Authorities in North Carolina say two suspects conspired to rob a department store this week, alleging two young relatives of one thief were forced to stand guard and alert them if staff seemed suspicious of their activities. According to the New York Post, 29-year-old Jacksonville resident Ashley Nicole Reed is accused of staging a 10-year-old …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
An Indiana judge sentenced a Fort Wayne woman to 20 years behind bars for attempting to kill her 11-month-old niece by lacing her milk with pain pills and caffeine. The lengthy prison sentence was handed down two months after Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Rodriguez-Miranda tried to kill her niece in January 2017 because …
Authorities in Illinois say they recovered three young children, all under the age of 7, from a north side Chicago apartment where they were found alone Saturday evening. According to WLS, officers were dispatched to the residence in the 5000 block of North Harding Avenue in response to a welfare check request by a concerned …
The parents of a missing 2-year-old South Carolina were captured in Iowa on Monday. The toddler was also found, safe and unharmed. The Des Moines Register reports that a little girl named Dakota became the center of a national search effort last month when her biological parents, Jessica Louise Ray, 36, and William Eugene Ray, …
A Texas father was arrested Wednesday for allegedly leaving his 18-month-old daughter in a 112-degree car outside a grocery store in Baytown. From The Houston Chronicle, Baytown Fire Department officials found the toddler outside a Kroger in a car with its windows rolled up and the engine off. She was reportedly asleep under blankets when …
The woman killed with her four children and her parents in an apparent murder-suicide in Australia last week had written a poem about domestic violence four years ago that suggested she may have been a victim. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Katrina Miles, 35, was shot and killed last Friday on a remote farmstead in Australia …
A domestic dispute led to critical injuries for a 4-year-old boy in Pennsylvania this week, according to authorities. As WSPA reported, police reports indicate officers were dispatched to a home in North Versailles on Friday evening for a report of a nonviolent disagreement between 28-year-old Syneca Ashley Sr. and his partner, the young victim’s mother. …
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a South Carolina mother who went missing with her 6 children ages one to 11 after failing to hand them over to state custody Wednesday. According to Greenville News, Jennafer Machelle Price, 33, initially wanted to relinquish custody of the children, and reached out to the Department …
Authorities in Georgia arrested a man on suspicion of offering a woman money in exchange for her 7-year-old granddaughter. According to WXIA, the woman claimed she and the girl were shopping at a Kroger supermarket in Marietta on Monday when they were approached by the suspect. Police allege Einodd Samimi solicited the girl, initially remarking …
Eleven children were removed from a Michigan home Monday after authorities reportedly found some of them eating animal feces and cereal off the floor. The Detroit Free Press reported that all but one of the eleven children—a 3-month-old—remained hospitalized as of Tuesday. The baby is in stable condition. The remaining 10 children are in the …
A Texas father has turned himself in weeks after his three-year-old daughter reportedly drowned in a pool at a Motel 6 in Lufkin. KTRE reports that police have accused Rondarius Smith, 26, of “staying up all night using drugs and alcohol” before he dozed off, leaving Arianna Smith to her own devices on March 20. Arianna reportedly …
