A controversial California bill that’s currently pending in legislature will allow suspects behind bars to receive a bail amount that matches what they can afford to pay, possibly including those behind bars for heinous crimes such as murder and assault. The Orange County Register reports that California Senate Bill 10 would allow people without the money …
A criminal trial reportedly ended as the scene of a separate crime in Florida recently after four defendants were convicted of murder. According to Fox News three of the four convicted killers almost immediately became violent in the courtroom, with Troy Davis taking aim at defense attorney Daniel Hernandez. The incident was captured by surveillance …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
A Texas woman who was hours away from being sentenced to prison for stealing $1.2 million reportedly ended her own life in a Walmart parking lot. According to The Houston Chronicle, Paige Moody Bisher, 43, had shot herself in the chest earlier this week in the parking lot of a Walmart in Humble, Texas. Bisher admitted …
A Tennessee college football player accused of fatally shooting his cheerleader girlfriend had allegedly asked friends to hide the gun used in the murder. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, a court learned Thursday that William Riley Gaul, 19, had reached out to friends a day after girlfriend Emma Walker’s death and asked them if they …
Authorities in Utah released video surveillance footage of a man’s brazen — and painful — effort to escape custody at a courthouse this week. According to Fox News, Christopher Clay Rudd appeared in court Monday in response to claims that he did not complete drug treatment classes he had previously been ordered to attend. Court …
A Texas mother who left her two toddlers inside a hot car to die last summer will spend 20 years behind bars after a Parker County jury gave her the maximum time allowed for her crimes. New York Post reports that Cynthia Marie Randolph, 25, learned her on Monday inside a Parker County, where she stood accused of …
Mother Kelly Ballinger was hiding her meth as first responders tried to save the 4-year-old’s life
A man who was reportedly suffering from a bipolar episode when he tried to drown himself two years ago is suing the police officers and lifeguard who saved him, alleging that they took too long to do so. The Washington Post reported that Mateusz Fijalkowski, 24, didn’t know how to swim when he was made pool …
A Michigan mother who admitted to causing the death of her second baby learned her fate this week. Lisa Rae Bryan, 32, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 22 1/2 years in prison for the November 2016 death of her 1-month-old daughter, Isabella Powrozek. According to MLive, Bryan claimed she was breastfeeding Powrozek when she fell asleep and …
A Michigan man who was awaiting trial for a fatal crash was reportedly drunk when he caused another wreck that killed his friend. The Lansing State Journal reported that a judge ruled there’s enough evidence for Cody Hawk-Berning, 23, to stand trial for the January 2017 death of James Conaty, 22. Hawk-Berning was driving a van when …
A Broward County, FL Circuit Court judge will not resume her duties in the courthouse after a fraught incident involving a sick inmate who died shortly thereafter. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Judge Merrilee Ehrlich sharply rebuked Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, when the inmate requested breathing treatment during an April 14 remote video hearing. Twiggs was …
