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. …
A Colorado man faces four counts of attempted murder after he allegedly shot a woman in the head in a road rage incident on US Highway 285 in Jefferson County on Tuesday. A judge gave Matthew Impellitari, 56, a $1 million bond on Friday, KMGH reported, after prosecutors requested a high bond. “It is a …
A Texas daycare worker was sentenced this week to a decade in prison after she was seen on video kicking and shoving children in her care more than 100 times. Catherine Guziejka, 45, pleaded guilty in September to six counts of injury to a child, as CrimeOnline reported. She was sentenced to 10 years on …
Police in North Georgia are searching for Texas law school professor who went missing while hiking near Nottely Falls and Blood Mountain. Charles Hosch, 67, was last seen at the Byron Herbert Reece Trailhead in Union County on November 11, the Union County Sheriff’s Office said. He was wearing khaki pants, a caramel color sweater, …
A Wisconsin couple found dead in a car last month in Illinois died in a murder-suicide. The McHenry County Coroner’s Office said Brandon Dumovich, 30, shot 29-year-old Rachel Dumovich in the head and then shot himself, WIFR reported. The couple was just days away from their first wedding anniversary when they were found in their …
