A reputed mobster was gunned down at a New York City McDonald’s on Thursday, just months after his son was shot in a possible targeted attack. The New York Post reports that Sylvester Zottola, 71, was fatally shot at a McDonald’s drive-thru in the Bronx on Thursday. Zottola is reportedly a Bonanno crime family associate, and was …
The man who had been charged with the burning death of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers is headed to Louisiana to face charges of murdering a different woman in 2015. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial in the Chambers this week after a jury could not agree to a verdict. This was the …
A California mother and her boyfriend are facing numerous criminal charges for the alleged torture and murder of the woman’s 10-year-old son. The Los Angeles Times reports that Heather Barron, 29, and Kareem Leiva, 32, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in the death of Barron’s 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Anthony died …
A coroner has completed the autopsy reports for Shannan Watts and her daughters Bella and Celeste, who were found dead last month on the property of a petroleum company where Shanann’s husband Chris Watts worked. Watts has been charged with numerous felony counts, including three counts of first-degree murder. The Denver Channel obtained a court notice …
The District Attorney who led the prosecution of Jessica Chambers murder suspect Quinton Tellis reportedly spoke to Inside Edition about the hung jury, which led to a mistrial, and plans to try Tellis for a third time. Tellis has been accused of burning 19-year-old Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014, and faced his second murder …
A Texas mother known for creating “Anger Room,” a Dallas-based business where people could relieve stress by breaking things, has died days after her ex-boyfriend allegedly broke into her home and battered her. Donald Alexander told the Dallas Morning News that his slain daughter, Donna Alexander, 34, was 14 when she started advocating against domestic violence …
A killer is still on the loose after a neighbor and family member found a beloved elderly couple dead inside their Florida home on Saturday, according to police. ABC reports that accountant, David Swan, 88, and his wife, 80-year-old Mina, a retired art teacher, were found murdered inside their Clearwater home off of Flushing Ave. in an …
After a judge declared a mistrial in the proceedings against Jessica Chambers murder suspect Quinton Tellis for the second time, CrimeOnline’s own Nancy Grace, a former prosecutor, has weighed in. Quinton Tellis was accused of burning 19-year-old former cheerleader Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014. Last year, proceedings against him ended in a mistrial after …
A New York City man threw his 4-year-old brother off the roof of their 7-story apartment building early Saturday because he “wanted to see if God could protect the kid,” police sources told Newsweek. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Shawn Smith, 20, is accused of taking his younger brother, Shirmon, out of bed and onto the …
A jury is set to continue deliberations in the murder trial of Quinton Tellis, accused of burning 19-year-old Jessica Chambers to death in December 2015. It is possible that a verdict will be delivered on Monday. Both the defense and the prosecution rested their cases over the weekend, and the jury began deliberations on Sunday, …
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — It has been a year since the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, and a woman set to talk at a sunrise ceremony commemorating the lives lost says that although hearts are still healing, she hopes people can move forward from the enormous tragedy with “love …
The testimony phase of the retrial of a Mississippi man charged with the burning death of a 19-year-old woman has ended. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 29-year-old Quinton Tellis was in court again last week after a mistrial on murder charges last year. He was arrested on suspicion of causing fatal injuries to Jessica Chambers, who …
