‘Very Angry’ Black Jogger Was ‘Closing In’ and ‘On Me in a Flash,’ Says Travis McMichael
Court
‘This is a life-or-death situation, and I’m going to have to stop him from doing this, so I shot,’ says the man accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery.
Drug Crime
November 17, 2021
Model Dies After She’s Drugged, Dumped at Hospital ER, Husband Says
Two women who’d been party-hopping around Los Angeles last week were later dropped off at different hospitals — where one died and one is fighting for her life. Christy Giles, a 24-year-old model originally from Alabama, was dumped on the sidewalk in front of Southern California Hospital in Culver City, where she died, Fox News …
Court
November 15, 2021
Defense in Arbery Case Makes Second Attempt Remove Black Pastor From Courtroom: This Time, Jesse Jackson
The attorney for one of the men charged with killing Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery asked a judge Monday to toss the Rev Jesse Jackson from the courtroom. Kevin Gough, attorney for William “Roddie” Bryan, tried last week to have Rev Al Sharpton removed from the courtroom, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Gough later apologized, saying his …
Drug Crime
November 15, 2021
Parents Charged With Toddler’s Murder in Fentanyl Overdose
The parents of a 15-month-old boy who died of fentanyl poisoning in September have been charged with the toddler’s murder. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office added a murder charge at 22-year-old Adler Metcalf’s initial court appearance, KTLA reported. He had previously been charged only with child endangerment. The boy’s mother, 20-year-old Sandy Acuna, is …
child endangerment
November 15, 2021
New Jersey Teen Ran Away Because She Feared Mom ‘Would Leave Her All Bruised Up’ for Losing Benefits Card [Court Docs]
The mother of a New Jersey teen missing for nearly a month stabbed the girl, sprayed bleach in her eyes, and hit her with a frying pan, a criminal complaint filed in the case says. Jamie Moore, 39, reported her 14-year-old daughter JaShyah Moore missing on October 14 after the girl didn’t return from a …
Road Rage
November 15, 2021
Mom Shot in the Back While Shielding 7-Year-Old Daughter From Road Rager
A Texas woman was shot in the back Monday morning while protecting her 7-year-old daughter from a road rage shooting. San Antonio police told KSAT that a male driver opened fire because he thought the other driver cut him off in a turnaround lane. The 29-year-old woman climbed into the back seat of the car …
Murder for hire
November 15, 2021
Michigan Woman Uses Fake ‘Rent-a-Hitman’ Website To Have Ex Killed
A Michigan woman pleaded guilty last week to trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband — using a fake “Rent-A-Hitman” website. Wendy Lynn Wein, 52, faces up to nine years in prison when she is sentenced on January 13, 2022, WJBK reports. Wein used a pseudonym but gave her real contact information when …
Missing
November 14, 2021
Campus Camera Wasn’t Working When 18-Year-old Brendan Santo Disappeared
More than two weeks after he disappeared while visiting friends on the Michigan State University campus, Grand Valley State University student Brendon Santo remains missing — and investigators say missing surveillance video is making the search more difficult. Santo, 18, was last seen leaving Yakeley Hall in East Lansing just before midnight on October 29, …
Murder
November 14, 2021
‘Out of Control’ Missouri Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing His Mother
A 20-year-old Missouri man has been jailed for allegedly killing his mother. Police in Liberty received a call about a man being “out of control” just before midnight Friday, and when they arrived, they found 46-year-old Jill Little dead inside her home, according to the Kansas City Star. Investigators determined Little died by homicide and …
Missing
November 14, 2021
Missing: Georgia Woman With Autism Missing Since Saturday Night
Georgia police are searching for a 19-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and high-functioning autism who disappeared from her home Saturday night. Kaleigh Abbott is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and 145 pounds with brown hair and eyes. When last seen, she was wearing a black jacket, jeans, and black Vans. The Clayton County …
Hit-and-Run
November 14, 2021
8-Month-Old Baby Falls Out of Moving Vehicle, Struck by Passing Car
An 8-month-old Texas baby died Sunday morning after falling out of a moving vehicle and being struck by another car. The Irving Police Department is both investigating how the baby fell out of the vehicle driven by the mother and looking for the driver of the black sedan who hit the child without stopping. Investigators …
Shooting
November 14, 2021
Off-Duty Cop Getting a Haircut Kills Suspect Who Fatally Shot Barber
An off-duty Baltimore police sergeant shot and killed a man who burst into a barber shop where he was getting a Saturday afternoon haircut and fatally shot a barber. The barber shop shooter is also suspected of two other shootings earlier on Saturday, one leaving a victim dead and the other leaving a victim in …