A Massachusetts woman is suing a man who rented her seasonal Martha’s Vineyard home, accusing him of secretly allowing the residence to be used as a set to film at least 24 pornographic videos. According to the Boston Globe, Leah Bassett claimed in the lawsuit that she rented her home out to Joshua Spafford under false …
On Wednesday, convicted child rapist and killer Donald Smith appeared in a Jacksonville, Florida, courtroom for a Spencer Hearing, where he listened to the words of the little girl’s mother, who reminded him of the precious life he took from many people. The girl’s mother also had words for a woman she said has been …
Legal experts said the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida committed a crime when they allegedly took two-day-old newborn Ingrid Johnson from her mother at a Kendall hospital last week. WPLG reports that the baby was born March 16 to Justin C. Johnson, 36, and Rebecca K. Sanders, 28. Sanders is 50 percent Miccosukee while Johnson …
A New York City babysitter who raped two children—and filmed some of the attacks—learned his fate this week. Milton Narvaez, 36, was sentenced to 100 years to life in Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday. In November, Narvaez was convicted of 98 counts related to the abuse and molestation of two children. According to the Gramercy Patch, …
The former operations director of a Kansas water park was arrested Friday on involuntary manslaughter charges for the 2016 death of a boy on a 168-foot water slide. Per The Kansas City Star, ex-Schlitterbahn employee Tyler Austin Miles, 29, was arrested in connection with the August 7, 2016, death of Caleb Schwab, 10. Miles worked at the Kansas City …
The son of a New York nanny on trial for the fatal stabbings of two children reportedly testified that the brutal October 2012 murders were an “accident” and that his mother loved the two children she’s accused of killing. His mother, nanny Yoselyn Ortega, is accused of fatally stabbing Lucia, 6, and 2-year-old Leo Krim …
A Texas woman convicted of concocting a fabricated story about being kidnapped and raped by three black men will avoid jail time. A Denison judge gave her probation and fines on Tuesday. FOX12 reports that Breana Harmon, 19, was ordered to serve 8 years probation after pleading guilty in a Grayson County courtroom to tampering with a government …
A Fort Wayne, Indiana, woman has admitted to trying to kill her 11-week-old niece last year by lacing her breast milk with pain pills and caffeine. On Monday, Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, pleaded guilty in Allen County court to attempted murder. The teen had devised the deadly plot to kill her infant niece in January 2017 after …
A Utah judge has released 2014 courtroom footage showing a U.S. Marshall fatally shooting a pen-wielding gang member during a federal racketeering trial. Deseret News reports that the 24-second video shows Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, standing up, grabbing a pen, and approaching the witness stand to possibly attack a shackled witness. …
On Thursday, the New York District Attorney released crime scene photos showing blood spatter and the knife allegedly used by nanny Yoselyn Ortega to kill two young children in her care. According to the Daily Mail, the District Attorney publicized the gruesome photos a week after they were presented to a jury. Ortega, 55, is charged …
‘A stun belt is a device meant to ensure physical safety; it is not an collar meant to punish a defendant until he obeys a judge’s whim.’
A Cobb County judge denied bond on Friday for Brad Clement, a Georgia man accused of concealing the death of Army veteran Chase Massner, after he reportedly buried the solider in the backyard of his Kennesaw home. Although Clement’s defense lawyers argued that their client should be in rehabilitation with an ankle monitor while awaiting …
