A judge told four Michigan teens Tuesday that they would face sentencing as adults after throwing rocks from an overpass over a busy interstate in 2017. One of the rocks ended up killing a young father driving home from work. FOX 2 News reports that the teens, Mark Sekelsky, 18, Mikadyn Payne, 17, Trevor Gray, …
A Colorado man who’s on trial for the 2015 strangulation death of his wife is allowed to use her life insurance payout to fund his defense, the state’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday. According to the Denver Post, the Denver Medical Examiner was unable to determine Stacy Feldman’s cause of death, resulting in Robert Feldman, …
An Ohio courtroom erupted in chaos Monday after a former juvenile court judge was sentenced to six months in jail for illegally using her position to help her brother keep his county job. WLWT reported that a supporter of Hamilton County Court Judge Tracie Hunter was spotted rushing the defense table after Judge Patrick Dinkelacker …
The fiancée of a New Jersey principal who died in April after donating bone marrow to a teen cancer patient in France has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital that conducted the surgery. In the lawsuit, an anesthesiologist at Hackensack University Medical Center was accused of committing malpractice which resulted in Westfield High …
The parents of an Indiana toddler who fell to her death earlier this month while aboard a Caribbean cruise ship are determined to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen to another family. Kimberly and Alan Wiegand made it clear that they blame the cruise line for their daughter’s death. “This cannot happen to another family,” …
The family of a late woman recently sued a Utah hospital, alleging she died last year after operating doctors left an open tube from her heart—resulting in her blood draining into a garbage can. Citing the lawsuit, The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Donnamay Brockbank, 63, underwent heart surgery in July 2018 at St. Mark’s …
The family of a Florida woman who was fatally struck by a car has filed a lawsuit against a funeral home, alleging an employee had taken a photo of her dead body that was posted online. In the lawsuit, the family of Jakiel Jones said a staffer for Stevens Brothers Funeral Home took photos of …
Court proceedings came to an abrupt halt Thursday after two sons of a slain woman reportedly decided to attack the man who admitted to gunning her down in 2017. WKBN reported that relatives of Elizabeth Pledger-Stewart, 46, were about to provide their victim impact statements when Anthony Dees, 30, and Jerome Stewart, 23, decided to …
Lawyers representing a former Texas police officer facing murder charges for September’s shooting death of her neighbor have requested a change of venue due to the media attention the case has received. The Dallas Morning News reported that Amber Guyger’s attorneys cited “media hysteria” as the reason why they want the high-profile trial moved out …
Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman currently serving a 15-month sentence for encouraging her late boyfriend to kill himself in 2014, has appealed her case up to the U.S. Supreme Court. BuzzFeed reported that Carter, 22, has asked the country’s highest court to review her involuntary manslaughter conviction on the basis that her texts to Conrad …
Minutes after an Indiana man was sentenced for killing his 3-month-old son on Wednesday, the baby’s uncle reportedly attacked him. Initially facing up to 40 years or more, the defendant took a plea deal that allowed him to get out of prison after 19 years, which may have possibly triggered the attack. NBC 14 reports …
Prosecutors have reportedly reduced criminal charges against a Florida woman accused of taking firearms out of an allegedly abusive husband’s residence last month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Courtney Irby was reportedly arrested on multiple serious charges after allegedly breaking into her estranged husband’s home to retrieve illegally owned guns, which she surrendered to police. According …
