Authorities in Florida confirmed a fellow law enforcement officer has been arrested on suspicion of planting illegal narcotics and staged false drug arrests during traffic stops. According to NBC News, former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Zachary Wester was arrested on Wednesday and is accused of a pattern of criminal behavior including racketeering, fabricating evidence, false …
When a famed defense attorney catches the eye of Nancy Grace, he vaults to success on TV as well as in the court room, but when he calls then-friend Nancy Grace from the back of a squad car, the mystery surrounding the brutal death of his wife only intensifies. What did he expect? In a …
A Montana man accused of beheading a casino winner allegedly talked about eating the victim’s brain and may have an “obsession with zombies,” the Billings Gazette reports. Donald Ray Cherry, 32, is charged with killing Myron Wesley Knight, 41, after Knight won $120 from a casino in October 2017. Cherry’s co-defendant, Jeffrey Glen Haverty, pleaded …
Authorities in Nebraska say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of posing as a midwife and causing the death of a newborn baby she was delivering at the mother’s home. According to WRAL, 36-year-old Angela Hock is accused of attempting to handle a complex breech birth despite not having the legally required training to …
An Indiana woman said she became so ill during a vacation in the Dominican Republic that she was unable to move her legs. Kristie Dilly told WTHR that she, her husband and another couple were enjoying their stay at a Bahia Principe Resort in February until the seventh day of the vacation, when Kristie became …
Authorities in Iowa say a woman has been arrested on drug-related charges following reports that her young child was locked inside her vehicle. According to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Waterloo police officers responded to the scene in response to reports of a woman seated on the ground near a sedan. Officers found the Chevrolet …
More details are emerging about the man accused of killing University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck, as a judge has extended the deadline to file formal charges against him. The Salt Lake City Tribune obtained documents showing that Ayoola Ajayi, who was once enrolled at the University of Utah, was barred from campus following a …
A flesh-eating bacteria has claimed the life of an elderly Florida woman who reportedly got infected from a cut she got while at a beach near her home. CNN reported that Lynn Fleming died two weeks after going to Anna Maria Island on June 14. Her son, Wade Fleming, said she suffered a three-quarter-inch cut …
Investigators are probing the possibility of poisoning as causing the sudden deaths of a young couple in Fiji this spring. As CrimeOnline previously reported, David and Michelle Paul of Fort Worth, Texas, died after becoming violently ill shortly after arriving for their long-planned vacation. Both were reportedly vomiting for several hours before they decided to …
One of the things that’s often been said about slain University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck is that she loved to help people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, her friends told of her interest in advocating for women’s rights and animal welfare. She had plans to work in the medical field after her 2020 graduation. MacKenzie’s …
Officials in the Dominican Republic provided some positive news in the recovery of a teen who had been listed in critical condition after a medical emergency left her unconscious on the last day of a recent vacation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 15-year-old Candela Saccone’s mother, Natalia Knetch, said the Argentinian teen initially complained of a …
A man in Texas was hospitalized in critical condition after he was reportedly shot in the head during an altercation outside a gas station Wednesday night. KTRK reported that the shooting occurred at a Valero in Houston at roughly 11 p.m. Police said a group was filming a music video when they got into an …
