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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while on a ride that had been billed as the world’s tallest waterslide. David Hughes and John Zalsman were found not guilty of obstruction of justice in …
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Defense attorneys for accused family murderer Chris Watts are asking a judge to file a sealed motion involving health records. The Denver Post reports that Watts’s attorneys have requested to file a sealed pleading that includes information typically protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPA) act. The lawyers requested an “ex parte” hearing …
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Former USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny was arrested Wednesday after a Texas grand jury indicted him, alleging he tampered with evidence in the sexual assault investigation of now-imprisoned gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In a statement issued late Wednesday night, the Walker County district attorney’s office in Huntsville, Texas, said Penny was …
Aaron Hernandez had become increasingly paranoid after his alleged involvement in a 2012 shooting, and reportedly met with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to confess his fears for his safety. The Boston Globe conducted interviews and obtained police documents about a meeting Hernandez had with his coach at an Indianapolis hotel in February …
An unvaccinated Florida child passed away in the last month after testing positive for influenza B. According to an ABC News report citing state health officials, the unidentified child succumbed to the illness during the week of September 30, although an exact location has not been reported because of concerns about privacy. Before contracting the …
The New York Post has obtained surveillance video of an incident that led a woman to call the police on a 9-year-old boy — and it shows there was no incident at all. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a bystander outside a Flatbush, Brooklyn, deli filmed a white woman on the phone with police after she …
A white woman was caught on video calling the police on a 9-year-old black boy she claimed “grabbed her a**” in a Brooklyn deli. The New York Post obtained the video from a bystander who witnessed the aftermath of the purported incident, as the woman stood outside the Flatbush bodega on her phone, while the …
A man arrested for the deaths of 20 people after a limousine from his company crashed, was allegedly caught with packed bags in his car when New York police pulled him over and arrested him Wednesday. The operator of the New York-based Prestige Limo rental company, 28-year-old Nauman Hussain, was caught with the packed bags when authorities …
Authorities in North Dakota believe a 21-year-old naked man was under the influence of methamphetamine when he entered a Catholic church on Tuesday and interrupted a service with a lewd display. According to the New York Post, Zachary Burdick was arrested after disrupting the Mass at the Spirit of Life Catholic Church in Mandan on …
Authorities said an Illinois mother was killed Monday evening when a drunk driver mowed her down as she pushed a broken-down vehicle off the road. WLS reported that Aries Cobian, 29, and her cousin were pushing a disabled Oldsmobile down a road in Streamwood when Hinigo Olvera, 67, rear-ended Cobian, pinning her between the two vehicles. A …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mike Myers’ comical sidekick “Mini-Me” in the “Austin Powers” movie franchise, died last April of suicide by alcohol intoxication, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported Wednesday. Troyer had a potentially fatal level of alcohol in his system and was saying repeatedly that …
