Update: A 3-year-old North Carolina girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert issued on Thursday has been found safe. Adalyn Mae Hochstetler was believed to be with her mother, Kelsi Lyn Hochstetler, and WSOC reported that the mother was arrested in Anna, Texas, northwest of Dallas. She has been charged with felony child …
Matthew Nilo, a New Jersey lawyer and suspect in numerous rapes in Boston, has pleaded not guilty to new charges in connection with sexually assaulting four women 15 years ago. According to The Boston Globe, Nilo, 35, appeared at the Suffolk Superior Court Thursday afternoon for arraignment on seven new charges. The charges include one …
In an interview with NewsNation’s Brian Entin last night on “Dan Abrams Live,” Gannon Stauch’s father condemned the “evil” YouTuber selling his late son’s autopsy photos online, reportedly for $3 each. As CrimeOnline previously reported, YouTuber Zav Girl reportedly filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get the photos from the autopsy and then …
The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office violated South Carolina open records law by withholding recorded phone conversations of inmate Jamie Lee Komoroski, who’s accused of drunkenly crashing into a newlywed couple hours after their wedding. According to the Post and Courier, retired S.C. Supreme Court justice Jean Hoefer Toal ruled on Monday that the sheriff’s office …
Oregon police are searching for a missing Gresham woman who hasn’t been seen in weeks. According to ABC 2, 28-year-old Kaitlin Barber was last seen 2300 block of Northeast 178th Avenue in Gresham on June 30. Her family last heard from her by phone on July 1 but there’s been no contact since. On Wednesday, …
A Tennessee man has been identified after shooting a killing a renowned Tennessee surgeon in a Collierville examination room Tuesday, according to police. On Wednesday morning, the Collierville Police Department identified 29-year-old Larry Pickens as the alleged gunman who killed Tennessee surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Mauck, News Channel 3 reports. Pickens was reportedly one of Mauck’s …
Police arrested a man Tuesday who allegedly forced a woman into a guest hotel room at Caesars Palace on the Strip in Las Vegas. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police online booking log, Matthew John Ermond Mannix, 35, was arrested following an hours-long standoff. He’s been charged with resisting a public officer, disregarding the …
South Carolina police are searching for a mother and her 2-year-old son who vanished in late June and haven’t had any contact with family members. According to CBS 19, Sophia Van Dam, 20, and her son, Matteo, disappeared shortly before they were supposed to move back to Beaufort County. Police said they found her car …
Manson cult member Leslie Van Houten was granted parole Tuesday in California, after more than 50 years in prison. According to The New York Times, Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had previously stopped Van Houten’s parole efforts, announced last week that he would not contest her release in the state Supreme Court. “The Governor is disappointed …
Law enforcement reportedly responded to a barricade situation at Caesars Palace on the Strip in Las Vegas after a female victim was forced into a hotel room by an armed suspect. According to News Nation Now, Commander Stephen Connell of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Bureau confirmed that a man forcefully took a woman into …
A 6-year-old Florida girl is being called a hero after she rescued herself from an alleged would-be kidnapper over the weekend. The girl, identified as Lyric, recounted the incident that took place in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, ABC 10 reports. While playing outside her apartment, Leonardo Venegas allegedly attempted to abduct her but Lyric had …
The family of Rudy Farias, a Texas man found eight years after he was reported missing, says Houston police knew his mother was abusing him but did nothing to step in. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Janie Santana reported her son, then 17, missing in 2015, saying Farias had gone out to walk his dogs and …
