A Virginia school counselor kept working at his job for 20 months after he was arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Darren Thornton, 50, was employed by the Fairfax County Public Schools when he was charged in an undercover chat operation in Chesterfield County in November 2020. Court documents say Thornton set …
US Marshals found a tiger cub at the home of a Dallas rapper when they served a warrant and arrested him Wednesday on weapons charges. Devarius Dontez Moore, known as Trapboy Freddy, pleaded not guilt on Friday and was released on bond with a leg monitor pending his October 24 trial. The indictment against him …
A Georgia couple was arrested this month after a deputy pulled them over and found drugs on the front floorboard next to a toddler’s discarded McDonald’s Happy Meal. The 2-year-old girl was riding in the SUV’s back seat on August 8 when a Coweta County deputy thought it was suspicious that the driver hit his …
A young Tennessee couple on their first date learned that they both played piano and decided it would make a lovely evening, playing piano together. So they went to a Hendersonville church shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, figuring a church would have a piano, and were surprised to find the door unlocked. Danielle Salvato, 19, …
A Texas man is in jail after he allegedly fatally shot an unarmed security guard Friday night who wouldn’t let him smoke inside a DeSoto lounge. Derek Phillips, 47, was taken to a local hospital after officers found him at about 10 p.m. at the Brickhouse Lounge with multiple gunshots. He later died from his …
A woman missing for more than a week has been found dead in a South Carolina marsh, and the man suspected of killing her was found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds when police came to arrest him. Megan Rich, 41, was reported missing on August 16, WCSC reported. She was last seen on August 12. …
An angry Papa John’s customer chased an employee around the store with a metal paddle until the pizza man grabbed a pizza spear and stabbed him. The incident took place just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, when Harford County Sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate a stabbing. When they arrived, they found Herbert Harris, 40, holding …
Investigators in central Indiana are looking into the death of a 20-year-old Indiana University student. Monroe County Sheriff Brad Swain said deputies were called to a home just outside Bloomington on Wednesday, when they found Avery R. McMillan unresponsive. Deputies administered three doses of Narcan but weren’t able to revive her, according to WRTV. An …
Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sex crimes that allegedly took place at a hotel in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, during a horror film and fan convention earlier this month. The Cherry Hill Police Department said Busey, 78, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact and one count each of attempted criminal …
An Iowa woman reported missing by her family after she flew from Orlando, Florida, to Louisiville, Kentucky, has been found safe. Mariam “Star” Lint, 25, had been staying with her brother in Florida but left for Louisville on August 5 to visit a friend. But Louisville Airport Police initially said they didn’t see her get …
A partial human foot still in its shoe, found floating in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring this week, likely belong to an individual who fell into Abyss Pool on the morning of July 31. The park said in a Facebook post that it is still investigating the death but doesn’t believe foul play was …
A Florida mom walking her children to the park after school was killed in a lightning strike Thursday afternoon. Winter Springs Police Chief Matthew Tracht said that investigators believe lightning from a sudden summer storm struck a tree where Nicole Tedesco, 42, and her 8- and 10-year-old daughters were standing, WESH reported. “That lightning energized …
