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 …
A Florida judge has reportedly resigned after denying breathing treatments to an incarcerated disabled woman who died three days later. WPLG reported that, during an April 14 hearing, Broward County Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich is taped berating Sandra Faye Twiggs, 59, as she explains where her daughter lives and her need for breathing treatments. Her family told the news …
A New York woman is citing an unusually high number of suicides by jumping from the George Washington Bridge in a suit seeking a total of $40 million in damages. Calling the historic structure a “suicide magnet,” Marybeth Donaldson’s lawsuit indicates that her husband was one of several people to die after leaping from the …
A former 911 operator in Houston, Texas, who hung up on countless people seeking help learned her fate this week. Crenshanda Williams, 44, was found guilty of interference with emergency telephone calls Wednesday and was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months probation. For a year and a half, Williams took calls at …
A Massachusetts woman is speaking out days after her accused rapist was allowed to post bond, resulting in him fleeing to Ghana to avoid prosecution. Emily Murray told WFXT that Uber driver Frederick Amfo raped her in the back of his car on April 8. Amfo allegedly had dropped off another customer and locked the car doors …
An Australian woman whose mother arranged for her to be raped has urged a court to extend her mother’s sentence as her release date approaches. Peta Butler was 16 when an overweight man with bulging eyes raped her in a Toowoomba hotel room. Butler’s mother, Therese, not only organized the rape but sat outside smoking a cigarette while …
Video presented in court this week reportedly shows the boyfriend of Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter high on PCP hours before he allegedly stabbed her to death. Per the Daily Mail, Manhattan Criminal Court was shown footage shot by E’Dena Hines, 33, on that fateful day in 2015. During the nearly three-minute video, Lamar Davenport, now 33, can be …
A Virginia man who hid his girlfriend’s dead body in the woods and killed her two cats last year was sentenced this week. Dayshaun Keith Kent, 23, received the maximum sentence of 15 years with five years suspended after pleading guilty to improper disposal of a body and two counts of felony animal cruelty with …
An Ohio babysitter currently free on bail pleaded not guilty in a Butler County courtroom on Monday in connection to charges related to the death of a toddler girl. FOX19 reports that Lindsay Partin, 36, is facing numerous felony charges after 3-year-old Hannah Wesche died in her care on March 8, including murder, manslaughter, and four counts of …
