School groundskeeper abducts, murders teen rape victim set to testify against him
Murder
Without her testimony, a jury still convicted Quinn James of raping slain teen Mujey Dumbuya
Murder
April 16, 2019
Teen boy shoots grandparents dead, plans attack on high school: Police
A Wisconsin teen who is accused of fatally shooting his grandparents had reportedly planned to carry out an attack on his high school. Alexander M. Kraus, 17, was arrested at the home of Dennis and Letha Kraus, 74 and 73, at their Grand Chute home. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that the teen was at …
Bullies
April 8, 2019
‘They failed me’: Mom warned school of alleged bully who she says slammed 10-year-old daughter’s head into bookshelf, killing her
The mother of a South Carolina fifth-grader who died last month after a fight at her elementary school said she warned school officials about the girl who ultimately killed her daughter. Airing Monday, Ashley Wright told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that friends of Raniya Wright, 10, claimed a bully had goaded her daughter to fight all …
School Crimes
April 5, 2019
‘I don’t like Mondays’: Teen killer who opened fired at elementary school to ‘liven things up’ feels responsible for mass school shootings that followed
A killer who opened fire at a California elementary school in 1979 thinks she may be to blame for the succession of school shootings in the U.S. that followed. Brenda Ann Spencer, now 56, has spent the last 40 years in prison at the California Institution for Women. Authorities arrested Spencer when she was 16, after …
School Crimes
March 24, 2019
Another Marjory Stoneman shooting survivor dead from ‘apparent suicide,’ authorities say
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who survived last year’s mass shooting has died by apparent suicide, marking the second such report this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 19-year-old Sydney Aiello reportedly committed suicide last week. She had reportedly been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after escaping the deadly massacre at the Parkland, Florida, …
Bullies
March 19, 2019
Teachers forced preschoolers to strip naked & stand in classroom closet as punishment, cops say
Two Head Start teachers in Illinois were placed on paid administrative leave following allegations that preschoolers were ordered to get naked and stand in a closet as punishment. According to KMOV, the alleged incidents occurred at Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center’s Head Start program, which is managed by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). University police alleged that four of …
School Crimes
March 13, 2019
Dad comes to middle school with loaded AK-47 after son claims teacher ‘slammed’ him: Police
A Florida father was arrested Monday afternoon after allegedly going to his son’s school with a loaded gun and threatening to kill staff. According to ABC News, Christopher Freeman, 27, arrived at Bear Lakes Middle School in West Palm Beach in a wheelchair, and told faculty he would kill them if they didn’t let him speak with …
School Crimes
March 13, 2019
DEVELOPING: Student fatally shoots herself in high school auditorium, prompting lockdown
A Florida high school was reportedly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after a 17-year-old student fatally shot herself in the school auditorium. WESH reported that a Lake Mary High School student took her own life five minutes after asking to use the bathroom at 7:45 a.m. A teacher reportedly heard a single gunshot, prompting an …
School Crimes
February 27, 2019
‘I was used for click-bait’: Ex-superintendent busted for pooping on school property says his life is ruined
A former school official in New Jersey is trying to piece his life together following an ignoble arrest that resulted in a guilty plea for defecating under the bleachers at a local school. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 42-year-old Thomas W. Tramaglini was the superintendent of Kenilworth Public Schools during a period in which multiple complaints …
Child Abuse
February 13, 2019
Teacher hits 5-year-old girl in face with A RULER for ‘tattle-tailing’, family says
The family of a Tennesee kindergartener is speaking out after they say a teacher slapped her in the face with a ruler for “tattle-tailing” on another student. Speaking with the Daily Beast, mother Ciara Morgan, 23, claimed the Cummings Elementary teacher only got a two-day suspension for a January 25 incident involving her 5-year-old daughter, Hailey …
Child Abuse
February 8, 2019
Teacher has friend drag fourth-grader into boy’s bathroom & beat him with belts 20-30 TIMES: Lawsuit
An Illinois mother has filed a lawsuit months after an elementary school teacher allegedly had another woman repeatedly beat her 9-year-old son in a bathroom. According to WLS, the family of Jo’Maury Champ has filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the Chicago Board of Education, George W. Tilton Elementary School teacher Kristen Haynes, …
Fraud
February 4, 2019
Superintendent resigns after being jailed for getting sick student medical care with her insurance
An Indiana superintendent has resigned days after she was arrested for allegedly getting a high school student medical treatment using her son’s health insurance. According to WTHR, Casey Smitherman’s resignation was announced during Friday’s Elwood school board meeting. The assistant superintendent will take on Smitherman’s role in the interim. In a statement to the Indianapolis …