Recently Released Maine Convict Charged With Killing Parents, Their Friends
Shooting
Joseph Eaton is also suspected of wounded three people in an interstate highway shooting but has not yet been charged.
Mass shooting
April 19, 2023
3 Arrested, Including 2 Teen Brothers, for Deadly Alabama Birthday Party Shooting
Alabama authorities have arrested three suspects in the deadly Saturday night shooting at a Sweet 16 birthday celebration in Dadeville. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced the arrest of two teenagers Wednesday morning, identifying them as brothers Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, and saying they would be charged as adults, WTVM reported. …
Child sex crimes
April 19, 2023
Houston Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old Girl; Police Believe There Are More Victims
Texas authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Houston man, charging him with sexual assault of a child after he allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online. Investigators believe Gabriel Anthony Gonzalez may have victimized other teens and are working with the creators of an Instagram page devoted to exposing his activities with young …
Missing
April 19, 2023
FOUND: 2 Children Abducted by Mom in 2020 Found Safe; Mom Arrested
Two Pennsylvania girls, taken by their mother after a court gave custody to their father three years ago, have been found and their mother arrested. Hanna Joy Lee and Skye Deborah Rex were 7 and 5 years old when they were reported missing on March 17, 2020, PennLive.com reported. Police did not say where they …
Missing
April 18, 2023
Mother of Missing Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez Idolizes Mexican Folk Deity known as ‘Santa Muerta’
Texas police say that a mother who fled the country after they began asking questions about her missing 6-year-old son “idolizes” a Mexican cult deity known as “Santa Muerta,” or “Saint Death, who is said to be the personification of death. Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez reportedly hasn’t been seen since November, and police in Everman, where the …
Court
April 18, 2023
Mom Accused of Killing Toddler Frankie Gonzalez to Plead Guilty, Avoid Death Penalty
A Texas mother charged with killing a toddler who was found dead in a dumpster she reported he’d gone missing during a trip to a park has reached a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. Laura Villalon, 38 — also known as Laura Sanchez — has agreed to plead guilty to injury to a …
Shooting
April 18, 2023
Cops Say Connected: 4 Dead in House in Maine, 3 More Shot on Maine Highway
Four people were found dead in a home in Bowdoin, Maine, Tuesday morning — shortly before reports of gunfire on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, about 25 miles south. Three people were shot, one critically, in the highway shooting, which Maine State Police said was connected with the deaths in Bowdoin, WMTW said. One person was …
Shooting
April 17, 2023
16-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Head When He Knocked on the Wrong Door
Protesters marched over the weekend in Kansas City, Missouri, after a 16-year-old boy was shot in the head when he went to the wrong house to pick up his sibling. Ralph Yarl is hospitalized and recovering from critical injuries, KMBC reported, but the homeowner was released from custody pending further investigation. “A person can be …
Mass shooting
April 17, 2023
Athlete, Music Hopeful Among Victims in Alabama Mass Shooting
The small town of Dadeville, Alabama, reels from the weekend shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday celebration that killed four people and wounded 28 more. Several of those wounded remain in critical condition. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has released no information about a suspect or suspects or a motive in the shooting, which erupted …
Fraud
April 17, 2023
Florida Woman Steals Nearly $3 million From 87-Year-old Holocaust Survivor
A Florida woman has pleaded guilty in New York federal court for a years-long scheme to take the life savings of an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. “Peaches Stergo stole the life savings from an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor who was just looking for companionship,” said Damian Williams, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. …
Lawsuit
April 17, 2023
Mom of YouTube Star Piper Rockelle Sued by Former Members of Daughter’s ‘Squad’
The mother of a teen YouTube star has been sued for millions by 11 teen content creators who appeared on her daughter’s channel and who claim she subjected them to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The lawsuit, filed in January 2022, goes to trial on Monday in Los Angeles and seeks $22 million in damages, …
Mass shooting
April 16, 2023
4 Dead, 28 Wounded in Shooting at Alabama ‘Sweet 16’ Celebration
Alabama authorities confirmed Sunday evening that four people had died and 28 were wounded in a mass shooting at a “Sweet 16” birthday celebration Saturday night in Dadeville. But they provided no information about a suspect or suspects and did not take questions at a news conference. Gunfire erupted at the celebration, held at Mahogany …