An Illinois appeals court on Wednesday ordered actor Jussie Smollett released from jail while he appeals his conviction for lying to police about a hate crime attack against him. The former “Empire” actor began serving 150 days in jail last week, as CrimeOnline previously reported. He was convicted on five counts of disorderly conduct — …
Investigators in North Dakota have made an arrest in the cold case murder of an 18-year-old Minot State University student in 2007. Anita Knutson was found stabbed to death in her home when her father asked for a wellness check because he hadn’t heard from her in a few days, according to KXMB. Investigators found …
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office released new details from the autopsy of comedian Bob Saget just a day after a Florida judge granted an injunction barring certain records from the autopsy from public release. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Circuit Judge Vincent Chiu announced the issuance of a permanent injunction of all items related to Saget’s …
A former Georgia sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty this week to fatally shooting a University of Georgia graduate student he believed was having an affair with his wife. Winford “Trey” Terrell Adams, 34, was sentenced to life in prison in the death of Benjamin Lloyd Cloer, 26, on November 10, 2019, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. According …
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested at a Florida resort for the shooting deaths of two other teens outside a South Carolina library earlier this month. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office did not release the suspect’s name but said he would be charged as an adult, according to the Charleston Post & Courier. The boy …
A Georgia mother was sentenced to 200 years in prison for forcing her nine children to live in squalor and allowing her husband to abuse them mercilessly for years. The Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced 37-year-old Stephanie Danielle Davis’s sentence, which also included 200 years probation, on Friday, according to WXIA. Her husband, who …
Georgia police identified and arrested two young brothers and their mother Saturday after the boys entered a tennis store firing “splatter guns” at an employee. LaGrange Police say the boys entered the Tennis Pro Shop on March 7 with the toy guns, loaded with small beads filled with water called Orbeez Gel projectiles, WSB reported. …
Delaware State Police are investigating an incident in which a woman carjacked two vehicles, struck two pedestrians — killing one — and crashed both vehicles before two witnesses apprehended her and held her until troopers arrived. Police have not released the name of the suspect or the victims. The incident began at about 9:30 a.m. …
Chicago police are looking for a 13-year-old boy last seen on March 4 at his elementary school in northwest Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Dradyn Taulbee is described 5 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen at Frank W Reilly Elementary School and is known to frequent …
Jussie Smollett has been deemed at risk of self-harm and moved to the Cook County jail’s “psych ward,” his brother says in a video posted to the actor’s Instagram account. “What’s very concerning is that there was a note attached to his paperwork today and clipped on the front of his jail cell saying that …
Louisiana law enforcement pursued a stolen ambulance across four parishes Friday night before a rolling road block put a stop to the high speed chase. Monroe Police officers arrested Whitney Turner, 27, at the scene, WBRZ reported. She was taken back to Quachita Parish and charged with operating an ambulance without a license, aggravated flight …
An Georgia man is dead after threatening to shoot Walton County deputies at a convenience store Saturday night. Deputies responded to the store near Loganville when they received a call about a driver crashing into cars in the parking lot and on the highway, WXIA reported. Once they arrived, they recognized William Parrott — Sheriff …
