An elderly Florida woman initially charged with first degree murder for fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a murder-suicide pact she couldn’t complete was indicted this week on a lesser charge. A Volusia County grand jury indicted Ellen Gilland, 76, on charges of assisting self-murder/manslaughter for shooting 77-year-old Jerry Gilland in his hospital room …
A woman arrested and ultimately sentenced to probation in the theft of Lady Gaga’s dogs in 2021 has sued the pop star for not paying her the $500,000 reward Gaga offered for the dogs’ return. Jennifer McBride claims the singer “defrauded” her “by making a promise without intent to perform,” Buzzfeed News reported. Her lawsuit …
A North Dakota man was on the run for three days this week after fatally shooting another man in a bar, threatening employees and other patrons, and stealing security camera footage and a vehicle for his escape. Nicholas Poitra, 45, was captured on Wednesday when a farmer saw him walking near his farm and held …
A Georgia woman was arrested this week after she drove her SUV into a Popeye’s fast food restaurant because she was angry her order did not have any biscuits. The location’s manager told the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office that the mistake was corrected and 50-year-old Belinda H. Miller got her missing biscuits, but she drove …
A popular Utah TikTok influencer was arrested last week in a domestic violence incident that unfolded in front of her 5-year-old daughter. Taylor Frankie Paul 28, was arrested for assault, criminal mischief, and domestic violence in the presence of a child. Investigators said later they are seeking a misdemeanor charge of reckless child abuse from …
A Washington state man reportedly admitted shaking his 4-month-old son “too rough” and has been charged with second degree murder in the boy’s death. Samuel Bryon Kennedy, 23, was arrested on Tuesday after a social worker at a Tacoma children’s hospital called police to report a child with head trauma had been admitted to the …
The parents of a disabled student-athlete who committed suicide have filed a lawsuit against Jacksonville University and its former track coach who they say ridiculed and harassed her before cutting her from the cross-country team he had recruited her for. Julia Pernsteiner, 23, was found dead in her dorm in 2021, two months after Ron …
A Texas man pleaded guilty last month to intoxication manslaughter in a deadly vehicle crash that killed an off-duty Euless police officers and injured his wife and children. With the court case finished, police released videos related to the investigation — including those showing good Samaritan Justin Gonzalez chasing down suspect Dylan Molina after the …
A 57-year-old French woman bit off part of a would-be rapist’s tongue early Sunday morning in Avignon and turned it over to police for evidence. According to France Bleu, the woman was walking her dog at about 4 a.m. when a man approached her and began forcibly hugging and kissing her while reaching his hand …
The family of a Polish woman who says she may be missing toddler Madeleine McCann reportedly won’t take a DNA test to prove their parentage. McCann’s birth parents have reportedly agreed to submit DNA for a test to determine if Julia Faustyna is their missing daughter, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Faustyna’s family has released a …
Defense attorneys last week released a video they say exonerates their clients, charged with raping intoxicated LSU sophomore Madison Brooks prior to her death last month, but the video apparently didn’t persuade a grand jury not to indict the juvenile, charging him as an adult in the case. The grand jury handed down a true …
