 34, has been charged with first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and child neglect in the June 17 death of Jamaria Sessions, WFTV reported. Lake County sheriff’s investigators said they found video on …
A 50-year-old Long Island man left his 15-year-old daughter waiting in the car while he went in her mother’s home — his ex-wife — and killed her and her boyfriend. Kelly Coppola, 50, and Kenneth Pohlman Jr., 53, were found shot to death at Pohlman’s St. James home after the teenager alerted police, family, and …
A California man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly kidnapped his sister’s 4- and 6-year-old children and led officers on a short chase. The man, who has not been named, “spontaneously” told officers “that he wanted to take the children to heaven” after he was taken into custody. Upland Police said they made the stop …
Maine officials released more information about a deadly incident early Thursday morning that began in New Hampshire, and ended on an Interstate 95 bridge linking the two states. Officials have not yet released the names of the suspect or the victims but said the incident began just after 2 a.m. when a 911 call came …
A Florida daycare bus driver was arrested this week after she left a 6-year-old girl sleeping on her bus for over an hour. The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said the girl banged on a window to attract the attention someone walking by after she woke up “realizing she was very hot and had trouble breathing,” …
Police shot and killed a man, suspected of killing his wife and an 8-year-old child, on the Interstate 95 bridge between Maine and New Hampshire early Thursday morning. The names of the suspect and victims have not been released, but officials said the man apparently killed his wife at a home in Troy, New Hampshire, …
A former Las Vegas politician was convicted Wednesday of killing a journalist who exposed wrongdoing in his office and was sentenced to life in prison. Robert Telles, who was Clark County’s public administrator until he lost his bid for reelection in 2022 after veteran Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German wrote about extensive issues in …
A 28-year-old Kansas mother has been charged with murder after she led a deputy on a high speed chase late Sunday afternoon and crashed, killing her 17-month-old child. Maria Papalas crashed into a wall at about 5:30 p.m. but fled when an Atchison County deputy pulled up behind behind her and got out to speak …
A Maryland elementary school teacher will remain in jail on charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl after his attorney waived a bond hearing and investigators found photos and videos of other children being abused at his home. Mark Cobb, 44, is accused of engaging in a year-old online relationship with the student, WTTG …
A Utah couple is in jail after police found their 13-year-old son locked in an alcove under the stairs in their home, and they say they’d do it again because they’re nothing wrong with it. Travis Peterson, 49, and Melissa Gray, 42, were arrested Tueday and charged with aggravated child abuse, KSTU reported. Gray, the …
A Maryland couple was found shot to death in their bed Sunday morning amid 42 spent shell casings in what authorities called “a crime of rage and anger.” The children of 33-year-old Crimea Baker, all under the age of 13, were home at the time of the shooting and hid for hours, according to Frederick …
