An Ohio man will spend a minimum of 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to crashing his vehicle while drunk, causing a fire that killed his 2-year-old daughter Lillyanna. Nicholas Stemen was sentenced to 22 to 27 1/2 years in prison and must serve 19 years before he is eligible for parole after …
A Georgia mother has been charged with murder after Sandy Springs police responded to a request for a welfare check and found an 11-year-old girl dead. Police were called Saturday morning by the girl’s aunt, who said she had gotten a text message from Shannon Grimes threatening to hurt herself, WSB reported. “They arrived on …
A Washington state couple has been charged in a plot to kidnap children and rape them. William James Moore II, 28, and Hailey Rose Davidson, 28, are also charged with child pornography, including secreting recording girls changing in and out of swimsuits in a public bathroom, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. They were given $2.5 …
A New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, who’s body was found in an abandoned car in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Lamont Truitt, 36, has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, carjacking, two counts of possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a handgun, …
A New Hampshire man has been charged with raping a young mother 34 years ago in Peabody, Massachusetts. Darrell Lavoie, a 59-year-old professional photographer, was ordered held on a $100,000 bail on Monday when he appeared in court charged with aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering, WBTS reports. …
Actor Danny Masterson is blaming his own lawyer for his 2023 rape conviction in new docs filed Monday seeking to have his convictions thrown out. Masterson’s new attorneys say the old one — Philip Cohen — failed to call key witnesses or dispute the prosecution’s claims about his Scientology religion, TMZ reports. The new filings …
An Illinois mother pleaded guilty last week to smothering her 7-year-old son in 2021 after a series of court motions aimed at discounting evidence against her failed. Sarah Safranek, 38, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, WIFR reported. The judge in the case, Anthony Peska, ordered that she serve 100 percent of the sentence …
California investigators are looking into new allegations of sexual misconduct by disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it received the new report on Friday from the Largo Police Department in Florida, ABC News reports. A spokesperson for the Florida department confirmed that it assisted the California department with …
A New York couple and an unamed minor were arrested last week on child abuse charges. Gairelyn O’Donnell, 42, and Fred O’Donnell, 42, were charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for “knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of four …
A Colorado man who told police he “accidentally” shot his wife in the chest while cleaning his gun waited hour to call 911, newly revealed court documents say. The shooting took place on September 7, the Denver Post reported. An arrest affidavit at the time said that David O’Grady, 37, told officers he attempted CPR …
A Florida jury on Friday found a Ukrainian man orphaned as a young boy guilty of first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of the couple who adopted him when he was 14. A judge sentenced Dima Tower to life in prison for the 2023 murders of Robbie and Jennifer Tower, WWSB reported. Tower, 24, …
A beloved former college football coach featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U” died Friday, a day after he was shot on the Laney College campus where he was serving as athletic director John Beam, 66, was shot late Thursday morning at the Laney College Fieldhouse, KNTV reported. He died at about 10 a.m. …
