The man charged with the abduction and murder of Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher appeared again in court on Wednesday and was ordered held without bond. Abston, called Henderson by the court because that is his “true valid name,” appeared Tuesday on kidnapping and tampering with evidence charges, as CrimeOnline reported. He was ordered back to …
The suspect in the abduction and murder of Memphis mom and teacher Eliza Fletcher made his first court appearance Tuesday morning and was ordered back to court on Wednesday. Cleotha Abston, 38, was arraigned on the initial charges filed against him — extremely aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence along with three misdemeanors. He was …
A former Idaho state legislator was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the rape of a then-19-year-old legislative intern, even as he insisted he was innocent. But prosecutors noted during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing that at least three other women reported that Aaron von Ehlinger’s made them feel “uncomfortable,” including one woman who said he …
The death of Pennsylvania teacher Ellen Greenberg is being looked into by another county after Philadelphia officials ruled her death a suicide, despite her having 20 stab wounds that experts say could not have been done alone. According to Fox News Digital, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that they are now handling Ellen’s …
The family of a marine killed in Afghanistan last year has filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, alleging that he exposed them to hatred and criticism on social media, after he accused one of the family members of being an insurrectionist. According to the New York Post, Marine Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum’s family filed …
One of two suspects in a shocking triple murder on a Georgia golf course in 2021 will appear in court on Wednesday, when the district attorney expects to confirm his intent to seek the death penalty. Pinetree Country Club golf pro Gene Siller was found dead on that golf course’s 10th hole on July 3, …
Anna Sorokin, who posed as a German heiress to scam New York banks and hotels for more than $200,000, filed court papers on Friday asking to have her ex-lawyer found in contempt of court as she fights deportation. Sorokin, 31, has accused attorney Audrey Thomas of failing to surrender documents relevant to her ongoing deportation …
A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury awarded a girl $26 million in connection with a 2016 sexual assault case at a Pasadena school. According to OC Register, the incident happened at the Focus Point Academy after a teacher’s aide for the school’s special education program left the 11-year-old unsupervised. Three male students dragged the …
A Florida man was sentenced to multiple life sentences last week for abusing and torturing his 11-year-old stepson. The boy was rescued by an Orlando restaurant manager who noticed something wrong when Timothy Lee Wilson, 36, didn’t let the boy order food, and she saw bruises on the child’s face, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Flavaine …
The jury also ordered Los Angeles County to pay $15 million to co-plaintiff Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter were killed in the crash.
Earlier this month, a West Virginia judge ordered a man to pay $500,000 in child support — not for his own child, but for the daughter of the man he fatally shot in 2016. Bobby Thompson, 34, was sentenced to 15 years in 2017 for voluntary manslaughter for killing Raymond Chapman, 22. Chapman was paying …
On Wednesday, lawyers representing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh alleged that South Carolina prosecutors are withholding evidence related to the murders of Murdaugh’s wife and son. According to South Carolina Public Radio, Murdaugh’s lawyers requested the prosecution’s evidence immediately after Murdaugh was charged with murder in mid-July. The deadline to turn over the evidence was Monday, …
