New accusations of sexual assault and sexual battery have been leveled against actor and comic Bill Cosby, according to a lawsuit filed this week under New York’s new Adult Survivor’s Act. Two actresses who appeared on “The Cosby Show” — Lili Bernard and Eden Tirl — and three other women filed suit accusing Cosby of …
A Georgia State University student was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in what police said was a “targeted incident” at a gas station near the downtown Atlanta campus. The call came in at 4:30 p.m., Atlanta police said. The victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, but he died from his injuries, according to …
An Illinois woman who disappeared after driving to a grocery store on Sunday has been found dead in the Fox River. Kimberly Koerner’s family said her body was recovered early Monday, nearly 24 hours after she was last seen headed to a Jewel store in Algonquin, WGN reported. She never made it inside the store, …
A Massachusetts couple has been charge with kidnapping after a man was found dead in a chest freezer in the basement of their home in Lowell. Michael Burke and Samantha Perry, both 38, entered not guilty pleas at their arraignment on Monday, WCVB reported. Neither court paperwork nor police identified the victim, said to be …
A drunk, off-duty Florida jailhouse deputy trying to show his son how to clean his AR-15 rifle last month dropped it, and a bullet struck his daughter when it went off. WPEC reported that Daniel Weber, 35, took out the weapon’s magazine and “believed the firearm to be empty,” Port St. Lucie Police said. He …
Casey Anthony told a number of different stories over time about the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony in 2008, and the new docuseries on Peacock does nothing to clarify the issues, the judge who oversaw her 2011 murder trial says. Anthony was acquitted on charges of murder, manslaughter, and child abuse but was …
An 8;3-year-old Home Depot employee has died from injuries he suffered weeks ago when a shoplifter shoved him down in the store’s garden center. Gary Risor, a beloved employee known as “Mr. Gary,” had been hospitalized since the October 18 incident at the Hillsborough, North Carolina, Home Depot, WRAL reported. The suspect, who has not …
Actor Amber Heard has appealed a judgment that granted ex-husband Johnny Depp $10 million in a defamation trial, asking for either the judgment to be tossed or for a new trial. The lengthy original trial, in which Heard and Depp sued each other over accusations of abuse, ended mostly in Depp’s favor in June. Heard’s …
A 69-year-old Tennessee woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot someone to death after an argument. The Carter County Sheriff’s Office said it found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds and transported him to Johnson City Medical Center, where he died, the Johnson City Press reported. The sheriff’s office said that Cynthia …
A 41-year-old woman was shot while sitting in a car early Sunday morning in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood. Police found the woman lying in the street when they responded at about 5 a.m., WTXF reported. She was shot three times in the neck and should and was transported to a hospital in critical condition. No …
The grandfather of a 7-year-old Texas girl who was kidnapped and murdered by a contracted delivery driver last week writes eloquently on Facebook of his struggle between “hate” and “love” — and his determination that hate will not win. As CrimeOnline has reported, Athena Strand disappeared from her home on Wednesday afternoon after an argument …
A self-proclaimed polygamist “prophet” is in jail in Arizona, charged with child abuse for allowing young children to ride unsecured in the back of a trailer and federal charges of destroying evidence. But according to an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, Samuel Bateman has more than 20 wives — many of whom are …
