On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought to have charges dropped that were related to the Hate Crimes Protection Act and the …
A Florida mom pleaded guilty this week to killing her toddler son two years ago and was sentenced to 50 years in prison, Bay News 9 reports. Police issued an AMBER Alert for 2-year-old Jordan Belliveau Jr when Charisse Stinson, 23, told police that a man named Antwan knocked her unconscious after she accepted a …
The California Supreme court has been ordered to re-examine Scott Peterson’s murder convictions. The order comes two months on the heels of his death penalty being overturned in connection with the death of his wife, Laci, and unborn son, Conner. Fox News reports that during Peterson’s 2004 trial, one of the jurors, Richelle Nice, committed …
The New York woman caught on film in May calling police on a Black birdwatcher in Central Park made a second phone call to police in which she accused Christian Cooper, a member of the city’s Audubon Society board of directors, of trying to assault her, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday. Amy Cooper, not related to …
An Alabama woman who shot and killed a man after she said he raped and physically assaulted her, has pleaded guilty to murder. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brittany Smith was indicted in March 2018 for the murder of Joshua “Todd” Smith. Months earlier, in January 2018, Brittany shot and killed Smith at her home in …
The accused killer of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in a plea agreement that will let him avoid the death penalty. Ayoola Ajayi, 32, was initially charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body …
A Michigan man accused of murdering and mutilating his Grindr date has been deemed competent to stand trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Kevin Bacon, 25, (pictured right) was reported missing on Christmas 2019, a day after he met in-person with Mark Latunski, 51, who he met on Grindr, a dating app. Bacon’s body was discovered …
Joel Guy Jr was found guilty Friday of the gruesome murders.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Amazon is not legally liable for the 2014 death of a 18-year-old man who purchased powdered caffeine through a third-party seller on their site. As the New York Post reports, the high court concluded that the seller who provided the product which killed Logan Stiner, 18, was solely …
A Wisconsin woman has pleaded not guilty to charges against after authorities found the body of her little boy inside her car trunk. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office said that 5-year-old Josias Marquez had likely been dead for months when his body was found on March 31. He was “significantly …
Two Missouri Amish brothers who raped their 13-year-old sister were back in court again Wednesday after allegedly contacting the victim, despite strict orders not to. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Aaron C.M. Schwartz, 22, and Petie C.M. Schwartz, 18, pleaded guilty to felony child molestation charges after they repeatedly had sexual relations with a younger sister, …
