By DENISE LAVOIE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary …
Authorities in Louisiana have made three arrests following the discovery of a man’s body over the weekend. According to the Lafayette Daily Advertiser, the remains were found Saturday morning on a levee near North Henderson Road in Henderson. Mayor Ginny Higgins told reporters that the body, identified as 38-year-old Brocky McGee, was a local man …
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A Florida mother is accused of routinely keeping her 3-year-old son with Down syndrome locked in a dog cage while she picked up her daughter from school. Per the Orlando Sentinel, Department of Children and Families received a tip indicating that the boy was left alone and held in a cage. DCF alerted the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, …
Casey Anthony reportedly told a friend earlier this month that she was open to having another baby, and George Anthony, who appears Thursday on “The Dr. Oz Show,” had strong words about his daughter. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a source close to Casey Anthony apparently said during an interview with People that the infamous “tot …
A New Hampshire couple is facing kidnapping and child endangerment charges after an investigation found that they were allegedly keeping a minor locked in the basement of their New Boston home. Boston 25 News reports that Denise and Thomas Atkocaitis were arrested following a two-months long investigation into suspicions that the couple kept a female …
Louisiana authorities arrested a soldier and his alleged girlfriend after reportedly discovering the body of his wife in a vehicle — where two young children were passengers. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office announced at a news conference on Monday that Fort Polk soldier Logan Kyle, 22, was handed over to military investigators at his base …
A woman was recently arrested in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of a 19-year-old Georgia woman who remains missing 27 years later. Per The Macon Telegraph, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Melinda McSwain, 46, at Mercer University and charged her with the kidnapping of Sabrina Long. Long was last seen August 14, 1991, at …
A Florida woman was arrested this week on suspicion of murder after a 34-year-old man was shot and stabbed in a fatal armed robbery. According to the Tampa Bay Times, 25-year-old Melissa McNutt was still behind bars at without bail as of the latest update available. She is accused of killing Salisbury, N.C., resident Justin …
An Oklahoma-based dentist who fatally beat his mistress’ 19-month-old son and hired a hitman to kill the mistress as he awaited trial learned his fate on Friday. KOCO reported that Bert Franklin was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the July 2016 first-degree murder of Lincoln Lewis. He was also sentenced to life in …
A Vermont native who resided in Costa Rica was found dead after going missing in August, and authorities are calling his death a murder—with a younger woman reportedly being called a person of interest in the case. The body of Tom Cook, 62, who had been living in Vermont his entire life before recently retiring …
A white woman who vehemently tried denying access to a black man attempting to get into his own Missouri condo last week, and who was subsequently fired from her job, has denied being racist amid reported death threats. “My only intent was to follow the direction that I had been given by our condo association …
