Update: Man Who Drove Through Fire Victims’ Fundraiser Later Beat His Mother to Death With Hammer
Murder
One person was killed when Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes allegedly drove through the benefit in Berwick, Pennsylvania, and 17 were injured.
Murder
August 14, 2022
1 Dead in Hatchet Attack on Sleeping Couple
A man with a hatchet allegedly attacked a South Carolina couple on Thursday, killing one, and is now suspected of two other attacks the day before. According to the Charleston Post and Courier, Theodore Thomas Wagner Jr, 42, was arrested Friday and charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one …
Court
August 13, 2022
Scott Peterson: Defense Had Plenty of Time To Question Juror They Now Accuse of Misconduct
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace doesn’t think Scott Peterson’s claims of juror misconduct hold any water as the convicted killer of his wife Lacy Peterson and their unborn baby tries to get a new trial. Grace told Fox News that the defense’s claims that a juror “lied about being a victim of domestic abuse and that she …
Jail Breaks
August 13, 2022
Convicted Rapist Escapes Arkansas Prison With Help of Mother, Sister
An inmate serving a life sentence for rape escaped an Arkansas prison on Friday, apparently with the help of his mother and sister. According to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Samuel Hartman fled a work detail in a field near the East Arkansas Regional Unit in Brickeys. He and an unnamed accomplice reportedly fired on …
Murder
August 13, 2022
Arizona Man Lures Man Out of His House Then Runs Him Over, Stomps His Head
Police in Arizona have arrested a man they say ran over another man — twice — and then got out and stomped his head, killing him. A witness fired a shot into the ground to get John Lagana’s attention and “put an end to Lagana’s actions,” the Mesa Police Department said. Witnesses told police that …
Child Abuse
August 13, 2022
Toddler With ‘Hundreds of Small Scars’ Dies After Caregivers Throw Her Against a Wall
A Florida couple has been charged with murder, child abuse, and child neglect after a 3-year-old girl in their care was brought to the hospital this week “pulseless.” Doctors revived Brandy Crews on Tuesday but she had no brain activity and died on Friday, WTVT reported. Hospital personnel found multiple burns, cuts, and fractures along …
Celebrity
August 13, 2022
SCATHING FBI REPORT: MOVIE STAR ALEC BALDWIN DID PULL THE TRIGGER!
An FBI forensic report has concluded that the gun used in the fatal shooting on the “Rust” movie set last year could not have been fired without pulling the trigger. Actor Alec Baldwin fired the shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during rehearsals for the Western, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Baldwin believed the gun he …
Assault
August 13, 2022
Salman Rushdie’s Alleged Attacker Pleads Not Guilty
The man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie appeared in court Saturday and was charged with attempted murder and assault. An attorney for Hadi Matar, 24, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf, the Associated Press reported. Matar was ordered held in the Chautauqua County Jail without bail, Reuters said. Chautauqua County District Attorney …
Assault
August 12, 2022
Update: Salman Rushdie Is on a Ventilator, Will Likely Lose an Eye
Author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after a stabbing attack Friday morning in western New York and may lose an eye. “The news is not good,” Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said in an update on his condition to the New York Times. “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were …
Court
August 12, 2022
Pedophile ‘Chugs’ Mystery Liquid and Dies After He’s Found Guilty of Child Sexual Assault
A Texas man “chugged” a cloudy liquid from a water bottle just after a jury found him guilty of child sexual assault Thursday afternoon and later died. Edward Peter Leclair, 57, was tried on five counts of sexual assault involving one victim in 2016, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported. He was arrested in 2018 and released …
Child sex crimes
August 12, 2022
Brothers, Cousin Accused of Sex Crimes Against Young Children
Three young eastern North Carolina men, all members of the same family, were arrested and charged Friday with sex crimes against two young children. Ethan Jones, 18, and his 20-year-old brother, Brandon Jones, have both been charged with statutory rape and statutory sex offense with a child, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office says. The brothers’ …
Assault
August 12, 2022
Update: Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Supports Iranian Revolutionary Guard: Report
Author Salman Rushdie is undergoing surgery in New York after a 24-year-old New Jersey man jumped onto a stage where he was speaking and stabbed him in the neck. Rushdie’s condition was not known, although a doctor who had been in the audience at the Chautauqua Institution described the writer’s wounds as “serious but recoverable.” …