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Update: Two people arrested after little boy found abandoned at Goodwill store with a note, bag of clothes

 abandoned child
Kidnapping

Two people have been charged in connection with abandoning a young child inside a Mississippi Goodwill store. Federal prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Tennessee, said that Jeremy Fitzgerald, 34, and Turliscea Turner, 29, have been arrested and charged with kidnapping a 2-year-old boy, Sergio. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Sergio’s mother, Antoinette …

Alleged Make-A-Wish fraud mom accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter says she’s NOT GUILTY
Court
December 17, 2020

Alleged Make-A-Wish fraud mom accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter says she’s NOT GUILTY

A Colorado mother accused of fraudulently taking money from charities before killing her daughter pleaded not guilty during a virtual court appearance on Wednesday. CBS Denver reports that Kelly Turner, who’s facing charges of child abuse, murder, charitable fraud and theft, appeared on video before a Douglas County judge, while her lawyers pleaded not guilty …

money
Not a crime
December 17, 2020

Police are pulling people over, handing out $100 in cash instead of tickets

Officers with the Fremont Police Department in Nebraska are handing out $100 in cash to drivers lucky enough to be pulled over at the right time. ABC 7 reports that the cash-giving to drivers is a tradition with Fremont police that started around seven years ago. According to Fremont PD Lt. Kurt Bottorff, an anonymous …

Lisa Herbold
National
December 17, 2020

Rock thrown through window of lawmaker who backs defunding police

Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold, who has been aggressively trying to pass a law to defund the police in the city, called 911 on December 11 and said she heard gunshots coming through her window. My Northwest reports that Herbold told a 911 dispatcher that “she was on the west side of the living room …

Kyle Plush
Court
December 17, 2020

Update: Wrongful death lawsuit moves forward after boy gets crushed to death inside van seats after calling 911 TWICE

On Wednesday, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals ruled that the lawsuit against five Cincinnati employees will move forward, in connection with Kyle Plush. Fox 19 reports that the parents of 16-year-old Plush can continue their wrongful death lawsuit against former City Manager Harry Black, 911 dispatchers Amber Smith and Stephanie Magee, and Cincinnati …

abandoned child
child endangerment
December 16, 2020

Mom of 2-year-old boy abandoned at Goodwill store says her son was kidnapped

The mother of a Mississippi toddler abandoned at a Goodwill store earlier this week says that someone kidnapped her child. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an unknown male walked the boy into a Goodwill store off of Stateline Road in Southaven around 10 a.m. on Monday. The man left the child, identified as Sergio, in the …