Horrific Human Trafficking: Children among nine people found dead in tractor-trailer outside Walmart in stifling 100-degree heat
Juveniles
Dozens more are in serious or critical condition
Police
July 22, 2017
Pizza parlor owner who shot at police before dramatic rooftop standoff threatened to kill entire police department: Prosecutor
The owner of a popular Massachusetts pizza parlor is in custody after a dramatic police standoff from the roof of his business Thursday night, when authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for local residents. As reported by Framingham Source, Justin Breakspear, 31, was arraigned Friday at the district courthouse in Framingham, 20 miles west of Boston. …
Famous Murder Cases
July 20, 2017
Will they find more bodies? Philadephia police join new search of Cosmo DiNardo property where four Bucks County men were shot to death
Law enforcement officers from Philadelphia and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, returned on Thursday to the 90-acre Solebury Township farm property where investigators discovered a common grave last week. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that numerous police officers and detectives performed a “walk-through” of the property on Thursday, a week after Law enforcement officials told the newspaper that …
Police
July 20, 2017
Bride-to-be shot by police after making 911 call was Good Samaritan trying to stop possible sexual assault
“I don’t think she’s enjoying it,” Damond said in the 911 call
Juveniles
July 19, 2017
‘It’s worthless’: Family of dead honors student slams report that claims threats about sex video did not lead to his shocking suicide
An officer who questioned 16-year-old boy about a sex video just hours before the popular and accomplished teen leapt to his death has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an internal review of the meeting that preceded the shocking suicide. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Corey Walgren of Naperville, Illinois, met with his high school dean and a …
Police
July 19, 2017
Police heard a ‘loud sound’ before fatally shooting unarmed bride-to-be; officer refusing to speak to investigators
The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman this weekend reportedly heard a loud noise before firing his weapon. The Star Tribune reports that officer Matthew Harrity, who was in the driver’s seat of the police cruiser Justine Damond was standing next to when officer Mohammed Noor pulled his weapon and fatally shot …
Missing
July 17, 2017
Bucks County killer Cosmo DiNardo told police he had killed before, as family of another missing man worries
On Sunday evening, well over 1,000 Bucks County residents held a vigil to honor the four victims of the horrific killing spree
Police
July 17, 2017
‘She lied’: Host shot at gender reveal party was NOT pregnant
Authorities say the Ohio woman shot at a gender reveal party earlier this month “lied” when claimed she was pregnant and lost her baby. According to Colerain Township Police Chief Mark Denney, there’s no information as to why Cheyanne Willis, 21, hosted a “gender reveal” party if she was indeed not pregnant. A gender reveal party is specifically …
Police
July 16, 2017
Baby boy drowns after police officer leaves him in bath for 45 minutes while arguing with wife
An El Paso police officer is facing a felony charge after his infant son drowned while in his care last month. KXAN reports that Raymond Licon Jr., 27, was off-duty on June 20, and watching his two children at home when he got into an altercation with his estranged wife via text messages and phone calls. He …
Murder
July 10, 2017
Police officer who killed Philando Castile to be paid $48,500 in buyout
The Minnesota police officer who was acquitted in last year’s fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile will receive $48,500 as part of a separation agreement announced Monday. The Minneapolis suburb of St. Anthony said Jeronimo Yanez is no longer with its police department. Details of the agreement were released to The Associated Press through …
Murder
July 5, 2017
Multiple fatal 4th of July shootings in New York City as one victim still clings to life
It was a violent Fourth of July in New York City this year, as a veteran NYPD officer was shot and killed in a targeted police attack, while a Queens resident was shot to death during the Macy’s Fireworks display. READ more: Lady cop assassinated, ambushed during July 4th celebrations NBC News reports that a …
Police
July 1, 2017
Justice served? Missouri trooper who pleaded guilty in drowning death of handcuffed man faces probation
A Missouri state trooper pleaded guilty to a boating violation in the drowning death of a handcuffed man, according to The Kansas City Star. On Tuesday, Anthony Piercy (pictured left) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a negligent operation of a vessel charge in the May 2014 death of Brandon Ellingson, 20 (pictured right). He faces—at most—six months in …