A Texas woman reported being kidnapped, raped, and held for ransom during Galveston County’s annual Go Topless Jeep Weekend last month. The woman said she was forced into a pickup truck on May 21 and taken into Humble, where one of the men raped her. She said her abductors demanded a ransom in order for …
A Manhattan attorney charged with a series of rapes in Boston 15 years ago was released on bail on Thursday. Court records said that Matthew Nilo’s fiancee paid the $500,000 bail after he agreed to conditions set by the court, WCVB reported. Nilo, 35, pleaded not guilty last week to three counts of aggravated rape, …
Investigators zeroed in on a New Jersey corporate lawyer as the prime suspect in a string of Boston rapes 15 years ago using DNA from his family members, WCVB-TV reports. On Monday, 35-year-old Matthew Nilo was arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court, where he pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of …
A New Jersey attorney was arrested this week and charged in a series of rapes and kidnappings in Boston in 2007 and 2008 after investigators used forensic genealogy to tie him to the crimes. Matthew Nilo, 35, was arrested at his waterfront apartment building in Weehawken on Tuesday by FBI agents and police. Investigators called …
A Denver cardiologist charged in March with drugging and raping a woman he met on a dating app was arrested again this week after nine additional victims came forward with similar stories. Stephen Matthews, 35, was arrested outside a courtroom on Monday as he prepared for a preliminary hearing on the initial case, KCNC reported. …
A University of Utah swimmer who escaped to Canada following accusations of raping a fellow student earlier this year has been apprehended. According to Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, 19-year-old Benjamin Smyth was taken into custody this week and is facing charges of sodomy, sexual abuse, and rape. Smyth’s lawyer chose not to …
Following accusations of raping a female student, a University of Utah sophomore has reportedly fled to Canada. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, the incident happened in August 2022, with the victim reporting an alleged sexual assault in February. Charges were filed against the suspect, Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 19, at the 3rd District Court, …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with two robberies last week, one that included the kidnapping and rape of a Door Dash driver. Tampa Police said that Joseph Killins, 38, forced the Door Dash driver, in her 20s, back into her car as she was making a delivery at the Residence Inn just …
A 17-year-old accused of raping intoxicated LSU sophomore Madison Brooks prior to her death last month has been booked in the East Baton Rouge adult jail, while a nearby bar that reportedly served minors alcohol before the incident has been shut down. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 17-year-old Desmond Carter is facing first and third-degree rape …
A 57-year-old French woman bit off part of a would-be rapist’s tongue early Sunday morning in Avignon and turned it over to police for evidence. According to France Bleu, the woman was walking her dog at about 4 a.m. when a man approached her and began forcibly hugging and kissing her while reaching his hand …
Defense attorneys last week released a video they say exonerates their clients, charged with raping intoxicated LSU sophomore Madison Brooks prior to her death last month, but the video apparently didn’t persuade a grand jury not to indict the juvenile, charging him as an adult in the case. The grand jury handed down a true …
A 17-year-old boy accused of raping a Louisiana State University student before she was struck by a car and killed will be tried as an adult. A grand jury indicted Desmond Carter on charges of first ad third degree rape but decline to indict him on a charge of kidnapping, WAFB reported. Four suspects were …
