Court testimony this week alleged that R. Kelly forced his girlfriends to fight at his birthday party as punishment — and also sexually abused a 17-year-old boy whom he was mentoring. According to the Daily Beast, Kelly’s former assistant, Suzette Mayweather, testified in a New York court on Tuesday that Kelly was upset his girlfriends …
A West Virginia man behind bars for murder pleaded not guilty during his first appearance in the Laramie County District Court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Laramie County District Attorney’s office announced charges against Wyatt Dean Lamb in June, nearly four months after 1-year-old Athian Rivera was found dead in an apartment complex …
An Idaho judge on Monday extended “Cult mom” Lori Vallow’s commitment for mental health treatment for a week and said he expects a complete status report from doctors with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare by that time. District Judge Steven Boyce said he received letters from the department requesting the extension that lacked …
Accused pedophile and sex trafficker R. Kelly sexually assaulted a teen girl two days after marrying a 15-year-old Aaliyah in an illicit, secret ceremony, according to testimony Monday in a New York federal court. The Daily Beast reported that a 43-year-old woman named Addie took the stand and said she was 17 when R. Kelly …
Robert Long, a Georgia man who confessed to killing numerous Asian people earlier this year, is facing the death penalty in Fulton County, despite taking a plea deal to spare his life in another county. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Long pleaded guilty in July at the Superior Court of Cherokee County in Canton, to the …
A Texas man pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder in the death of a college student he dated, a plea deal that lets him avoid the death penalty. Brandon Theesfeld, 24, was accused of capital murder for 21-year-old Ally Kostial’s death in July 2019. Kostial, from St Louis, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds …
A Michigan couple has been ordered to pay $45,000 for dumping their adult son’s extensive porn collection. David Werking, 43, moved into his parents’ basement in Grand Haven in 2016 after a divorce. A few months later, he moved to Indiana and asked his parents to send him his belongings, MLive reported. But the porn …
Ty Garbin, 25, pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy in January.
A Virginia federal appeals court upheld the death penalty on Wednesday for Dylann Roof, a South Carolina teen who shot and killed numerous Black worshippers who welcomed him into their church. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Roof’s attorneys filed a 321-page legal brief with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond last year, claiming …
On Monday, a witness testified that singer R. Kelly, who allegedly abused her for hers, married late R&B singer Aaliyah in order to get an abortion. The witness, who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was 17, testified at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in New York. Now 23, the witness shed tears on …
Testimony in a preliminary hearing for accused murderer Barry Morphew Monday revealed investigators searching the house he shared with his wife Suzanne Morphew after her disappearance found a needle cap used with a tranquilizer gun in the dryer and a live .22-caliber bullet next to Suzanne Morphew’s bed. The preliminary hearing has offered a first …
