On Tuesday, prosecutors in Alabama filed a motion to dismiss first-degree kidnapping charges against the second suspect in the Aniah Blanchard case. WRBL reported that the Lee County District Attorney’s Office is slated to dismiss charges against Antwon Fisher, 35. Prosecutors wrote in court documents that Fisher’s actions did not meet the criteria for him …
New York City officials have agreed to pay $625,000 to a woman whose 1-year-old son was forcefully taken from her arms during a filmed arrest last December. Jazmine Headley, 24, filed a federal lawsuit in August, months after her arrest at a social-services office in Brooklyn. Headley waited three hours in the packed waiting room …
A Maryland judge suffered minor injuries on Wednesday after a defendant in a criminal sex case threw a metal water pitcher at her head during sentencing, according to reports. Chief Baltimore Circuit Judge Wanda Heard had sentenced Travis Burroughs, 36, to life with all but 70 years suspended for sodomy and false imprisonment. A Baltimore …
The parents of a toddler girl who fell to her death aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship announced Wednesday that they’re officially filing a lawsuit against the cruise line. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chloe Wiegand, an 18-month-old toddler from Granger, Indiana, was on a cruise with family when she lost her life aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom …
An oversight committee found on Monday that a Kentucky judge not only had sex with staff at the courthouse, but she also forced attorneys to support her election and retaliated against one of them for not donating the maximum amount. The six-member Judicial Conduct Commission issued nine counts against Kenton County family court Judge Dawn …
The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother is accused of taking his girlfriend and her daughter on lavish trips for years before his wife disappeared. The Hartford Courant reports that missing mother Jennifer Dulos filed for divorce from 51-year-old Fotis Dulos in 2017, but for at least two years prior, he took his girlfriend, …
George Zimmerman has filed a $100 million lawsuit in Florida against Trayvon Martin’s family, their attorneys, prosecutors, and a book publishing company, alleging they’re responsible for years worth of defamation and harassment. Zimmerman, 36, filed the civil suit on Wednesday in Polk County. Larry Klayman, a prominent conservative activist and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor, …
Did the killer target the doctors for revenge?
A defense expert testified Thursday that Mollie Tibbett’s alleged killer, who was interrogated for hours last year, provided an unreliable confession, given his lack of sleep. FOX28 reports that Brian Leslie, an interrogation expert, testified inside a Poweshiek County, Iowa, courtroom that after watching an 11-hour interrogation video between suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera and investigators, …
A rape victim is reportedly outraged after a Louisiana judge suggested that a convicted rapist could pay money in exchange for a lighter sentence. Washington Post reports that Judge Bruce Bennett sentenced Sedrick Hills, 44, to 12 years in prison for raping a teen girl in 2003. The victim was 15 when the incident happened. She’s …
Two suspects arrested in connection with a New Hampshire couple found dead at a South Texas beach are behind bars on a $1 million bond each. Adam Curtis Williams and Amanda Noverr appeared in court on Friday morning, in front Nueces County District Judge Jack Pulcher in Corpus Christi. Both have been charged with felony …
A Florida mother sued an adventure park on Monday, alleging that her 10-year-old son was seriously injured when he fell from their zip line. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Kimberly Barnes filed a lawsuit against UATP Management, the company that owns Urban Air Adventure Park, for a September 1 incident on their “Sky Rider” …
