Jury Awards Vanessa Bryant $16 Million for Graphic Photos Taken at Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash Site
Court
The jury also ordered Los Angeles County to pay $15 million to co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were killed in the crash.
Celebrity Justice
August 24, 2022
New York Appeals Court to Hear Appeal by Harvey Weinstein
The New York State Court of Appeals has granted an appeal to disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and will hear arguments on whether he deserves a new trial. Weinstein was convicted of rape in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison, as CrimeOnline previously reported. In June, an appeals court rejected arguments that the …
Murder
August 24, 2022
Kentucky Nurse Charged With Murder for Allegedly Injecting Senior With Unprescribed Ativan, Leading to His Death
A Kentucky grand jury indicted a nurse on a murder charge this week after an investigation determined she injected an elderly patient with “something special” while he was agitated, ultimately causing his death. Lexington police say the May 5 death of 97-year-old James Morris at Baptist Health Lexington was “a direct result” of the actions …
Child sex crimes
August 24, 2022
Air Force Sergeant Charged with Child Porn, Sexually Exploiting Children
An Air Force technical sergeant was arrested Monday on his South Carolina base and charged with child pornography and sexual exploitation of children. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office said that Tech. Sgt. David Wayne Crouse, 37, was taken into custody Monday morning by the Shaw Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations and …
Death investigation
August 24, 2022
Daughter Lived With Mother’s Corpse for More Than a Year After She Died: Cops
A welfare check on Tuesday found that a California woman died more than a year ago — and her daughter lived with the corpse from that time. The Press Democrat said that neighbors requested the welfare check because there were multiple packages on the front porch and no one answered the door when they knocked. …
Child Abuse
August 24, 2022
Florida Man Charged With Murder After Hitting 1-Year-Old for Being ‘Whiny’
A Florida man was arrested this week in Tennessee and charged with the death of a 1-year-old child earlier this month. Witnesses told Tampa police that Terin Smith, 28, hit the child during a bath on August 1 for being “whiny,” the Tampa Bay Times reported. Afterward, Smith put the baby in a crib. Other …
Family Crime
August 24, 2022
New Documentary Looks at Cult Mom Lori Vallow ‘Through the Eyes of the People Who Knew Her Best’
A three-part documentary premiering on Netflix next month attempts to understand how cult mom Lori Vallow went from loving wife and mother to suspect in the murders of two of her children. The dramatic trailer for “Sins of Our Mother” opens with another of Vallow’s children, Colby Ryan, on the phone with his mother while …
Murder
August 24, 2022
Beloved School Principal Shot Dead; Deputies Find Suspect in Car With Her Body
A South Carolina elementary school principal was found shot to death early Sunday morning inside a car, along with the man authorities believe pulled the trigger. Kyle Church, 31, was charged with murder in the death of 54-year-old Wendy Cook, principal at Stewart Heights Elementary School in Dillon County’s District Four, WBTW reports. Coroner Donnie …
Animal Crimes
August 23, 2022
Florida Postal Carrier Dies After Attack by Pack of Dogs That Escaped Their Yard
A 61-year-old Florida postal carrier died this week after a pack of dogs attacked her when her delivery vehicle broke down in Interlachen. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Pamela Jane Rock and said she died Monday night after the Sunday afternoon attack. Putnam County Chief Deputy Col. Joseph Wells said that …
Murder
August 23, 2022
New Details in Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack as Trial Date Draws Near
A Wisconsin judge will hold hearings this week on several matters — including attempts by attorneys for defendant Darrell Brooks to have statements made by their client suppressed when his trial on 83 counts related to the attack on the Waukesha Christmas parade last year begins in October. Brooks is charged with killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he drove through the parade.
Civil Rights Violation
August 23, 2022
Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Search Warrant Affidavit That Led to Breonna Taylor’s Death
A former Kentucky police detective pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was shot dead when Louisville police officers served a no-knock warrant on her apartment, where she was sleeping with her boyfriend. Kelly Hanna Goodlett, 35, admitted to helping fellow officers falsify …
Police
August 23, 2022
Charges To Be Dropped Against Atlanta Officers in 2020 Slaying of Rayshard Brooks
Two police officers who shot and killed a man in a confrontation outside an Atlanta Wendy’s in 2020 will not face charges in his death, a special prosecutor announced on Tuesday. Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia Executive Director Pete Skandalakis said at a news conference on Tuesday that the officers “acted within accordance with Georgia …