A Nebraska Walmart employee helped a victim of domestic violence escape her abusive boyfriend, who she said had strangled her several times and taken her phone to prevent her from calling for help. The 47-year-old victim said she’d been trying to get away from Justis Barnhouse for two days so she could return home to …
A Pennsylvania man violated an order of protection from abuse Sunday afternoon when he broke into his estranged wife’s parents’ home and stabbed her and their 11-year-old daughter. Richard Hall, 49, also attacked the wife’s parents before stabbing himself, KDKA reported. The mother and her two children, the 11-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy, had …
A South Carolina man has been arrested for keeping four people captive in his basement, some allegedly for years. Police began investigating 35-year-old Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr. in August after one of the people he was holding died, WSOC reported. The warrants for Birchfield’s arrest accuse of him holding the four people against their will, …
A Texas man accused of shooting his wife 14 times has been released from jail, leaving the victim’s loved ones in fear. According to News4SA. domestic violence victim Erica Torres has been at University Health in San Antonio for the last five months, following a June incident in which police say her ex-boyfriend shot her …
A former south Alabama beauty queen awaiting trial in a murder-for-hire plot against her husband in the Bahamas has accused her latest boyfriend of abusing her. In a protection order filed against 35-year-old Dorsey Ryan Love last month, Lindsay Shiver accused him of throwing her onto a bed, choking her, and putting a pillow over …
A Florida woman was arrested this week after she allegedly ran over her boyfriend and their 16-month-old son, who remains hospitalized with severe injuries. Aaliyah Ross, 27, was charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated domestic battery, negligent child abuse, domestic battery, and leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, WWSB reported. The infant …
A Missouri woman has been charged with spiking her husband’s Mountain Dew with the pesticide Roundup because he didn’t appreciate the 50th birthday party she threw him. Michelle Y. Peters, 47, is charged with domestic assault and armed criminal action and is being held without bond, KYTV reported. Leclede County Sheriff’s Office investigators say that …
A federal grand jury this week indicted a Georgia man who allegedly drove to Florida, where he savagely beat and threatened his ex-girlfriend and killed her dog. Timothy Crawford, 52, was charged with interstate domestic violence, discharge of a firearm during a violent crime, and interstate stalking. United States Attorney for the Middle District of …
Three adults and a 16-year-old girl have arrested in Iowa after an 18-year-old relative arrived at a local hospital weighing just 70 pounds. Gary Graham Jr., 44; Danielle Graham, 42; Aaron Williams, 20; and Kaitlyn Williams, 16, are charged with kidnapping and willful injury and are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on March 29, according …
A New York woman lost both of her feet after her boyfriend shoved her onto subway tracks in Manhattan on Saturday. New York police said the 29-year-old woman was hit by a southbound No. 3 train at the Fulton Street station in lower Manhattan, WABC reported. When police arrived, she was concious and responsive but …
A Kentucky man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly running over his ex-girlfriend as she held their 1-year-old child. WKYT reported that James Tripplett, 28, ran over the victim’s left leg at the Bluegrass Extended Stay in Lexington. Police said that Tripplett then drove toward the victim’s mother, also striking her. Tripplett allegedly left before …
The 38-year-old son of Florida sugar magnate Alexander Fanjul Sr. was arrested last week on domestic violence charges after a Palm Beach police officer responding to a noise complaint found him standing over a woman curled in a fetal position and bleeding from the face. Alexander Nicholas Fanjul, who goes by “Nico,” was charged with …
