Federal authorities stepped in on Wednesday and charged a man who set a woman on fire on a Chicago transit train with terrorism. The federal charge against 50-year-old Lawrence Reed carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, The Associated Press said. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the 26-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after …
Investigators this week followed up on a lead in the four-year-old case of Summer Wells, the Tennessee girl who vanished from her Hawkins County home when she was 5 years old. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson told WJHL that its agents and detectives were at a rural location about 10 miles from the girl’s …
A 26-year-old woman is in critical condition after a man set her on fire in the middle of an argument on a Chicago transit train Monday night. The incident took place just before 9:30 p.m. on the downtown loop of the Chicago Transit Authority’s blue line, WBBM reported. A person of interest is in custody, …
The White House intervened in a federal investigation of self-described misogynist and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate and his brother when they visited Florida earlier this year after restrictions on their travel were lifted. Customs and Border Patrol agents seized the electronic devices of Andrew and Tristan Tate when they arrived by private plane in …
A step-sibling may be facing criminal charges in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Florida cheerleader on board a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month. The twist in the investigation into the death of Anna Kepner comes in a family court filing from Kepner’s stepmother, Shauntel Hudson, requesting a delay in a custody hearing, …
A source with the Los Angeles Police Department says that singer D4vd has been identified as a suspect in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas. KNBC reports that the source, “with direct knowledge of the investigation,” says that the Houston-born artist has not been cooperative with the investigation into the teen’s death. Rivas’s “severely decomposed” …
An Arizona teen broke into hs ex-gifrlfriend’s home and shot her to death in her bed then went after the girl’s mother. Emilio Rivera, 18, was charged Friday with first degree murder in the the death of 17-year-old Rhiana Kemplin a week earlier, KSAZ reported. Court documents say after killing Kemplin, Rivera tried to shoot …
An Ohio man will spend a minimum of 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to crashing his vehicle while drunk, causing a fire that killed his 2-year-old daughter Lillyanna. Nicholas Stemen was sentenced to 22 to 27 1/2 years in prison and must serve 19 years before he is eligible for parole after …
A Georgia mother has been charged with murder after Sandy Springs police responded to a request for a welfare check and found an 11-year-old girl dead. Police were called Saturday morning by the girl’s aunt, who said she had gotten a text message from Shannon Grimes threatening to hurt herself, WSB reported. “They arrived on …
A Washington state couple has been charged in a plot to kidnap children and rape them. William James Moore II, 28, and Hailey Rose Davidson, 28, are also charged with child pornography, including secreting recording girls changing in and out of swimsuits in a public bathroom, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. They were given $2.5 …
A New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, who’s body was found in an abandoned car in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Lamont Truitt, 36, has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, carjacking, two counts of possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a handgun, …
A New Hampshire man has been charged with raping a young mother 34 years ago in Peabody, Massachusetts. Darrell Lavoie, a 59-year-old professional photographer, was ordered held on a $100,000 bail on Monday when he appeared in court charged with aggravated rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering, WBTS reports. …
